A laboratory worker at a plague research institute in Siberia has fallen ill and died in undisclosed circumstances.
Health / Russia
Dozens quarantined after death of researcher at Russian plague institute
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How outlets headlined it
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- SBS News Dozens quarantined after death of researcher at Russian plague institute
- WAtoday US monitoring Russian 'plague' death
- ABC News US closely monitoring death of Russian plague laboratory employee
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A summary of SBS News’s report. The score is for the full 642-word report.
How calmly each outlet wrote it
WAtoday, The Age, Brisbane Times and The Sydney Morning Herald also covered it; we only receive their summaries, so their writing is not scored here.
| Outlet | Niral Score | Adjectives | Sourcing | Sentiment | Gender | Mood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBS Newsas they published this story | 90.4 | 11 | 78 | -0.3 | 1.9 | 25 |
| ABC News | 93.1 | 6 | 87 | -0.6 | 1.9 | 25.1 |
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The same event elsewhere
6 outlets from 3 newsrooms reported this story: the one you are reading and the other 5 below. The table above compares the reports we could score.
WAtoday
US monitoring Russian 'plague' death
summary only, not scored
The Age
US monitoring Russian 'plague' death
summary only, not scored
Brisbane Times
US monitoring Russian 'plague' death
summary only, not scored
The Sydney Morning Herald
US monitoring Russian 'plague' death
summary only, not scored
ABC News
US closely monitoring death of Russian plague laboratory employee
Niral 93.1 · calm writing
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