Transparency
Source directory
Every source Ford Colter reads, how we get its material, what we are allowed to use and how we treat it. We only use approved feeds and APIs, keep a headline and short excerpt, and link to the original.
Demo registry: every outlet below is fictional and uses a reserved .example domain.
Primary / official 10
Governments, agencies, courts and organisations speaking for themselves. Authoritative for what they say or decided; not independent confirmation of disputed facts.
Basin Football League
healthyleague.basinfootball.example
- From
- Ilvar Basin
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Governing body of the professional league. Primary source for its own rulings.
Corvel Film Festival
healthycorvelfestival.example
- From
- Lunevia
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Festival organiser. Primary source for its own programme decisions.
Kesh Federal Chancellery
healthychancellery.kesh.example
- From
- Kesh Federation
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Official statements of the Kesh federal government.
Lunevian Electoral Commission
healthyelections.lunevia.example
- From
- Lunevia
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Independent statutory body. Primary source for election rules, deadlines and results.
Merovan Space Office
healthyspace.merovan.example
- From
- Merovan Islands
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Mission operator. Primary source for telemetry status updates.
NBMU Central Bank
healthybank.nbmu.example
- From
- Northern Basin
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Central bank of the Northern Basin Monetary Union. Primary source for rate decisions and published data.
Ostrel City Council
healthycouncil.ostrel.example
- From
- Valdoria
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Municipal government. Primary source for ballot wording and council data.
Saranth Water and Hazards Agency
healthyhazards.saranth.example
- From
- Saranth
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Statutory monitoring agency. Publishes gauge readings and alert levels.
Tarsk Grid Authority
healthygrid.tarsk.example
- From
- Tarsk
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Grid operator and regulator. Primary source for connection decisions and load data.
Valdorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
healthymfa.valdoria.example
- From
- Valdoria
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Official statements. Cited as what the government says, not as independent verification.
Wire 2
News agencies whose reports are syndicated widely. Count once toward corroboration however many outlets republish them.
Continental Press Agency
healthycontinentalpress.example
- From
- Ilvar Basin
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Regional news agency with bureaux in every Basin capital. Used as a corroborating wire.
Meridian Wire
healthymeridianwire.example
- From
- Merovan Islands
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Cooperative wire owned by member newspapers. Strong on markets and maritime reporting.
Reported journalism 7
Newsrooms doing original reporting. Two independent reported sources can corroborate a fact.
Basin Broadcasting Service
healthybbs-basin.example
- From
- Ilvar Basin
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Publicly funded regional broadcaster serving six countries.
Brennmark Business Times
healthybrennmarktimes.example
- From
- Tarsk
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Business daily.
Kesh Daily Courier
healthykeshcourier.example
- From
- Kesh Federation
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
National daily, Haskara.
Lunevia Morning Post
healthyluneviapost.example
- From
- Lunevia
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
National daily, Vessen.
Port Alder Gazette
healthyportaldergazette.example
- From
- Merovan Islands
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Island daily. Often first with news from talks hosted in Port Alder.
Saranth Observer
healthysaranthobserver.example
- From
- Saranth
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Weekly with a daily site. Strong highland correspondents network.
The Valdorian Herald
healthyvaldorianherald.example
- From
- Valdoria
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
National daily, Ostrel. Large politics and foreign desk.
Specialist 6
Trade and specialist publications with subject expertise. Treated like reported journalism within their field.
Delta Hydrology Review
healthydeltahydrology.example
- From
- Ilvar Basin
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Peer-reviewed journal and news section on water science.
Grid & Compute Quarterly
healthygridcompute.example
- From
- International
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Energy and computing infrastructure analysis with original data.
Orbit Ledger
healthyorbitledger.example
- From
- International
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Specialist space-industry news.
Screen Trade Weekly
healthyscreentrade.example
- From
- Lunevia
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Film and television trade publication.
Soundboard
healthysoundboard.example
- From
- Ilvar Basin
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Music-industry trade news.
Sport Integrity Monitor
healthysportintegrity.example
- From
- Ilvar Basin
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Specialist reporting on governance and finance in sport.
Analysis / commentary 4
Commentary, think tanks and essays. Sampled to show how coverage is framed; never used to establish a fact.
Civic Ledger
healthycivicledger.example
- From
- Valdoria
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Opinion and commentary site.
Harbour Quarterly
healthyharbourquarterly.example
- From
- Merovan Islands
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Long-form essays on culture and diplomacy.
Northgate Policy Institute
healthynorthgate.example
- From
- Lunevia
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Think tank. Its research is cited as analysis, not reporting.
Editorial context
Funded in part by member trade unions, per its annual report.
Evidence: Funding disclosure page (fictional demo). Reviewed 1 October 2026.
The Lantern Review
healthylanternreview.example
- From
- Valdoria
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Weekly magazine of essays and argument.
Editorial context
Describes itself as favouring market-led policy.
Evidence: Stated in its published editorial charter (fictional demo). Reviewed 1 October 2026.
Monitored 3
Partisan, anonymous or weakly sourced channels. Tracked because they can surface claims worth checking. They never alone support a summary point and never count toward corroboration.
Open Basin Forum
healthyopenbasin.example
- From
- Ilvar Basin
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
User-posted forum. Tracked for early signals only.
RiverWatch Channel
healthyriverwatch.example
- From
- Kesh Federation
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Video channel that campaigns on the delta dispute. Tracked for claims worth checking; never used alone to establish a fact.
Editorial context
Campaigns openly for one side of the delta dispute.
Evidence: Its own mission statement (fictional demo). Reviewed 1 October 2026.
Tarsk Insider
healthytarskinsider.example
- From
- Tarsk
- Acquired by
- Demo fixture (fictional)
- We may use
- Headline, excerpt up to 280 characters, link. Media: none; link only.
- Reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Anonymous channel posting leaks. Tracked, never relied on.