Nicole Cobler

Nicole is a reporter for Axios Austin, where she writes about the city's tech scene, restaurants, real estate, local politics and more. She previously covered state politics and technology for the Austin American-Statesman. Nicole grew up in Victoria, Texas, and has lived in Austin for nine years. emailnicole.cobler@axios.comFeatured stories Get a free daily digest of the most important news in your backyard with Axios Austin. 🌱 Support local journalism by becoming a member. Learn more

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76%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

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The Daily's Verdict

This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.

Bias

80%

Examples:

  • An internal message obtained by Axios told retail employees that Outdoor Voices is embarking on a new chapter as we transition to an exclusively online business.
  • One Austin employee who worked on the company's marketing team said they and other employees were suddenly laid off in brief meetings Tuesday.

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Contradictions

100%

Examples:

  • The storefronts were short-lived

Deceptions

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Recent Articles

Outdoor Voices to Close All Retail Stores and Move Online Amidst Layoffs for Employees

Outdoor Voices to Close All Retail Stores and Move Online Amidst Layoffs for Employees

Broke On: Friday, 15 March 2024 Outdoor Voices, an athleisure brand valued at $110 million in 2018 and dropped to $40 million by 2020, is closing all of its retail stores nationwide on Sunday. The company plans to move completely online. Retail employees were alerted of their imminent layoffs through Slack on Wednesday.