Happening now / Sources

Where our news comes from

Everything the Happening now page reads, and the rules for what counts. The same rules apply to every outlet, whatever its politics, and to every cause. How we check news

What we read

• The GDELT Project: an open index of the world's news. Every 15 minutes we read the US protest events it found, and the articles it tagged as protest coverage. GDELT is only a lead: each article's own headline has to describe a protest, and its own place wins over GDELT's guess.
• 18 national newsrooms and 198 local newsrooms, through the public feeds they publish (listed below). Local newsrooms are the best source on local protests.

From each report we keep only the headline as the outlet wrote it, the outlet's name, the time and a link. We never copy article text or photos. Social media posts are never a source for a news item.

What counts as independent

An item is confirmed when two independent outlets report it. These don't count as a second outlet, though they're still listed:

• Wire stories reprinted by other outlets: a story credited to AP, Reuters, AFP, UPI, Bloomberg, CNN, States Newsroom, Nexstar Media Wire, The National Desk, Gray News, Stacker, or whose page says it's another site's story, counts once, as the original's. Fifty papers running one AP story are one source.
• Outlets with the same owner share stories, so together they count once: ABC (Disney), NBC (Comcast), FOX Television Stations, Tegna, Nexstar, Hearst Television, Advance Local, States Newsroom, MediaNews Group.
• Copies: the same headline word for word on another site counts once.
• Aggregators that republish others' stories: allsides.com, aol.com, apple.news, archive.org, biztoc.com, devdiscourse.com, drudgereport.com, feedly.com, flipboard.com, google.com, ground.news, headtopics.com, ifttt.com, inkl.com, latestly.com, memeorandum.com, msn.com, muckrack.com, news.google.com, news.yahoo.com, newsbeezer.com, newsbreak.com, newsbreakapp.com, newser.com, newsnow.co.uk, newsr.in, realclearpolitics.com, smartnews.com, theweek.com, yahoo.com.
• Press releases: accesswire.com, businesswire.com, einpresswire.com, globenewswire.com, issuewire.com, newsfilecorp.com, newswire.com, openpr.com, prlog.org, prnewswire.com, prweb.com, and sponsored pages.
• Opinion: opinion pages, editorials, columns and letters.
• Social media, self-publishing and event pages: actionnetwork.org, allevents.in, blogspot.com, bsky.app, change.org, eventbrite.com, facebook.com, gab.com, instagram.com, linkedin.com, medium.com, meetup.com, mobilize.us, patreon.com, reddit.com, rumble.com, substack.com, t.me, telegram.org, threads.net, tiktok.com, truthsocial.com, tumblr.com, twitter.com, wordpress.com, x.com, youtu.be, youtube.com.

Outlets with a rule

None. Moderators can block an outlet (for fabricated stories or spam) or stop counting it as independent, never for its politics; any such rule will be listed here with its reason.

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Labels

Each item gets one label: the most serious thing the reports describe. Labels state what outlets reported, not our judgment; who did what to whom is in each outlet's own headline.

Deaths or gunfire reported

Outlets report someone killed, or shots fired, at or near the protest.

Injuries reported

Outlets report someone hurt at or near the protest, including people struck by a vehicle.

Property damage reported

Outlets report vandalism, fire or looting at or near the protest.

Dispersal reported

Outlets report the crowd was ordered or forced to leave, for example with tear gas or pepper spray.

Arrests reported

Outlets report one or more people arrested or detained at the protest.

Counter-protest

Outlets report opposing groups at the same place and time. Both sides are one item.

Sit-in or blockade

People reported occupying a place or blocking a road or entrance, including encampments.

Strike or walkout

A work or school stoppage reported as a protest, including picket lines.

March

A protest that moves along a route.

Vigil

A gathering to mourn or remember.

Protest

People gathered to make their views known: a rally, picket or demonstration.

