Stories About Aaron Sharockman
RJI seeks newsroom partners for millennial-driven innovative projects
Mid-October deadline for newsrooms wanting help next spring
RJI announces spring 2018 Student Innovation Fellows
Four Missouri School of Journalism students will bring their skills and passions to Washington, D.C., and New York City newsrooms as 2018 Reynolds Journalism Institute Student Innovation Fellows.
Promises, promises: Here’s where PolitiFact says Trump stands after nearly 100 days
Donald Trump is learning what most presidents do: It’s a lot easier to make campaign promises than to deliver on them. At PolitiFact, we’re tracking 103 promises Trump made during the campaign on our Trump-O-Meter. As Trump nears his 100th day in office, we’ve yet to find one promise he’s kept that required the support … Continued
Fact-checkers believe appetite for accuracy will grow despite a lack of trust in news
WASHINGTON — Journalists for the three leading fact-checking organizations say their role is to examine the claims of politicians and present the facts, not persuade the public of certain conclusions. The fact-checkers spoke Thursday at the 2017 Hurley Symposium titled “Fact-Checking, Fake News and the Future of Political Reporting,” hosted by the National Press Club. … Continued
True or false: PolitiFact, pols and pundits
Who in the news is lying? Who’s telling the truth? To find out I “scored” each person and group checked by PolitiFact.
The Trump-O-Meter: PolitiFact today begins tracking 102 promises made by Donald Trump
Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on the website for PolitiFact, which has a 2016-2017 RJI Fellowship at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute. Executive Director Aaron Sharockman is the project leader for the fellowship.
Coming 2017: the Trump-O-Meter
Editor’s note: PolitiFact has a 2016-2017 RJI Fellowship at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute. Executive Director Aaron Sharockman is the project leader for the fellowship. This blog is reposted from politifact.com.
FL141: Faster fact-checking and nonprofit partnerships
This week we find out how automation might speed up political fact-checking, and we learn what goes into successful partnerships that involve nonprofit news organizations. PART 1: Faster fact-checking It takes time to investigate whether claims made by politicians are true, but technology might help speed up that process. We get some ideas from PolitiFact … Continued