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Three men convicted of murdering Australian and US surfers in Mexico

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 11 23 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 10 Oct 00:22 UTC · Three men convicted of murdering Australian and US surfers in Mexico 10 Oct 06:52 UTC · Mexican court convicts three men of murdering Australian and US surfers 10 Oct 18:22 UTC · Three men convicted of murdering Australian and US surfers in Mexico

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 3 HEADLINES

  1. 10 Oct, 00:22 UTC

    Three men convicted of murdering Australian and US surfers in Mexico

  2. 10 Oct, 06:52 UTC

    Mexican court convicts three men of murdering Australian and US surfers

  3. 10 Oct, 18:22 UTC

    Three men convicted of murdering Australian and US surfers in Mexico

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Baja California · 6 outlets
  • Martin Robinson · 6 outlets
  • Carter Rhoad · 5 outlets

Entered the story later

  • El Kekas · from 9 Oct 21:30, 5 outlets
  • Irineo Francisco · from 9 Oct 21:30, 5 outlets
  • 20 years prison · from 9 Oct 21:55, 4 outlets
  • Jake Robinson · from 10 Oct 00:15, 3 outlets
  • Angel Jesus · from 9 Oct 21:30, 2 outlets
  • 210 years prison · from 10 Oct 00:15, 2 outlets
  • Australians Callum · from 10 Oct 00:15, 2 outlets
  • Silva Raya · from 10 Oct 00:15, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • years prison: 150 (2 from 8 Oct 20:40) → 20 (4 from 9 Oct 21:55) → 210 (2 from 10 Oct 00:15)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.