National newsrooms

• ABC News
• Axios
• Breitbart
• CBS News
• Fox News
• HuffPost
• NBC News
• New York Post
• NPR
• PBS News
• The 19th
• The Christian Science Monitor
• The Daily Caller
• The Guardian
• The Hill
• The New York Times
• UPI
• Washington Examiner

Local newsrooms

Alaska

• Anchorage Daily News (Anchorage)
• Alaska Beacon (Juneau)

Alabama

• AL.com (Birmingham)
• CBS 42 (Birmingham)
• Alabama Reflector (Montgomery)

Arkansas

• Arkansas Advocate (Little Rock)
• KARK (Little Rock)

Arizona

• 12News (Phoenix)
• Arizona Mirror (Phoenix)
• FOX 10 Phoenix (Phoenix)

California

• ABC30 (Fresno)
• ABC7 Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
• CBS Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
• FOX 11 Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
• KTLA (Los Angeles)
• LAist (Los Angeles)
• Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
• NBC Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
• KTVU FOX 2 (Oakland)
• The Oaklandside (Oakland)
• ABC10 (Sacramento)
• CBS Sacramento (Sacramento)
• CalMatters (Sacramento)
• FOX40 (Sacramento)
• CBS 8 (San Diego)
• FOX 5 San Diego (San Diego)
• KPBS (San Diego)
• Times of San Diego (San Diego)
• Voice of San Diego (San Diego)
• ABC7 News Bay Area (San Francisco)
• CBS Bay Area (San Francisco)
• KQED (San Francisco)
• KRON4 (San Francisco)
• Mission Local (San Francisco)
• The San Francisco Standard (San Francisco)
• NBC Bay Area (San Jose)

Colorado

• 9NEWS (Denver)
• CBS Colorado (Denver)
• Colorado Newsline (Denver)
• Colorado Public Radio (Denver)
• Denverite (Denver)

Connecticut

• The Connecticut Mirror (Hartford)
• WTNH (New Haven)

District of Columbia

• FOX 5 DC (Washington)
• NBC Washington (Washington)
• WTOP (Washington)
• WUSA9 (Washington)
• Washington City Paper (Washington)

Florida

• First Coast News (Jacksonville)
• CBS Miami (Miami)
• NBC 6 South Florida (Miami)
• FOX 35 Orlando (Orlando)
• Florida Phoenix (Tallahassee)
• FOX 13 Tampa Bay (Tampa)
• WFLA (Tampa)
• WTSP (Tampa)

Georgia

• 11Alive (Atlanta)
• FOX 5 Atlanta (Atlanta)
• Georgia Recorder (Atlanta)

Hawaii

• Honolulu Civil Beat (Honolulu)

Iowa

• Iowa Capital Dispatch (Des Moines)

Idaho

• Idaho Capital Sun (Boise)
• KTVB (Boise)

Illinois

• ABC7 Chicago (Chicago)
• Block Club Chicago (Chicago)
• CBS Chicago (Chicago)
• Chicago Sun-Times (Chicago)
• FOX 32 Chicago (Chicago)
• NBC Chicago (Chicago)
• WGN-TV (Chicago)

Indiana

• FOX59 (Indianapolis)
• Indiana Capital Chronicle (Indianapolis)
• Mirror Indy (Indianapolis)
• WTHR (Indianapolis)

Kansas

• Kansas Reflector (Topeka)

Kentucky

• Kentucky Lantern (Frankfort)
• Louisville Public Media (Louisville)
• WHAS11 (Louisville)

Louisiana

• Louisiana Illuminator (Baton Rouge)
• WWL-TV (New Orleans)

Massachusetts

• Boston.com (Boston)
• CBS Boston (Boston)
• NBC10 Boston (Boston)
• WBUR (Boston)
• MassLive (Springfield)

Maryland

• Maryland Matters (Annapolis)
• CBS Baltimore (Baltimore)

Maine

• Maine Morning Star (Augusta)

Michigan

• Michigan Public (Ann Arbor)
• BridgeDetroit (Detroit)
• CBS Detroit (Detroit)
• FOX 2 Detroit (Detroit)
• WDET (Detroit)
• MLive (Grand Rapids)
• Michigan Advance (Lansing)

