Category Archives: Verifying Information

Jul 01

Google’s Research Guru Dan Russell Offers Weekly Tips That Can Make You A Better Searcher

note: after 6 months, ReadyReporter is back and ready to give you more tips for quicker, better, smarter reporting. One of the most popular seminars at the Investigative Reporters and Editors Conference each year is the one led by Goggle’s … Read More

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Oct 17

Where Do Most Muslims Live?

After 9/11 I got involved in an interfaith women’s group and met, for the first time, some Muslim women. I’m pleased to say several have become friends. I’ve learned a lot from them. One thing is about where Muslims live. … Read More

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Jul 23

People Finders: Backgrounding People

At #IRE14 I picked up some great tips for how to background people, or confirm they are who they say they are (or whom you think they are).  Here are 5 good ones: LICENSING: Many professions are licensed. BRB Publications … Read More

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Mar 21

Tips on Verifying Video from Others

I’ve been writing several posts about all I’m learning in the  Verification Handbook. It’s new, free, and worthwhile. Download it on a mobile device and read it over the next few weeks. The chapter writer, Malachy Browne, from Storyful, says … Read More

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Mar 11

Tips from BBC Pro on Verifying Photos

We’re getting a lot of snow, even blizzard conditions, in Central New York and I wonder if bogus snow pictures will find their way around the Internet. In the new Verification Handbook (a definitive guide to verifying digital content for emergency … Read More

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Mar 03

Reminders on Verifying Information

Every time I teach interviewing I tell students one of the questions that should always be on the tip of their tongue is, “how do you know that.” I  promised some takeaways from the new Verification Handbook (see previous blog … Read More

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Feb 24

New “Verification Handbook” is a Must-Read

You’ve seen the picture of the Statue of Liberty with the swirling blue and gold clouds around it, right?  A fake.  Or the shark swimming next to the homes? Both went viral during Hurricane Sandy. Both creations. Fake. Never-happened. So … Read More

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