Accuracy & Verification

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Accuracy& Verification<br />Georgetown University<br />Sept. 17, 2011<br />Steve Buttry<br />

Read more about it<br />stevebuttry.wordpress.com<br />@stevebuttry<br />stephenbuttry@gmail.com<br />

Plan for the day<br />Intro and overview<br />Causes and types of errors<br />Getting it right<br />Vetting & verifying in...

Your worst error …<br />

Journalism basics<br />The 5 W’s<br />Who?<br />What?<br />When?<br />Where?<br />Why?<br />How?<br />

Journalism basics<br />The 5 W’s<br />Who?<br />What?<br />When?<br />Where?<br />Why?<br />How?<br />Just as essential<br...

Degrees of truth<br />“Truthiness” & “Semi-True Story”<br />Accurate but incomplete & misleading<br />Accurate in context<...

Causes & types of errors<br />

Get the names right<br />Ask each source to spell name<br />Spell name back (even common names)<br />Show spelling in note...

How do you know that?<br />If first-hand knowledge: What did you see? What did you hear? Feel? Smell?<br />If heard it, fr...

Evaluate the source<br />Does he/she have official access?<br />Is he/she well-connected to get unofficial access?<br />Yo...

Evaluate the info<br />Is it theory, speculation, rumor or fact?<br />Is it current?<br />Is it complete?<br />What is the...

Challenge the information<br />Who else would know?<br />What documents would confirm or refute?<br />Who would have a dif...

Vetting & verifying<br />

Use technology<br />Make audio recording (audio clips are good web content)<br />Make video recording (or livestream event...

Why take (good) notes?<br />Some sources don’t want to be recorded<br />You can’t always record everything on video<br />Y...

What goes in notes?<br />You’re doing story, not minutes or transcript<br />Record what’s relevant for story<br />Distingu...

Echo, echo,echo<br />Slow speaker down & repeat (You said fifteen – one-five – million with an M, right?)<br />Rephrase (L...

Workflow for accuracy<br />Liveblog and/or live-tweet<br />Review, expand & annotate notes right after interview/event<br ...

Get the “WalMart sack”<br />

Get the “WalMart sack”<br />Ask sources for documentation:<br />Contemporary notes, journals, diaries, emails, letters<br ...

What’s in the WalMart sack?<br />Documentation<br />Context<br />Details <br />Authenticity<br />Credibility<br />Truth<br />

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