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    ProPublica: A tweetstorm of facts

    A tweetstorm of facts Creator: ProPublica Summary: An edited series of fast tweets designed to allow facts to combat misinformation in real time. _____________________________________________ On [...]

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    New York Times: Visualizing America’s problems

    Visualizing America’s problems Creator: The New York Times Summary: A visual snapshot of the nation’s problems. _____________________________________________ The New York Times visualized the main issues [...]

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    Axios: ‘Smarter Faster’ videos

    ‘Smarter Faster’ videos Creator: Axios Summary: A series of first-person interviews with experts overlaid with graphics and conversational text to succinctly explain an issue to [...]

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    A portfolio of examples

    The final section of this report examines 11 works of journalism from news organizations around the country that have found effective ways to present facts [...]

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    Tampa Bay Times: The LEGO Project

    The Lego Project Creator: Tampa Bay Times Summary: An interactive project built with LEGO pieces helps explain a confusing and controversial transportation plan. _____________________________________________ Ultimately, [...]

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    Wall Street Journal: Charting stock and tweets

    Charting stock and tweets Creator: The Wall Street Journal Summary: Fever charts are played alongside tweets by Donald Trump to reveal how a company’s stock [...]

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    Improving accountability reporting: How to make the best of journalism better for audiences

    By many measures, never have there been more efforts in journalism to scrutinize and hold powerful people and institutions accountable. The number of news organizations [...]

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    Your turn

    In this report we’ve endeavored to demonstrate alternative ways to write and present complex, fact-filled content in a way that can be more effective in [...]

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    How everyday things like cooking can be a powerful storytelling tool: 6 Good Questions with NPR Hot Pot producers Rhitu Chatterjee and Ben de la Cruz

    Spend some time on social media, and you’re sure to see food videos — maybe featuring a restaurant’s unique dish or showing the process of [...]

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    Why Snopes matters

    In talks and presentations to students, journalists and news consumers, my first question for the audience often is: “What do you know about fact-checkers?” Someone [...]

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