Minnesota

• CBS Minnesota (Minneapolis)
• FOX 9 (Minneapolis)
• KARE 11 (Minneapolis)
• MinnPost (Minneapolis)
• Sahan Journal (Minneapolis)
• Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
• Minnesota Reformer (Saint Paul)

Missouri

• Missouri Independent (Jefferson City)
• FOX4 Kansas City (Kansas City)
• FOX 2 St. Louis (St. Louis)
• KSDK (St. Louis)

Mississippi

• Mississippi Today (Jackson)

Montana

• Montana Free Press (Helena)

North Carolina

• WCNC (Charlotte)
• ABC11 (Raleigh)
• CBS 17 (Raleigh)
• NC Newsline (Raleigh)
• WRAL (Raleigh)

North Dakota

• North Dakota Monitor (Bismarck)

Nebraska

• Nebraska Examiner (Lincoln)

New Hampshire

• New Hampshire Bulletin (Concord)

New Jersey

• NJ Spotlight News (Newark)
• NJ.com (Newark)
• New Jersey Monitor (Trenton)

New Mexico

• KRQE (Albuquerque)
• Source NM (Santa Fe)

Nevada

• 8 News Now (Las Vegas)
• Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas)
• Nevada Current (Las Vegas)

New York

• NEWS10 (Albany)
• WGRZ (Buffalo)
• WIVB (Buffalo)
• ABC7 New York (New York)
• CBS New York (New York)
• FOX 5 New York (New York)
• Gothamist (New York)
• NBC New York (New York)
• PIX11 (New York)
• THE CITY (New York)
• syracuse.com (Syracuse)

Ohio

• FOX 8 Cleveland (Cleveland)
• Signal Cleveland (Cleveland)
• WKYC (Cleveland)
• cleveland.com (Cleveland)
• 10TV (Columbus)
• NBC4 Columbus (Columbus)
• Ohio Capital Journal (Columbus)

Oklahoma

• KFOR (Oklahoma City)
• Oklahoma Voice (Oklahoma City)

Oregon

• KGW (Portland)
• KOIN (Portland)
• OPB (Portland)
• The Oregonian (Portland)
• Oregon Capital Chronicle (Salem)

Pennsylvania

• PennLive (Harrisburg)
• Pennsylvania Capital-Star (Harrisburg)
• 6abc Philadelphia (Philadelphia)
• Billy Penn (Philadelphia)
• CBS Philadelphia (Philadelphia)
• FOX 29 Philadelphia (Philadelphia)
• NBC10 Philadelphia (Philadelphia)
• The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia)
• CBS Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh)
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh)

Rhode Island

• Rhode Island Current (Providence)
• WPRI (Providence)

South Carolina

• SC Daily Gazette (Columbia)
• WLTX (Columbia)

South Dakota

• South Dakota Searchlight (Pierre)

Tennessee

• WBIR (Knoxville)
• MLK50 (Memphis)
• WREG (Memphis)
• Nashville Banner (Nashville)
• Tennessee Lookout (Nashville)
• WKRN (Nashville)

Texas

• KVUE (Austin)
• KXAN (Austin)
• The Texas Tribune (Austin)
• CBS Texas (Dallas)
• FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth (Dallas)
• NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (Dallas)
• WFAA (Dallas)
• El Paso Matters (El Paso)
• ABC13 Houston (Houston)
• FOX 26 Houston (Houston)
• Houston Public Media (Houston)
• KHOU 11 (Houston)
• KENS 5 (San Antonio)
• Texas Public Radio (San Antonio)

Utah

• ABC4 Utah (Salt Lake City)
• The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City)
• Utah News Dispatch (Salt Lake City)

Virginia

• 13News Now (Norfolk)
• WAVY (Norfolk)
• Virginia Mercury (Richmond)
• WRIC (Richmond)

Vermont

• VTDigger (Montpelier)

Washington

• Washington State Standard (Olympia)
• FOX 13 Seattle (Seattle)
• KING 5 (Seattle)

Wisconsin

• Wisconsin Examiner (Madison)

West Virginia

• West Virginia Watch (Charleston)

Wyoming

• WyoFile (Cheyenne)

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