We count first,
conclude second.
NewsMeter was built on a simple frustration: the most important stories of the day were being told without their numbers. So we started a newsroom where the data comes first and the headline has to earn it.
Editorial mission
NewsMeter exists to put a number next to the news.
We report the stories where a missing number tends to bend the story. We don't run hot takes, anonymous quotes or framing built around a verb. We run measured pieces: what moved, by how much, against what baseline, and what the data cannot yet tell us. When new figures arrive, we update the piece in the open and log what changed.
The method
Source the raw series
Every story starts with primary data — exchanges, agencies, registries — pulled to its origin, not lifted from a press release.
Measure, then model
We compute the number ourselves and publish our assumptions in the open. Priors are visible; updates are logged.
Decompose the movement
A headline figure is never the story. We break it into the parts that actually moved it, so you can see what changed.
Trace every claim
Each chart links back to the dataset behind it. If we can't show our working, we don't run the line.
“If we can't show you the table behind the headline, we haven't finished reporting it yet.”
What we stand on
Count first
Conclusions wait for the table to be built.
Show the working
Sources, methods and code are part of the article.
Correct in the open
When the data moves, the piece moves with it — visibly.
Got a tip, a dataset, or a correction?
Reach the newsroom directly — or browse the desks first.