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Nobel Literature Prize: How the winner is secretly chosen

11 publications, in the order they reported. The story spread over 51 hours 53 minutes. Words in highlight are ones the first headline did not use. All top stories · On NewsMarkets

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Publications over time

13:15 UTC17:07 UTC11 publications
Publications in order of reporting
#Time (UTC)After the firstPublicationHeadline
1firstDeutsche WelleNobel Literature Prize: How the winner is secretly chosen
2+45 hours 48 minutesThe New York TimesAnne Carson Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature by Alex Marshall
3+45 hours 49 minutesTimes of IndiaCanadian author Anne Carson awarded 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature by AYUSH PANDEY
4+45 hours 50 minutesThe GuardianCanadian poet Anne Carson wins Nobel prize in literature 2026 – live by Ella Creamer, Philip Oltermann, Emma Loffhagen, Molly Bennett
5+45 hours 51 minutesFrance 24🔴Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Canada’s Anne Carson by FRANCE24
6+45 hours 52 minutesSouth China Morning PostCanada’s Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
7+45 hours 55 minutesThe Japan TimesCanadian writer Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
8+45 hours 58 minutesBBCCanadian poet Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in Literature
9+47 hours 53 minutesFinancial TimesAnne Carson awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in literature
10+48 hours 37 minutesAl JazeeraCanadian Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
11+51 hours 53 minutesThe EconomistAnne Carson wins the Nobel prize in literature

Who covered it, by audience

11 of 11 publications on this story have an audience score. None of the rated publications whose audience leans Republican covered it, while 7 on the other side did.

Publications by the political lean of their audience
Audience leans Democratic (7)Mixed audience (4)Audience leans Republican (0)
None

Audience lean comes from Robertson, R. E., Jiang, S., Joseph, K., Friedland, L., Lazer, D., and Wilson, C. (2018), Auditing Partisan Audience Bias within Google Search, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 2(CSCW), article 148, used with the authors' permission. The score shows which party's registered voters, on Twitter, shared an outlet's links more. It is not a rating of the outlet's own slant, and it dates from 2018. See how we use it.