Reporters' Lab

The @ReportersLab's 10th annual fact-checking census is out. We count 417 sites that verify + debunk claims in +100 countries, 69 languages. But the fact-checking tally is leveling off, even as concerns about manipulation, lies and dangerous hoaxes grow. bit.ly/2023fact-check…

Our new report: Vast gaps in fact-checking across the U.S. allow politicians to elude scrutiny reporterslab.org/vast-gaps-in-f…

There’s too much State of the Union fact-checking poynter.org/commentary/202…

Politicians in most states got little scrutiny from local fact-checkers in this year's elections. Why? Because in 29 states there weren’t any. A new study from the Duke @ReportersLab examines these "fact deserts" and the state of local fact-checking. bit.ly/fact-deserts

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PolitiFact at 15: Lessons about the Truth-O-Meter, innovation and pirates reporterslab.org/politifact-at-…

Our annual fact-checking census is out: The number of sites has doubled in six years, but growth is slowing. Also: a recent decline in meters and ratings reporterslab.org/fact-checkers-…

An update on what we’ve learned from 1,000+ entries of MediaReview, our latest collaboration to combat misinformation reporterslab.org/mediareview-a-…

New additions brings our total of fact-checking sites to 356. reporterslab.org/from-sofia-to-…

Some interesting revelations in our latest census of fact-checking, released today: Fact-checkers are now found in more than half the nations of the world. But growth is slowing. #article-2867" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">reporterslab.org/category/fact-…

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As embedded fact-checking grows, reporters need to show their sources, write @joel_luther and @BillAdairDuke poynter.org/fact-checking/…

Congrats to our grad Ishan Thakore, selected for IRE’s Journalist of Color Investigative Reporting Fellowship! He’s an alum of @ReportersLab and has been researching and producing for @iamsambee ire.org/four-journalis…

Our annual census finds tremendous growth in fact-checking around the world. There are now 290 fact-checkers doing this important work in 83 countries. #GlobalFact7 reporterslab.org/annual-census-…

What is MediaReview? FAQs on the new schema we’re helping to develop for fact-checks of fake videos and images. reporterslab.org/what-is-mediar…

We want your feedback on the MediaReview tagging system reporterslab.org/we-want-your-f…

Squash report card: Improvements during State of the Union … and how humans will make our AI smarter reporterslab.org/squash-report-…

From @NiemanLab, a look at MediaReview, our new effort to create a standard for fact-checking videos and images niemanlab.org/2020/01/is-thi…

U.S. fact-checkers gear up for 2020 campaign > Of the 226 fact-checking projects in our latest global count, 50 are in the U.S. and most are locally focused. reporterslab.org/u-s-fact-check…

Our annual census by @markstencel finds a surge in the number of fact-checking outlets. There are now 188 in 60 countries, up 39 from last year. reporterslab.org/number-of-fact…