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    Fact checking a sensitive story: 6 good questions with News Leader editor William Ramsey

    Earlier this month, on the same day Rolling Stone magazine issued an apology for errors in a jarring story about campus rape, a small newspaper [...]

    December 16, 2014
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    When the world’s fact-checkers team up: 5 good questions with Alexios Mantzarlis of Italy’s Pagella Politica

    During the G20 Summit in Australia in November, fact-checking organizations from the United States and six other countries, as well as FactCheckEU, collaborated in fact [...]

    December 3, 2014
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    The types of stories and comments that promote comment-section engagement

    Want more comments? Look at how you write articles on your site. Articles that describe why they matter to specific groups of people generate more [...]

    December 2, 2014
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    When aspiring politicians venture into journalism: 5 good questions with Andrew Pieper

    What happens when students with an eye on careers as politicians and government officials enter the world of journalism? This semester, students in political science [...]

    November 13, 2014
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    How to keep readers coming back for more: 10 good questions with Nir Eyal, author of Hooked

    Much of a news organization’s desire to grow audiences, and particularly subscribers, depends upon getting people to come back, over and over. But what is [...]

    November 5, 2014
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    How I Got That Fact: Going CSI on the FBI

    As part of our efforts to expand and improve fact checking, the American Press Institute regularly presents tips on how media organizations around the country chase down [...]

    October 28, 2014
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    The journalist as referee: How audiences react when reporters evaluate competing claims

    When reporting on competing factual claims, journalists can call foul. Acting as a referee, journalists can analyze which statement squares with the evidence. But should [...]

    October 23, 2014
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    The forces that shape audiences online: 9 good questions with James Webster

    The Fields of Dreams principle — “if you build it, they will come” — doesn’t apply to audience attention anymore. It’s not enough to just [...]

    October 7, 2014
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    From free to fee: How U.S. dailies decide to use paywalls

    Before charging for digital content, doing research seems like good business. It can help publishers learn how particular audiences will react to a transition from [...]

    September 18, 2014
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    The business behind BuzzFeed’s growth and expansion: 8 good questions with BuzzFeed’s Eric Harris

    When Eric Harris started at BuzzFeed, they were a six-person technology lab experimenting with how content was being shared. As the only “business” person then, [...]

    September 4, 2014
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