Dorworth News launches with a primary-source wire for Florida
The new publication pairs reported stories and commentary with the Dorworth News Service, a wire written from government records and checked before every release.
In brief
Why it matters: Dorworth News reports Florida and the nation from the documents themselves, and lists every document it uses under the story.
The big picture: It has three parts: the publication, the DNS wire and commentary, including The Contrarian Raconteur podcast.
The bottom line: The label on every story, from News to Opinion, tells you what kind of work you are reading.
What's next: The Morning Wire newsletter goes out every weekday at 7 a.m. Eastern.
Dorworth News, a publication of Dorworth News Corporation, launched today with a simple rule for its reporting: start from the primary record. The filing, the ruling, the bill, the dataset or the release comes first, and every story lists the documents it relies on.
The publication covers Florida, politics, business, the economy and the courts. Chris Dorworth is its publisher and editor of record.
Three parts
The publication carries reported stories and analysis. The Dorworth News Service, or DNS, is a wire of short stories written by machine from primary sources, each one checked by a review panel of AI models before it is released. The third part is commentary: signed opinion and The Contrarian Raconteur, the podcast hosted by Chris Dorworth.
The wire draws only on primary sources and never on other news outlets. Every wire story goes through every check in the review, and a story that fails any check is held and not published.1
How to read the labels
Every story carries a label. News reports what happened and what the record shows. Analysis explains what the record means and shows its reasoning. Opinion is the author’s argument; it is labeled, signed and kept apart from the news report, and no sponsor appears next to it.1
Most stories open with an In brief block of three to five points. Every story that relies on documents lists them under Sources, with a link to the original and to the copy kept in the Dorworth News source library, and a bias note, where one appears, says what those sources can and cannot show.
Corrections are noted on the story and listed at /corrections. Tips and requests for corrections go to the desk at desk@dorworth.com.
Sources
- 1.Dorworth News editorial standards, version 1.0
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Open: Dorworth News editorial standards, version 1.0
Bias note Dorworth News is reporting on its own launch. This story was written by its publisher and editor.
Publisher and Editor
Chris Dorworth is the founder and publisher of Dorworth News Corporation and the editor of Dorworth News. He served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2007 to 2012, representing House District 34, and was Speaker-designate. He holds an MBA from Duke University and is a former managing partner of a Florida government-affairs firm. He is an author and the host of The Contrarian Raconteur podcast.
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