Research
Sources
Encyclopedia Britannica.
https://www.britannica.com/
Internet Archive Wayback Machine.
https://archive.org/web/
IRE Resource Center.
https://www.ire.org/resources/
Library of Congress.
https://www.loc.gov/
Meeks, D. Science.
http://denisemeeks.com/science/
Meeks, D. Tutor Research Guide.
http://denisemeeks.com/science/documents/trg.pdf
Mukherjee, S. (Nov., 2010). Emperor of All Maladies.
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24497170M/Emperor_of_All_Mala
National Academies Press. Science, Engineering, Medicine.
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Oransky, I. Retraction Watch.
Poynter. News University.
https://www.poynter.org/newsu/
Project Gutenberg.
http://www.gutenberg.org/
PubMed.gov. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Rodgers, R. Fact Checking.
http://plaza.ufl.edu/rrodgers/JOURNALISM%20LINKS.html#factcheck
Student Press Law Center. Public Records Letter Generator.
https://splc.org/lettergenerator/
TeachThought. 100 Search Engines For Academic Research.
https://www.teachthought.com/learning/100-search-engines-for-academic-research/
University of Arizona. A-Z Databases: Journalism. University Libraries.
https://libguides.library.arizona.edu/az.php?s=160051
University of Arizona. University Libraries.
https://new.library.arizona.edu/
U.S. Government Publishing Office.
https://www.gpo.gov/
Whois.net.
https://www.whois.net/
Preprint Servers
ChemRxiv.
https://chemrxiv.org/
Cornell University. arXiv.
https://arxiv.org/
Gitlin, J. M. (May 6, 2020). The Preprint Problem: Unvetted Science is Fueling COVID-19 Misinformation. ARS Technica.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/05/a-lot-of-covid-19-papers-havent-been-peer-reviewed-reader-beware/
Khamsi, R. (June 1, 2020). Problems with Preprints: Covering Rough-Draft Manuscripts Responsibly. TheOPENNotebook.
https://www.theopennotebook.com/2020/06/01/problems-with-preprints-covering-rough-draft-manuscripts-responsibly/
Kwon, D. (May 7, 2020). How Swamped Preprint Servers are Blocking Bad Coronavirus Research. Nature.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01394-6
LetPub. (2020). What are Preprint Servers and What is Their Role in Scholarly Publishing?
https://www.letpub.com/author_education_What_are_preprint_servers_and_what_is_their_role_in_scholarly_publishing
PrePubMed. http://www.prepubmed.org/
http://www.prepubmed.org/
PsyArXiv.
https://psyarxiv.com/
Teixeira da Silva, J. A. (2018). The Preprint Debate: What Are the Issues? Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 72, 162-164.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5912112/pdf/main.pdf
The Winnower. https://thewinnower.com/
Interviews
Alix, A. 10 Journalistic Techniques for Successful Interviews. The Writing Cooperative.
https://writingcooperative.com/10-journalistic-techniques-for-successful-interviews-de8aebfa652
Daly, C. B. & Kille, L. W. (June 1, 2016). Interviewing a Source: Tips. Harvard Shorenstein Center.
https://journalistsresource.org/tip-sheets/reporting/interviewing-a-source/
Dronkers, M. (June 11, 2015). How to Interview "Almost" Anyone. YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDOQBPYEaNs
Gross, T. The Terry Gross you don't see on the radio. YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsL4QIIAGbE&feature=youtu.be
Harrower, T. 20 Interviewing tips. Inside Reporting, p. 79
https://www.radford.edu/~rstepno/104/20interviewtips.html
Kelley, T. (1998, Mar. 29). "Everyone Has a Story," as one reporter proves. The New York Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/29/us/everyone-has-a-story-as-one-reporter-proves.html
Liebelson, D. (Feb. 22, 2018). 5 interview tips every journalist needs. International Journalists' Network.
https://ijnet.org/en/resource/5-interview-tips-every-journalist-needs
Poynter. 7 Tips for Conducting Better Interviews with Scientists.
https://www.poynter.org/educators-students/2016/7-tips-for-conducting-better-interviews-with-scientists/
Radcliff, D. (Aug. 17, 2020). 9 remote interviewing tips for journalists. International Journalists' Network.
https://ijnet.org/en/story/9-remote-interviewing-tips-journalists
Stuteville, S. (April 26, 2013). 13 simple journalist techniques for effective interviews.
https://matadornetwork.com/bnt/13-simple-journalist-techniques-for-effective-interviews/
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Jan. 27, 2017 Wikipedia Fake News
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:How_to_Spot_Fake_News.pdf CC BY-SA 4.0
Fake News
BuzzFeed. (2020, Apr. 2). These Fake Local News Sites Have Confused People For Years. We Found Out Who Created Them.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/these-fake-local-news-sites-have-confused-people-for-years
Dwyer, C. (Oct. 4, 2019). 10 Ways to Spot Fake News. Psychology Today.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/thoughts-thinking/201910/10-ways-spot-fake-news
Golden Gate University. (July 30, 2020). Fake News: Common Logical Fallacies.
