ethics of fact-checking
Dead links plague journalists. This app is trying to fix that.
We have become so accustomed to accessing information online whenever and wherever we want that…
Should journalists outsource fact-checking to academics?
Fact-checking, with its reliance on statistics and experts, longer publishing times and occasionally unsexy findings,…
Skepticism before sympathy: why journalists should verify figures from the U.N., NGOs and nonprofits
In a 2014 press release, the U.N. reported that 5,000 people crossed from Eritrea to…
How to avoid sharing false rumours on the Paris attacks – advice from Décodeurs
Fact-checkers Mathilde Damgé and Samuel Laurent at Le Monde’s “Décodeurs” published today a list of…
Fact-checking jokes
You are at a dinner party and you make a sweeping generalization that serves as…
5 things to keep in mind when fact-checking claims about science
If it seems to you that science-based claims do not need solid fact-checking, you would…
Fact-checking the fact-checkers
Correcting others is the main task of the fact-checker. But what happens when a fact-checker…
Introducing Poynter’s International Fact-checking Network
Today marks the online launch of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at Poynter. This informal…