S02¶


Research	R0050 — Journalism Disciplines
Run	2026-03-31-02
Query	Q001
Search	S02

WebSearch + WebFetch — NewsGuard, BBC Editorial Guidelines, Bellingcat, and SPJ methodology

Summary¶

Field	Value
Source/Database	WebSearch, WebFetch
Query terms	"NewsGuard credibility rating methodology source reliability criteria"; "BBC Editorial Guidelines verification standards evidence hierarchy"; "Bellingcat verification methodology structured evidence assessment"; "SPJ Society of Professional Journalists verification principles"
Filters	None
Results returned	40
Results selected	6
Results rejected	34

Selected Results¶

Result	Title	URL	Rationale
S02-R01	NewsGuard Rating Process and Criteria	https://www.newsguardtech.com/ratings/rating-process-criteria/	Primary source — complete nine-criteria scoring methodology
S02-R02	BBC Editorial Guidelines Overview	https://www.scribd.com/doc/94959012/BBC-Editorial-Guidelines-in-Full-1	BBC's verification and evidence standards
S02-R03	Bellingcat Methodology and Collection Protocol	https://yemen.bellingcat.com/methodology/collection-protocol	Bellingcat's structured investigation methodology
S02-R04	SPJ Code of Ethics	https://www.spj.org/spj-code-of-ethics/	Primary source for SPJ verification standards
S02-R05	Verification Handbook	https://verificationhandbook.com/	EJC's structured verification methodology
S02-R06	Bellingcat Online Investigation Toolkit	https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit	Bellingcat's practical tools and methods

Rejected Results¶

Result	Title	URL	Rationale
S02-R07	Various (34 results)	Various	Secondary summaries, organizational profiles, Wikipedia entries, regional implementations, and commentary pieces that did not contain unique methodology detail beyond what was captured in selected results

Notes¶

Four separate search queries were combined targeting the remaining named frameworks (NewsGuard, BBC, Bellingcat, SPJ). The NewsGuard criteria page was fetched via WebFetch for complete extraction of all nine criteria and point values.