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How to Fact-Check Like a Journalist with First Draft's Laura

Episode 3 | 6m 53s

Fact-checking isn’t just for professional journalists.

With so much misinformation around COVID-19, how can you check the facts for yourself? Multimedia journalist Laura Garcia from First Draft walks us through how she fact-checked a viral video of an "escaped coronavirus patient" using free tools on the internet.

06/03/2022

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How to Fact-Check Like a Journalist with First Draft's Laura

Episode 3 | 6m 53s

With so much misinformation around COVID-19, how can you check the facts for yourself? Multimedia journalist Laura Garcia from First Draft walks us through how she fact-checked a viral video of an "escaped coronavirus patient" using free tools on the internet.

06/03/2022

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