Frequently Asked Questions

Newspaper is a Logan Pendragon Forge Live Lab that creates a source-linked digest of the previous day. Global editions publish daily; Local editions are generated on request for a city or regional area.

A closed reporting window gives the research and verification process time to compare independent accounts and reduces the pressure to publish an unconfirmed first report.

No publication can promise perfect neutrality. Newspaper’s stated goal is nonpartisan, evidence-weighted coverage. It checks material claims across independent sources, labels allegations and opinion, and represents credible disagreement without inventing false balance.

Each story requires three or four direct links from at least three domains. Material claims need independent confirmation or primary evidence plus corroboration. Dead links, wire-service mirrors presented as separate sources, weak source diversity, and failed standards checks block publication.

Yes. Automated research and drafting are central to the experiment, followed by a separate automated standards review and deterministic source checks. The result can still be wrong, which is why sources, uncertainty notes, and corrections remain visible.

You may request an approximate area from your IP address or enter a country and ZIP/postal code. The request is converted to a coarse place label such as city, region, and country. The raw IP and entered postal code are not included in the published edition.

No. A generated Local Newspaper is saved to the public Local Archive, receives a permanent URL, and may be indexed by search engines. It shows the coarse coverage area and edition date, not the requester’s identity, raw IP address, or submitted postal code.

A signed browser cookie remembers the most recent job for 90 days. The server continues working after you leave. When you return on the same browser, Newspaper reopens the job or its finished edition.

Yes. Use the Logan Pendragon Forge Feedback control at the top right of any page. For factual concerns, include the edition date, headline, disputed detail, and your supporting source.