Binding: Paperback
Description: This book will help you: Recognize what information to fact - check Identify the quality and ranking of source materials Learn to fact - check a variety of media types: newspaper; magazine; social media; public and commercial radio and television books films etc. Navigate relationships with editors writers and producers Recognize plagiarism and fabrication Discern conflicting facts gray areas and litigious materials Learn record keeping best practices for tracking sources Test your own fact - checking skills An accessible one - stop guide to the why what and how of contemporary editorial fact - checking. Over the past few years fact - checking has been widely touted as a corrective to the spread of misinformation disinformation conspiracy theories and propaganda through the media. If journalism is a cornerstone of democracy says author Brooke Borel then fact - checking is its building inspector. In The Chicago Guide to Fact - Checking Borel an experienced fact - checker draws on the expertise of more than 200 writers editors and fellow checkers representing the New Yorker Popular Science This American Life Vogue and many other outlets. She covers best practices for editorial fact - checking in a variety of media from magazine and news articles both print and online to books and podcasts and the perspectives of both in - house and freelance checkers. In this second edition Borel covers the evolving media landscape with new guidance on checking audio and video sources polling data and sensitive subjects such as trauma and abuse. The sections on working with writers editors and producers have been expanded and new material includes fresh exercises and advice on getting fact - checking gigs. Borel also addresses the challenges of fact - checking in a world where social media artificial intelligence and the metaverse may make it increasingly difficult for everyone including fact - checkers to identify false information. The answer she says is for everyone to approach information with skepticism to learn to think like a fact - checker. The Chicago Guide to Fact - Checking is the practical and thoroughly vetted guide that writers editors and publishers continue to consult to maintain their credibility and solidify their readers trust.
Title: The Chicago Guide To Fact - Checking Second Edition
Author(s): Borel Brooke
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226817897
Pages: 256 Pages, 5 Halftones, 3 Line Drawings
Publication Date: 5/23/2023
Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
Category: Press & Journalism