ProPublica
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ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom known for its in-depth investigative journalism on issues of public interest in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ProPublica canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6093027 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ProPublica Context triple: [United States media, includes, ProPublica]
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A.
The Intercept
The Intercept is an online news publication known for its investigative journalism, focus on national security and civil liberties, and adversarial reporting on government and corporate power.
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B.
WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks is an international whistleblowing organization and website that publishes classified, censored, or otherwise restricted documents to promote transparency and expose government and corporate misconduct.
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C.
Freedom of the Press Foundation
Freedom of the Press Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and defending public-interest journalism and press freedom in the digital age.
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D.
Glenn Greenwald
Glenn Greenwald is an American journalist, author, and former constitutional lawyer best known for his investigative reporting on mass surveillance and civil liberties, including publishing Edward Snowden’s NSA revelations.
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E.
The Daily Beast
The Daily Beast is an American news and opinion website known for its sharp political commentary, investigative reporting, and pop culture coverage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ProPublica Target entity description: ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom known for its in-depth investigative journalism on issues of public interest in the United States.
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A.
The Intercept
The Intercept is an online news publication known for its investigative journalism, focus on national security and civil liberties, and adversarial reporting on government and corporate power.
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B.
WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks is an international whistleblowing organization and website that publishes classified, censored, or otherwise restricted documents to promote transparency and expose government and corporate misconduct.
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C.
Freedom of the Press Foundation
Freedom of the Press Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and defending public-interest journalism and press freedom in the digital age.
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D.
Glenn Greenwald
Glenn Greenwald is an American journalist, author, and former constitutional lawyer best known for his investigative reporting on mass surveillance and civil liberties, including publishing Edward Snowden’s NSA revelations.
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E.
The Daily Beast
The Daily Beast is an American news and opinion website known for its sharp political commentary, investigative reporting, and pop culture coverage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
investigative journalism organization
ⓘ
news organization ⓘ nonprofit newsroom ⓘ |
| awarded |
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for Public Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| businessModel | nonprofit ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith | other news organizations ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributionMethod | free online access ⓘ |
| editorialIndependence |
independent from corporate owners
ⓘ
independent from political parties ⓘ |
| employs |
data journalists
ⓘ
editors ⓘ investigative reporters ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
business and finance
ⓘ
criminal justice ⓘ education ⓘ environment ⓘ government accountability ⓘ health care ⓘ issues of public interest ⓘ politics ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Herbert Sandler
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marion Sandler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founder |
Herbert Sandler
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marion Sandler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fundingModel |
donation-funded
ⓘ
philanthropy-funded ⓘ |
| genre |
investigative journalism
ⓘ
public-interest journalism ⓘ |
| hasPart |
ProPublica Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ProPublica Local Reporting Network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.propublica.org/ ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| inception | 2007 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| mediaType | online news ⓘ |
| missionStatement | to expose abuses of power and betrayals of the public trust ⓘ |
| nonprofitStatus | 501(c)(3) organization ⓘ |
| notableAward | Pulitzer Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| publishes | investigative reports ⓘ |
| publishingPlatform | website ⓘ |
| uses |
data-driven reporting
ⓘ
document-based reporting ⓘ freedom of information requests ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: ProPublica Description of subject: ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom known for its in-depth investigative journalism on issues of public interest in the United States.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.