Author

Inside the BBC’s Verification Hub

‘What everyone wanted to know, on Twitter and in the newsroom, was this: Was the video real or fake? That is the kind of question the [User-Generated Content] Hub is…

Detecting the Truth in Photos

As technologies to manipulate images grow ever more sophisticated, media organizations are using software to help determine authenticity.
Getting it Wrong

Getting it Wrong

A sampling of mistakes, fabrications and manipulations.

Cover Stories

A book critic in praise of the counter-narrative

Finding Strength in Numbers

Learning to use databases and mapping software has its rewards.
Drawing History Into Today's News

Drawing History Into Today’s News

During his presentation at the Nieman Foundation, Sacco showed some of the photos he took in the Gaza Strip. Photo by Lisa Abitbol.When Joe Sacco and Chris Hedges traveled to…

Turn the Newsroom Inside Out

‘The goal would be to enlist the public in expanding local sports and photography while reducing the role of professional journalists in these areas.’

The Jukebox in My Mind

The playlist in East Africa is full of surprises.

Facing Putin

Masha Gessen on the Russian leader's totalitarian regime and the weaknesses of U.S. media coverage of her country.

Facing Putin (Extended Interview)

Masha Gessen on the Russian leader's totalitarian regime and the weaknesses of U.S. media coverage of her country.