News Without Newsrooms · Common group worksheet
Post / spread / aftermath. Who is deciding what?
Identify the source. What does it actually show?
What could a user see, verify, and do in the interface? List the visible cues, the information on offer, and the actions available.
What shows that users actually saw, used, or were changed by any of it? If nothing does, write unknown.
What editorial practice, platform condition, or policy applied in this context?
What cannot be established from this record? Where does the group disagree?
Connect a user decision to an interface or system condition. What would answer the question, and in which setting?
Take an intervention (a source link, label, provenance cue, community note, or disclosure rule) into another stage or case. Name its target interaction, intended effect, required conditions, failure modes, and the evidence that would show it worked.
Hypothesis: __________________________________________
Open question: ________________________________________