Squash began as a crazy dream. Soon after I started PolitiFact in 2007, readers began suggesting a cool but far-fetched idea. They wanted to see…
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Squash report card: Improvements during State of the Union … and how humans will make our AI smarter
Squash report card: Improvements during State of the Union … and how humans will make our AI smarter
Squash, the experimental pop-up fact-checking product of the Reporters’ Lab, is getting better. Our live test during the State of the Union address on Feb.…
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Fact-checkers have a problem. They want to use technology to hold politicians accountable by getting fact-checks in front of the public as quickly as possible.…
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The Duke Reporters’ Lab has launched a global effort to expand the use of ClaimReview, a standardized method of identifying fact-check articles for search engines…
Comments closedWhen fact-checking technologists and journalists gather in Durham for the 2019 Tech & Check Conference this month, they will share new tools intended to optimize…
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We tested two fact-checking products during the State of the Union address. One failed, the other showed great promise. The failure was FactStream, our iPhone…
Comments closedUPDATE, Feb. 5, 11 p.m.: Our FactStream app failed during the State of the Union address. We apologize for the problems. We are still sorting out…
Comments closedIt’s been more than a year since the Reporters’ Lab received $1.2 million in grant funding to launch the Duke Tech & Check Cooperative. Our…
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Duke Reporters’ Lab students expanded vital political journalism during a historic midterm campaign season this fall with the North Carolina Fact-Checking Project. Five student journalists…
Comments closedFive Duke undergraduates monitored thousands of political claims this semester during a heated midterm campaign season for the N.C. Fact-Checking Project. That work helped expand…
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