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How can journalistic excellence be measured? Beehive News believes in evaluating it at the most granular level: the news article. For this reason, the results of the ‘Top News Writers of 2024′ release below are not based on expert opinions or selective sampling. Instead, they stem from the hundreds of thousands of articles published in […]

How can we measure journalistic excellence? Beehive News believes in evaluating it at the most granular level: the news article. The results of the ‘top publications of 2024′ ranking below are therefore not based on expert opinion or limited sampling. Instead, they stem from the hundreds of thousands of articles published in the last 12

Facts exist, but, technically speaking, they are often impossible to prove. Instead, we should focus on using rigorous logic to draw objective conclusions and make decisions. *** Yes, facts are a real thing. But it’s not that simple. Although facts do exist, we can’t always say the same about the proof of their existence. Judges

Cultivating a Regenerative Mindset // In an age where misinformation proliferates and digital landscapes often feel cluttered with discord and polarisation, Beehive News hopes to stand for integrity and community. Beyond combating misinformation, Beehive embraces a regenerative mindset that seeks to sow seeds of positive change, both online and offline. At Beehive News, every subscription

Deeply intertwined with the quality and stability of democracies, press freedom is on the long list of factors we take into account when assessing which information to trust, especially when it comes to sources of information (see Who Owns the Truth). When there is freedom in the press, journalists have the power to defend whatever views

Five legal principles that will help you determine whether you can trust a source Newspapers are the vehicles through which many of us get informed, but they are usually not the original source of information. Other people and institutions are typically the ones who observe facts and develop theories, which then get distilled and passed

When it comes to the quality of information, traditional media outlets are much less likely to substantially misguide us than other sources of information. Different from social media influencers, for example, they are made up of teams of qualified professionals, are typically regulated by public bodies, and have review processes in place. That doesn’t of

Real-life examples of misinformation tactics that use the truth to mislead Is ‘fake news’ really fake? To cut it short: Sometimes. But the most dangerous news stories aren’t outright false; they are a selection of true facts that lead you to conclusions you wouldn’t reach if you knew the whole picture. It’s not lying, but 

The differences between fact and opinion and how we can be misled by both // To put it simply: facts are easily verifiable, whilst opinions are a product of interpretation. Those things we can simply observe, verify, and measure are called facts. Opinions on their turn are what we think about those facts (or of

A 7-step guide to avoiding fake news // Misinformation isn’t new. People have always tried to convince one another of their opinions and, in that process, focus on the arguments that corroborate them. It’s no different with the authors behind biased news. Most ‘fake news’ out there isn’t really fake, it’s cherry picking the truth