The candidates running last year for an open seat in Ohio’s 13th Congressional District exchanged a relentless barrage of scathing claims, counterclaims and counter-counterclaims. Emilia…
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Amid the political lies and misinformation that spread across the country throughout the 2022 midterm elections, statements by candidates in 29 states rarely faced the…
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Fifteen years ago, I worked with a small group of reporters and editors at the St. Petersburg Times (now the Tampa Bay Times) to start…
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Fact-checkers are now found in at least 102 countries – more than half the nations in the world. The latest census by the Duke Reporters’…
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With the U.S. election now less than a year away, at least four-dozen American fact-checking projects plan to keep tabs on claims by candidates and…
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My opening remarks from Global Fact 6, Cape Town, South Africa, on June 19, 2019. It’s wonderful to be here and see so many familiar…
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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…
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My remarks for the Simón Bolívar National Journalism Awards, Bogota, Colombia, Nov. 15, 2018. This is a critical moment for journalism around the world, when…
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The Duke Reporters’ Lab is joining McClatchy Carolinas and the UNC Reese News Lab in an ambitious project to expand non-partisan fact-checking throughout North Carolina.…
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My opening remarks at Global Fact V, the fifth annual meeting of the world’s fact-checkers, organized by the International Fact-Checking Network, held June 20-22 in…
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