👤 James Costa

12 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
12
2026-09-11 – 2026-11-03
Claims per article
22
261 extracted in total
Hedged claims
6%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
3,178
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

Crime & Law
42%
Politics
42%
Health
8%
Technology
8%
Most-tagged topics
VictoriaMelbourneVictorianWangarattaABC NewsIndiOne NationTorquay

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
2 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.
2026-10-21 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics
The ‘generous’ words Helen Haines had for her rescuers
15 outlets covered this event
2026-10-19 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics
Helen Haines injured in electorate office incident
15 outlets covered this event
2026-10-19 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics
Helen Haines injured near electorate office: reports
15 outlets covered this event
2026-11-03 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Crime & Law
One Nation volunteer allegedly bashed over corflutes in front yard
5 outlets covered this event
2026-11-03 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Crime & Law
‘Savage political attack’: One Nation volunteer bashed over corflutes
5 outlets covered this event
2026-11-03 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Crime & Law
Person dead, car split in half during fiery crash in Melbourne’s south-east
3 outlets covered this event

What they said would happen

2026-09-19 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘The most fundamentally decent of people’: Transparency campaigner and Greens MP Tim Read dies aged 64
🔮 “Countless times doorknocking I’ve heard from community members, ‘I’ve met Tim, Tim helped me!’” Adam Pulford, a Merri-bek councillor and the Greens candidate for Brunswick, said in a post on social media. “I hope there’s a good bike lane wherever you are now – and if not, I know there soon will be!” assertive
2026-09-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald
How median strips became the latest battlefront in Melbourne’s NIMBY war
🔮 While Yarra Mayor Stephen Jolly vowed to find some middle ground – no pun intended – that was not good enough for the state government. assertive
2026-10-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Hundreds march to parliament to honour alleged domestic violence victim
🔮 “Our family will spend the rest of our lives carrying the pain of knowing that someone we love so dearly is never coming home.” assertive
2026-10-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald
King Dobby ate a Croc and a bottle top – leaving his owners an impossible $6000 choice
🔮 The emergency surgery, necessary for the life-threatening blockage, was set to cost them almost $6000. assertive
2026-10-21 · The Sydney Morning Herald
The ‘generous’ words Helen Haines had for her rescuers
🔮 I couldn’t commend her more highly.” assertive
2026-11-03 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Eleven-year-old boy’s body found after jumping into Shepparton river
🔮 Police said the death was not being treated as suspicious and that a report would be prepared for the coroner. assertive
2026-11-03 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Savage political attack’: One Nation volunteer bashed over corflutes
🔮 Even now, with the bleed, it still could be life-threatening.” assertive
2026-11-03 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Person dead, car split in half during fiery crash in Melbourne’s south-east
🔮 A man aged in his 20s was found injured at the scene, while another man, who police say fled the scene, was found in the front yard of a nearby house with serious injuries. Police said detectives were investigating reports that the car was seen travelling at high speeds before the crash. Traffic diversions are in place around Chandler and Cheltenham roads, a busy arterial thoroughfare, which police said would remain in place throughout the morning. The crash comes after nine people died on Victoria’s roads during horror a Melbourne Cup weekend, and follows the collision between SUV driver Ivan Harrison, 43, and 19-year-old motorcyclist Zac Keinan, tragically killing both and leaving Harrison’s seven-year-old son and passenger Henry without a father. assertive
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