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For journalists citing US360 research
Press announcements from the US360 research desk, how to cite US360 research correctly, and what journalists can expect from our data, methodology and interview requests.
Announcements
Research announcements
Each announcement links back to the published report it describes, including its methodology and source registry.
Jul 14, 2026
US360 opens the Data & Insights Center
The research division launches with ten state rankings, ten reports and a published methodology.
Jun 10, 2026
Migration Trends 2026 published
A demographic review of state scale and the limits of what published data can say about movement.
Feb 11, 2026
Annual Cost of Living Report 2026
The flagship affordability review across all 51 US360 state hubs.
Citation guidance
How to cite US360 research
Attribute US360 analysis to US360, and attribute official statistics to the agency that produced them.
US360 Research. "Annual Cost of Living Report 2026." US360 Data & Insights Center, 9 July 2026, https://us360.org/insights/reports/annual-cost-of-living-report-2026.
When a figure originates with a federal or state agency, cite that agency as the source and US360 as the place you found it. Never present a US360 composite score as an official government statistic.
What we provide
What journalists can expect
- How reports are created
- A researcher drafts from the shared state dataset, a second researcher recomputes every composite, and an editor reviews the wording before publication.
- How data is verified
- A measure only enters a ranking when the same field exists for all 51 hubs. Anything partial stays a labelled placeholder.
- When reports are updated
- Annual reports are re-published yearly with a mid-year review. Rankings recompute with the dataset and are reviewed at least twice a year.
- Known limitations
- State-level figures cannot describe a specific city or neighbourhood, and several important measures are still unsourced. Each report lists its own limits.
- Corrections process
- Corrections are published on the report page with the date and the change, and the version history records what moved.
- Reader feedback
- Anyone can flag a figure through the contact page. Flagged figures are re-checked before the next review date.
Need the weights behind a ranking, or a figure we have not published yet? Read the methodology and the data sources registry, then ask us through the contact page.
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