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Migrants traveling in a group begin their journey toward the U.S. border as they walk along a highway in San Salvador, El Salvador, early Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

What fact-checkers could gain from covering immigration as a vertical

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Kristen Hare on assignment for the St. Joseph (Missouri) News-Press sometime before 2008. (Image via St. Joseph News-Press flyer)

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Broadcast announcer Bob Costas announced that he will be leaving NBC Sports after a 40-year career. (Photo: David J. Phillip)

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Hiwot Hailu (left) and Allison Graves lead a MediaWise fact-checking presentation at Memorial High School in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Katy Byron)

MediaWise training proves teens need — and want — help detecting misinformation online

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Fake newsprint copies — and a fake Washington Post home page — are making the rounds

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