Introducing CAP: The Maine Mirror Opens Its Correspondence to Accountability

The Maine Mirror is putting its new Correspondence Accountability Project into practice for the first time. CAP Audit 001 examines a completed exchange with the Gorham Democrats, documenting what was asked, what was answered, what remained unresolved and how the correspondence ultimately concluded.
BTM-004: The Correspondence Accountability Project — A Standard for Measuring Responsiveness and Transparency

The Maine Mirror is introducing the Correspondence Accountability Project (CAP), a standardized and publicly documented system for evaluating responsiveness and transparency in completed press correspondence. BTM-004 publishes the methodology, safeguards and standards behind every CAP audit.
Watch the Watchdogs: 11 Maine News Articles Audited Under One Standard

Watch the Watchdogs completes its first round of Maine media audits, evaluating 11 articles from 11 news organizations under one standardized methodology and generating 36 questions for publishers.
