The Marshall Project

The Marshall Project describes itself as a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that is not an advocate, and its code of ethics tells staff to keep advocacy separate from news reporting.

Editorial record means the rating rests on the outlet's documented record, such as its editorial board's endorsements, the stated purpose it was founded for, its opinion lineup or its published commitments such as an ethics policy. Scope: Whole outlet · US politics. Confidence: high. What these mean

Evidence

• About page mission statement; also says the organization is not an advocate. “a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization”
• Code of Ethics: separates advocacy from news, limits political involvement by staff, and says donors get no preferential coverage. “Distinguish between advocacy and news reporting.”

Limits of this rating

• No clear direction means no documented partisan direction was found, not that every report is balanced.
• Its stated mission is to make the criminal justice system more fair, effective, transparent and humane through journalism; this rating does not treat that reform aim as a partisan direction.

First draft by Sol, our AI editor, on Nov 3, 2026. Rewritten and checked against the evidence pages by Claude, an AI system, which can change the draft's label. Accepted by our human editor on Nov 3, 2026, as part of a batch.

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