Inspiration

We consume news daily but know nothing about the people creating it. India has millions of journalists but zero public transparency about their patterns, biases, or influence. DataHalo was born to fix this gap.

What it does

We consume news daily but know nothing about the people creating it. India has millions of journalists but zero public transparency about their patterns, biases, or influence. DataHalo was born to fix this gap.

How we built it

DataHalo builds public intelligence profiles for journalists using only publicly available data. Features: Halo Score™ – transparency + influence fingerprint Work Pattern Analysis – topics, tone, controversies Narrative Analyzer – how stories evolve & which outlets amplify them AI Perspective Summaries – UPSC, finance, student, general public Journalist Gallery – searchable profiles of 50+ journalists

Challenges we ran into

FastAPI backend → async scrapers → NLP pipelines → React animated dashboard. We built an end-to-end pipeline: fetch → clean → analyze → generate Halo profile → display.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Scraping reliability, handling bias responsibly, standardizing journalist data, and building a full intelligence pipeline fast.

What we learned

People don’t need more news — they need clarity about who is shaping it.

What's next for DataHalo

Institutional Intelligence Licensing Halo ID for journalists Narrative alerts Multilingual news analysis

Built With

  • fastapi
  • tailwind
  • vite
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