While much of the world’s news media has struggled to find solid footing in the digital age, the number of fact-checking outlets reliably rocketed upward…
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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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The number of fact-checkers around the world doubled over the past six years, with nearly 400 teams of journalists and researchers taking on political lies,…
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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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The number of fact-checking outlets around the world has grown to 188 in more than 60 countries amid global concerns about the spread of misinformation,…
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Donald Trump’s rise to the Republican nomination for president of the United States, seemingly immune to fact-checkers that debunk his false statements, has prompted a…
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The high volume of political truth-twisting is driving demand for political fact-checkers around the world, with the number of fact-checking sites up 50 percent since…
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Fact-checking continues to grow around the world. As we convene the second annual Global Summit of Fact-Checking in London this week, there are now 64…
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While many fact-checkers around the world rate the accuracy of statements on a true-to-false scale, the team at the Canadian Press rates them by their…
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Catharine Richert’s boss once told her that she had the hardest job in the newsroom. As the sole reporter working on Poligraph, Minnesota Public Radio’s…
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