Bill Adair
Knight Professor for the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy
Duke University
Twitter needs to harness automation to combat falsehoods
Twitter got some great headlines this week when it started linking President Donald Trumpโs tweetsโฆ
Elegy to the widget
The Share the Facts widget started a revolution for fact-checkers, but when we turn offโฆ
โEmbedded fact-checksโ shouldnโt just be about Trump
Thereโs a promising new trend in political journalism. Instead of waiting for fact-checkers to bringโฆ
Fact-checking arrives on Broadway ย but not my kind of fact-checking
A marvelous new Broadway play is going to bring new attention to magazine fact-checking. Butโฆ
Itโs time to fact-check all the news
Political reporters are showing that fact-checking isnโt just for fact-checkers. After Donald Trump declared repeatedlyโฆ
The winners and losers of Serialโs first season (Ira Glass is on both lists)
Spoiler alert: If you havenโt listened to all 12 episodes of Serial, there are manyโฆ
Ben Smith, @crushingbort and @blippoblappo talk about plagiarism
I teach a journalism ethics class at Duke University that focuses on issues of trust.โฆ
Lessons from London: fact-checkers have passion, but need more checks
Poynterโs inaugural Global Fact-Checking Summit attracted a diverse group of journalists to a London classroomโฆ
Poynter to hold Global Fact-Checking Summit in London
With fact-checking growing around the world, the Poynter Institute will convene the first Global Fact-Checkingโฆ
Creating new forms of journalism that put readers in charge
Itโs been 20 years since the Internet began to disrupt journalism. It has turned ourโฆ