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Evaluating Sources

What you'll need to know about evaluating sources

Choose your news

Investigate The News

Fake news -- tips for telling real news from fake news and clickbait.

A Scientific Approach to Distinguishing Real from Fake News
Forbes

Surveys - tips to determine whether a survey is valid.

Best Practices for Research
American Association for Public Opinion Research

Hate Speech -- how journalists define it.

Hate-Speech: A Five-Point Test for Journalists
Ethical Journalism Network

Real or fake? A step-by-step tool for investigating videos

Video Assessment Tool
Amnesty International -- designed for investigating human rights videos on YouTube, but applicable to any video

Resources for understanding journalism ethics and best practices:

Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics
The Society declares various principles as the foundation of ethical journalism and encourages their use in its practice by all people in all media.

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