What we do
Wide-angle journalism is our response to single-lens news. We’re building a clearer way to understand what’s happening, and what people think about it.
What is wide-angle journalism?
A different way of constructing news stories
The Bias is the world’s first wide-angle news outlet. Wide-angle journalism is a concept we developed in response to how most news is still produced today. Traditional outlets usually tell stories through a single editorial lens, that of a writer, editor, or publication.
A wide-angle news outlet takes a different approach. Instead of presenting one interpretation, it aims to show the full picture of a real-world event by bringing together broad coverage, key facts, major perspectives, where coverage conflicts, and what remains unclear, in one clear read.
The values behind wide-angle journalism
Principles that shape how every article is built
Wide-angle journalism isn’t just about using more sources. It’s underpinned by three core values that directly shape how every article at The Bias is built.
- Agency, we don’t try to steer readers toward a conclusion. Our role is to equip people with the information they need to form their own views.
- Transparency, readers are given visibility into where information comes from and how claims are supported.
- Honesty, uncertainty, disagreement, and speculation are surfaced clearly rather than hidden.
The FOCS framework
Separating fact, interpretation, and uncertainty
To turn wide-angle journalism from an idea into a working system, we developed the FOCS framework.
By separating reporting into these categories, FOCS helps distinguish what is established, what is interpretation, and what remains uncertain. This allows us to accurately determine what’s agreed, and what’s not.
How it works
From breaking news to a single article
Behind every article is a system designed to follow stories as they emerge and evolve. Our news engine combines custom-built algorithms with large language models to analyse coverage and synthesise original reporting.
- Ingestion, our engine continuously monitors a broad range of sources (currently over 600), tracking stories as they break.
- Clustering, articles are grouped using semantic similarity, allowing us to track real-world events even when outlets frame them differently.
- Analysis, coverage is examined using the FOCS framework to separate facts, opinions, consequences, and speculation.
- Synthesis, we publish a single article that shows what’s agreed, what’s contested, and what remains uncertain. When you want to go deeper, key claims can be traced back to the reporting behind them.
Reporting from the frontier of innovation
Scale, speed, and synthesis made possible by recent advances
Wide-angle journalism requires breadth and speed at the same time. To present the full picture of a breaking story, large volumes of reporting must be analysed, grouped, and understood in near real time.
Until recently, this wasn’t feasible. Manually tracking hundreds of sources, clustering related coverage, and extracting structure from reporting would have been too slow and inconsistent to keep pace with the news cycle.
Advances in embedding models now allow us to cluster articles by meaning rather than headlines, while faster large-scale language analysis enables high-quality synthesis at scale. This makes it possible to build clear, timely articles that reflect genuine agreement, disagreement, and uncertainty across sources.
Wide-angle journalism becomes possible when you can read the world at speed, without losing accuracy. When you can track hundreds of articles as a story breaks, and still keep the important distinctions intact.
Built around the reader
Deep analysis, quiet simplicity
We decided to put user experience at the heart of everything we do. Reading The Bias should feel effortless. Calm, focused, and surprisingly powerful . It should feel like the app is doing the heavy lifting in the background so you can stay in the story. You get one clear read that shows what’s agreed, what’s contested, and what remains unclear, without having to bounce between tabs or stitch together a story yourself.
Other key features
Tools that add breadth and depth without adding clutter.
- International Outlook, see how outlets in different countries report on the same event, what they emphasise, and what domestic coverage may be missing. Compare priorities and framing across regions without having to hunt through separate publications.
- The Rundown, a weekly, personalised newspaper built around the topics you care about. It surfaces the key developments you actually need, some uplifting stories that flew under the radar, and the main things worth watching in the week ahead.
Looking ahead
What we’re currently building to widen the lens further.
- Language extensions, support for 10+ languages so access to perspective isn’t limited by language.
- Audio, in-app, podcast-style listening to understand the full picture on the go.
- Accessibility, improving access through clearer reading modes, assistive support, and inclusive design.
- Independent fact checking, working with external verification agencies to go deeper than reporting alone.
- Multi-source fact logs, recording multiple independent sources behind key facts so you can see how strongly a claim is supported.
- Broader sources, expanding beyond traditional media to include expert analysis, primary documents, and alternative formats.
- Roadmaps, exploring potential consequences of current events and what they may mean for readers over time.
- Reduced-bias LLMs, developing language models trained specifically to reduce bias and improve synthesis quality.
