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The Frame Bureau / EchoFrame’s training division

Good judgment
is a practice

Learn to find the evidence, question the account, and explain what it means.

From information to understanding

A stronger question
A clearer answer

The Frame Bureau brings investigative journalism, data science, and political risk analysis into the same classroom. Participants work through research questions, learning to distinguish what is known from what is assumed.

The emphasis is on practice: checking a source, making an assessment, and revisiting it when the evidence changes.

THE FRAME BUREAUNotes on judgment
  1. 01 / Evidence

    How do we know?

    Examine the source and the limits of its account.

  2. 02 / Judgment

    What does it change?

    Explain why an observation matters to the question.

  3. 03 / Review

    What did we miss?

    Return to the assessment and learn from the outcome.

Ask. Examine. Reconsider.
Learning through the work

Build something
you can stand behind

Training connects the reasoning to a practical piece of work.

01

An evidence file

Keep the sources behind each claim close enough to inspect.

02

A reasoned assessment

Write a clear conclusion, with its assumptions and uncertainties.

03

A habit of review

Use what happened next to improve the next judgment.

Begin with your team

What do they need
to understand?

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