👤 Emily Kowal

16 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
16
2026-10-01 – 2026-11-03
Claims per article
30
472 extracted in total
Hedged claims
5%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,093
characters
Writes for The Sydney Morning Herald.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Education
62%
Politics
12%
Crime & Law
6%
Environment
6%
Technology
6%
World
6%
Most-tagged topics
SydneyAustraliaNSWHSCAustralianParramattaRedeemer Baptist SchoolAkdeniz University

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3 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.27 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-15 · The Sydney Morning Herald · World
‘This is going to be different’: Meet the Sydney professor who cracked the code on the world’s oldest shipwreck
4 outlets covered this event
2026-10-26 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Education
From prime minister to professor: Jacinda Ardern lands new gig at Sydney University
3 outlets covered this event
2026-10-03 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Environment
‘It was crazy’: Tornado sweeps through Ulladulla as severe storms hit the state
3 outlets covered this event
2026-10-01 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Technology
Two of Australia’s most popular gaming platforms targeted over risks to children
3 outlets covered this event
2026-10-13 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Education
HSC students braced for the ultimate curveball. Instead, they received a ‘gift’
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-12 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Education
Sydney private school made students share bed with teachers, inquiry hears
2 outlets covered this event

What they said would happen

2026-10-01 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Two of Australia’s most popular gaming platforms targeted over risks to children
🔮 Minecraft players who self-declared as 18 or older could access and play on servers – or “worlds” – hosted by third parties and not proactively monitored by Mojang Studios, the game’s developer. assertive
2026-10-03 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘It was crazy’: Tornado sweeps through Ulladulla as severe storms hit the state
🔮 “I was trying to protect him because you never know when a tree could come falling,” she said. assertive
2026-10-04 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Sadistic predators targeting Australian children through gaming platforms
🔮 A report by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) found that while any child using social media could be targeted by 764, offenders preyed particularly on vulnerable users of online gaming communities. assertive
2026-10-05 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Everyone starts calling you grandma’: What it’s like to be the oldest or youngest in year 12
🔮 While her year 12 classmates drive to school, sip Vodka Cruisers and vote, 16-year-old Angelina Sidhu will be watching on. assertive
2026-10-08 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘No face-to-face visits’: Banned Sydney church school flagged 15 times for harm without inspector visit
🔮 Asked if the Department of Youth and Community Services, now the DCJ, ever notified education authorities of the ban, executive director of child protection Nicholas Backo said the department could not confirm due to the age of the records. assertive
2026-10-10 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Just have to push through’: Nervous students cram before HSC begins
🔮 On Tuesday, the biggest exam of a student’s school experience, the HSC, will begin. assertive
2026-10-12 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney private school made students share bed with teachers, inquiry hears
🔮 Speaking on the third day of hearings into Redeemer Baptist School and its church, which has been described by former members in the inquiry as a “cult”, former student Emma Hughes said during mandatory school camps, students would have to share cabins with teachers. assertive
2026-10-13 · The Sydney Morning Herald
HSC students braced for the ultimate curveball. Instead, they received a ‘gift’
🔮 Instead, Spiers said students across the state received a “gift” in the form of an easily adaptable question that could be moulded to prepared essays. assertive
2026-10-15 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘This is going to be different’: Meet the Sydney professor who cracked the code on the world’s oldest shipwreck
🔮 “I don’t think it’s olive oil but it could be. assertive
2026-10-23 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Why these HSC students were grinning about a 2000-year-old public notice
🔮 As they stared at the plaster casts of the voids left by victims killed in the 79AD eruption of Mt Vesuvius, they had no idea that, almost a year later, the exhibition would feature in their HSC exam. assertive
2026-10-26 · The Sydney Morning Herald
From prime minister to professor: Jacinda Ardern lands new gig at Sydney University
🔮 Joining the University of Sydney’s faculty of medicine and health from this month, Ardern will engage with students, researchers and the wider community through guest lectures, masterclasses and mentoring. assertive
2026-10-27 · The Sydney Morning Herald
National exams for years 6, 10, and 12 proposed in major Australian schools shake-up
🔮 Australian students would face national exams in years 6, 10 and 12 under a radical policy overhaul to fix the nation’s “inconsistent” school assessment system, which the federal opposition said warrants serious consideration. assertive
2026-11-01 · The Sydney Morning Herald
From homework to big kids: What keeps primary school students up at night
🔮 “Gradually [the writing] will come off, symbolising letting go of your worries.” assertive
2026-11-02 · The Sydney Morning Herald
The HSC subject that has students discussing rape, murder and domestic violence
🔮 “I kind of wish I had class with them now because then we could look at the Sam Wood case and see how it has evolved so much in terms of police reaction … assertive
2026-11-03 · The Sydney Morning Herald
The classroom moment changing how new teachers see western Sydney
🔮 “They think they will be thrown into the deep end. assertive
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