Who’s first
Which newsrooms break stories first, and how far behind the rest are.
| Newsroom | First | Share of firsts | Stories | First rate | Typically behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Sydney Morning Herald | 347 | 398 | 87% | 4.2 hr | |
| The Age | 345 | 398 | 87% | 5.8 hr | |
| Brisbane Times | 340 | 393 | 87% | 4.1 hr | |
| WAtoday | 332 | 382 | 87% | 4.2 hr | |
| The West Australian | 48 | 164 | 29% | 1.5 hr | |
| PerthNow | 45 | 154 | 29% | 2.3 hr | |
| The Straits Times | 35 | 120 | 29% | 5.7 hr | |
| 7NEWS | 31 | 82 | 38% | 3.4 hr | |
| The Guardian | 25 | 105 |
How it’s counted
- A story counts once three or more newsrooms have run it. Each newsroom is placed by its own earliest report, using its published time.
- Typically behind is the median gap between a newsroom’s report and the first one, on the stories where it wasn’t first.
- Only the 224 newsrooms and official sources we read are counted, and a newsroom needs five stories to be ranked. Publish times are the newsrooms’ own; some update them after the fact.
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