{"id":11176,"date":"2024-03-14T20:45:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T20:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2024\/03\/14\/editing-writing-accuracy-fact-checking\/"},"modified":"2024-10-18T16:04:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T16:04:49","slug":"editing-writing-accuracy-fact-checking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2024\/03\/14\/editing-writing-accuracy-fact-checking\/","title":{"rendered":"A 3,000-word story, 70 email questions ~ and a grateful writer"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Currently in an email thread that is 70 messages long (and growing) \u2014 all to check the accuracy of a 3,000 word story, with a special focus on a few sentences. Those sentences are not wrong, but we\u2019d like to be sure that people who implied things in conversation were being factually correct. Yes, this is annoying. It also fills me with so much geeky gratitude for the care that people in journalism (reporters, fact checkers, editors) put into getting this work right.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>* * *<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p><em><strong>Jyoti Madhusoodanan<\/strong>&nbsp;is a freelance journalist based in 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