DeNeen L.

DeNeen L. Brown is an award-winning staff writer at The Washington Post, with a diverse background in covering night police, education, courts, politics and culture. She has written about the black middle class, poverty, the homeless, arts and gentrification and traveled throughout the Arctic to write about climate change and indigenous populations. With her experience in foreign correspondence and numerous awards for her writing including first place in narrative features and the 1999 award for non-deadline writing by the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Brown has established herself as a reliable and insightful journalist.

Biography:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/deneen-l-brown/

99%

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:
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The Daily's Verdict

This author is known for its high journalistic standards. The author strives to maintain neutrality and transparency in its reporting, and avoids conflicts of interest. The author has a reputation for accuracy and rarely gets contradicted on major discrepancies in its reporting.

Bias

98%

Examples:

  • DeNeen L. Brown has a background in covering night police, education, courts, politics and culture which may influence her reporting.
  • She has won awards for her writing including first place in narrative features and the 1999 award for non-deadline writing by the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

  • No conflicts of interest have been identified.

Contradictions

14%

Examples:

  • Despite Granger’s order, some enslavers fled with their slaves to countries where slavery had not been outlawed.
  • In an article about Juneteenth, it's mentioned that slavery formally ended in the United States on Dec. 6, 1865 but an exception clause allowed slavery to continue in another form.

Deceptions

100%

Examples:

  • No deceptive practices have been identified.

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