I’m a journalist, editor and writer with a background in library science. I currently serve as director of the International Fact-Checking Network. Before that, I was editor-in-chief of PolitiFact, the national politics fact-checking website that plays a leading role in journalism’s fact-checking movement. I was a reporter on the PolitiFact team that won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for our fact-checking of the 2008 presidential election. I hold dual master’s degrees in journalism and library & information science, and I was a 2023 Nieman fellow at Harvard University studying the intersection of journalism and democracy. I have university-level teaching experience as an adjunct journalism instructor. I’ve appeared on national television and radio shows (CNN, PBS Newshour, NPR, etc.) to discuss fact-checking. My public speaking includes presentations at universities, libraries and conferences. Read more about my professional background.
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