👤 Douglas Smith Indigenous affairs reporter

2 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
2
2026-10-14 – 2026-10-20
Claims per article
16
33 extracted in total
Hedged claims
6%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
2,065
characters · 1 tagged analysis
Writes for The Guardian.
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

Crime & Law
50%
Politics
50%
Most-tagged topics
Alice SpringsCarltonIndigenousMelbourneNew South WalesQueenslandWarlpiriparliament

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
1 scored article; 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 -0.29 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-14 · The Guardian · Crime & Law
Family of Indigenous woman found dead in Melbourne mourn ‘vibrant, beautiful young girl’
3 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-20 · The Guardian · Politics
Kumanjayi Little Baby: damning report finds ‘heartbreaking’ child protection failures before five-year-old’s death
2 outlets covered this event

What they said would happen

2026-10-14 · The Guardian
Family of Indigenous woman found dead in Melbourne mourn ‘vibrant, beautiful young girl’
🔮 He was expected to appear in the Melbourne magistrates court that afternoon. assertive
Forward-looking sentences extracted from their articles, oldest first. Nothing here checks whether any of it turned out to be right.
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