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Newsroom Data Desk Read the data behind a story, then pick the headline the numbers actually support — and spot the misleading framing an editor might slip in. 
Choose the True Headline Read the data and choose the headline it actually supports — a claim must never outrun its evidence. 
Evidence Linker Match each claim to the evidence that truly supports it — and flag the claims that overreach what the data shows. 
Adventure Map A path through all 16 kits — clear each stop, then move on. All activities
Report the story
Interview Desk Interview a source with Pad: pick the question that opens the story — an open, on-goal question, not a leading, closed, or vague one — then learn why. Cite It or Cut It Footer’s attribution drill: for each sentence, decide — cite it (a fact that needs a source), it stands (common knowledge or what you saw), or cut it (an opinion stated as fact). Inverted Pyramid Structure a story like a reporter: order the facts most-important-first — the Lead on top, background at the bottom — so a reader who stops early still gets the point. Newsroom Data Desk Pick the headline the numbers support; spot cherry-picking, tiny samples, correlation-vs-cause. Choose the True Headline Read the data and choose the headline it actually supports — core media-literacy transfer. Evidence Linker Match a claim to the evidence that truly supports it — and flag the overreach.
Learn & practice
Concept Kits 16 kits · 400 questions from "what is journalism?" to bias, fact-checking, and investigative reporting — a hint after a first miss. Mixed Practice A short round shuffling questions from the kits you have played — spaced out so it sticks. InkQuest Sprint Race your OWN best on what you already know. Timer optional, no penalty for a miss. Trick Questions Brain-teasers with a twist — spot why the obvious answer is a trap. Teach the Cast Teach a reporting idea to a cast member still learning it — teaching makes it stick. Progress Your levels, streak, and how each skill is coming along — saved on this device. Progress report For grown-ups — a private on-device snapshot mapped to the skill areas. Export a CSV or print.
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Meet the cast — the characters who teach this
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Lede Story-from-data — finding the angle; what's the story under the numbers? -
Pad Field-capture + interview craft — open the question; let the answer breathe -
Crosscheck Verification + triangulation — three sources say the same thing, now I have something -
Margin Data-table + chart-annotation craft — label the axes; caption the chart; credit the data -
Footer Citation + provenance — every number has a name behind it; tell the reader who counted -
Column Fact-vs-opinion — what happened and what I think about it are two different things; label which is which -
Dig Investigative persistence — the first 'no' is where the story starts; keep asking, keep following -
Errata Corrections + accountability — when you get it wrong, fix it out loud; a paper owns its mistakes -
Rejoinder Fairness + right-of-reply — before you print it, get the other side; everyone named gets to answer -
Yardstick Context — a number alone means nothing; compared to what? give the reader something to measure against
Ensemble stories — the cast together