Misinformation spreads, but fact-checking has leveled off
10th annual fact-checking census from the Reporters' Lab tracks an ongoing slowdown
By Joel Luther – June 21, 2023
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Joel Luther
Joel Luther is the ClaimReview and MediaReview Research and Outreach Coordinator in the Reporters' Lab.
Vast gaps in fact-checking across the U.S. allow politicians to elude scrutiny
A Reporters' Lab review of local fact-checking finds only a small percentage of politicians and other public officials are held accountable for the accuracy of the claims they make.
By Joel Luther – March 29, 2023
Fact-Checking News | Lab News | Structured Journalism
MediaReview: A next step in solving the misinformation crisis
An update on what we’ve learned from 1,156 entries of MediaReview, our latest collaboration to combat misinformation.
By Joel Luther – June 2, 2022
Reporters’ Lab Takes Part in Eighth ‘Global Fact’ Summit
The Reporters’ Lab team participated in five conference sessions and hosted a daily virtual networking table at the conference with more than 1,000 attendees.
By Joel Luther – November 8, 2021
Fact-Checking News | Structured Journalism
MediaReview Testing Expands to a Global Userbase
The Duke Reporters’ Lab is launching the next phase of development of MediaReview, a tagging system that fact-checkers can use to identify whether a video or image has been manipulated.
By Joel Luther – June 3, 2021
Fact-checking census shows slower growth
The number of new projects dipped, even as fact-checking reached more countries than ever
By Mark Stencel & Joel Luther – June 2, 2021
Fact-checking count tops 300 for the first time
The Reporters' Lab finds fact-checkers at work in 84 countries -- but growth in the U.S. has slowed
By Mark Stencel & Joel Luther – October 13, 2020
Annual census finds nearly 300 fact-checking projects around the world
Growth is fueled by politics, protests and pandemic
By Mark Stencel & Joel Luther – June 22, 2020
What is MediaReview?
FAQs on the new schema we're helping to develop for fact-checks of images and videos.
By Joel Luther – June 11, 2020
Update: 237 fact-checkers in nearly 80 countries … and counting
So far the Reporters' Lab list is up 26% over last's year annual tally.
By Mark Stencel & Joel Luther – April 3, 2020