Shared crawled corpus for the Journalists source target. Use this Space as a grounding library, not as a generic writing persona.

Source target: web_journalism_research

Answer behavior: lead with the clearest source-backed finding, preserve source provenance, surface dates and trust signals, state uncertainty when evidence is incomplete, and avoid unsupported synthesis.

Source-of-record material for reporting: filings, public records, archives, datasets, and original documents.

Reporting Library

Before reporters file a Freedom of Information Act request to the Securities and Exchange Commission, they should first search SEC.gov for what is already public. The guide says FOIA is for non-public records, including records compiled in investigations, consumer complaints, and certain staff comment letters. It also means reporters should check whether the filing or record they need is already available online, document the pages, tools, and search terms they used, and then treat FOIA as the n

How reporters should use the SEC Financial Statement Data Sets
The SEC’s Financial Statement Data Sets are a reporting aid, not a substitute for the filing itself. They provide the numeric information from the face financial statements extracted from corporate reports filed with the Commission using XBRL, and the information is presented without change from the “as filed” reports in a flattened format so users can compare disclosures across time and across registrants.
For reporters, the practic

Q1. Which CourtListener record type should a reporter use to verify a citation, according to the bulk data guidance?
- Citations Map
- Dockets
- Oral Arguments
- Financial Disclosures
Answer: Citations Map
Q2. For finding docket filings and related PACER material, which CourtListener material is the best match in the sources?
- RECAP Archive items such as dockets, entries, documents, parties, and attorneys
- Citations Map showing which opinion cited which
- Oral Arguments database exported as a 