A hand-drawn experiment: a narrow beam enters through a shutter, crosses a room to a glass prism on a wooden table, and leaves as a hand-tinted spectrum.

Second-order news.

Prism reads the day’s coverage across 57 outlets and maps each story: what every outlet carries, where the tellings split, and what each one leaves out.

Essentially: where the news explains the world, Prism explains the news.

Prism reads the day’s coverage and maps what outlets share, where their tellings split, and what each leaves out.

shared accounts · meaningful differences · inspectable evidence

An independent, non-commercial research project. 57 outlets · roster and lean disclosed