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MAGAZINE FACT-CHECKING
with Brooke Borel
Vet sources & fact-check quotes, photographs, headlines, & more
Enhance news content with this new technology
Class meets Wednesday, Nov 14, from 6:30 to 9 pm
The cost for this workshop is $39
$29 Early Bird rate before September 15
Looking to sharpen yourreporting skills? How do you know an articleis truly true -- & what steps should you take to be absolutely sure you know what youthink you know?
Fact-checking is vital to journalism.This is especially true now that we're dealing with so-called "fake news" & "alternative facts." In this two-and-a-half-hour workshop, Brooke Borel, journalist & author ofThe Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking, will walk you through thewhat whyandhowof fact-checking. You'll learn how tovet sourcesof all types & how to fact-check quotes, photographs, headlines, & more. We'll also cover how to navigate relationships with writers, reporters, editors, & sources.
You'll come away with the basic skills to fact-check at any news outlet, & you'll also have tips on how youcan apply these steps to your own work if you don't have the luxury of working with a fact-checker.
Level: Beginner
About Brooke Borel
Brooke Borel is a journalist, author, & editor based in Brooklyn, New York. She has written on everything from particle physics to the seedy world of cannabis pesticides to the rise of the bed bug for the likes of Scientific American, Popular Science, Nature, the Guardian, the Atlantic, BuzzFeed News, & FiveThirtyEight, among others. Both the Alicia Patterson Foundation & the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have supported her work. She teaches writing workshops at New York University & the Brooklyn Brainery. And her books are the critically acclaimed Infested: How the Bed Bug Infiltrated Our Bedrooms & Took Over the World & The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking, which Library Journal named one of the best reference books of 2016.
For concerns or questions about this workshop, please e-mail pd@journalism.cuny.edu.
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