https://ggu.libguides.com/c.php?g=810754&p=5785291
Kenyon, G. (Jan. 6, 2016). The Man Who Studies the Spread of Ignorance. BBC.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160105-the-man-who-studies-the-spread-of-ignorance
Meyer, R. (March 8. 2018). The Grim Conclusions of the Largest-Ever Study of Fake News. The Atlantic.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/03/largest-study-ever-fake-news-mit-twitter/555104/
Steinberg, L. (July 26, 2017). Beyond Fake News. EAVI Media Literacy for Citizenship.
https://eavi.eu/beyond-fake-news-10-types-misleading-info/
University of Iowa. (Oct. 22, 2019). Fake News: Logical Falacies.
https://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/c.php?g=849536&p=6077643
University of Michigan. (June 24, 2020). "Fake News," Lies and Propaganda: How to Sort Fact from Fiction.
https://guides.lib.umich.edu/fakenews
Mis/Disinformation
Al Jazeera. (2018, Feb. 1). Disinformation and Democracy (Part I) People and Power. YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZEz6Pc3Z24
Al Jazeera. (2018, Feb. 7). Disinformation and Democracy (Part II) People and Power. YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuaRz7BOm1A
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.
https://www.ifla.org/
Library of Congress. (2020). Government Responses to Disinformation on Social Media Platforms
https://www.loc.gov/law/help/social-media-disinformation/index.php
News Media Alliance. (2021). Journalists' tips for avoiding fake news.
https://www.newsmediaalliance.org/journalists-tips-for-avoiding-fake-news/
Poynter. (2021). A guide to anti-misinformation actions around the world.
https://www.poynter.org/ifcn/anti-misinformation-actions/
Reverse Phone Lookup.
https://www.numlookup.com/
Spotify. (2020, Nov.). How the BBC addresses the challenge of disinformation worldwide.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Ve1P98qgJoCf5KBtDaQaV?go=1&utm_source=embed_v3&t=0&nd=1
The Washington Post. (2021, Jan. 23). Four years of Trump falsehoods.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/four-years-of-trump-falsehoods-fact-checker/2021/01/23/0504f763-f2bb-4e50-b71c-58ce2838fe59_video.html
Conspiracy Theories
Global Voices. What drives "J-Anon", QAnon's Japanese counterpart?
https://globalvoices.org/2021/01/13/what-drives-j-anon-qanons-japanese-counterpart/?utm_source=Global+Voices&utm_campaign=263e3769f3-Daily_Digest_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_633e82444a-263e3769f3-291266018&ct=t(Daily_Digest_COPY_01)
Mashable. (2021). Conspiracy theories.
https://mashable.com/category/conspiracy-theories/
Time. (2019). Conspiracy theories.
http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1860871,00.htm
Data Sources
Sources
Data.gov.
https://www.data.gov/
Google. Dataset search.
https://datasetsearch.research.google.com/
Google. Public data.
https://www.google.com/publicdata/directory
Our World in Data.
https://ourworldindata.org/
University Analytics & Institutional Research. Interactive factbook.
https://uair.arizona.edu/content/overview
History
Cox, M. (2000). The development of computer-assisted reporting. School of Communication, University of Miami.
https://d2l.arizona.edu/content/enforced/506750-994-2162-PREJOUR447547131/CAR%20History.pdf?_&d2lSessionVal=3k7EOmKsbAxDFqczT0560QXKL&ou=1056876
Maier, S. R. (2000). Digital diffusion in newsrooms. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
https://d2l.arizona.edu/content/enforced/506750-994-2162-PREJOUR447547131/Diffusion%20Uneven.pdf?_&d2lSessionVal=3k7EOmKsbAxDFqczT0560QXKL&ou=1056876
FOIA & Info Requests
AltGov2.
https://altgov2.org/
Arizona FOIA Resources.
https://www.nfoic.org/state-foi-resource/arizona-foi-resources/
Arizona Sample FOIA Request.
https://www.nfoic.org/arizona-sample-foia-request/
Ashley's Totally Basic FOIA Tutorial. Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDTT70x3vME&t=4s
FOIA.gov.
https://www.foia.gov/
FOIA Requests and Other Background Checks.
https://www.ilrc.org/foia-requests-and-other-background-checks?gclid=Cj0KCQjws4aKBhDPARIsAIWH0JWhtvKb8wZs2PoBpoAGkpHuCT8io16iW3sjN6WzJLecCU4QxIQryVQaAl2XEALw_wcB
FOIA Wiki.
https://foia.wiki/wiki/Main_Page
Governmentattic.org.
https://governmentattic.org/
iFOIA.org.
https://ifoia.org/
MuckRock.
https://www.muckrock.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjws4aKBhDPARIsAIWH0JXVbj2B1mGsr4_nBtT8y5G5x9f19dWn7DYSdJt8qEcq5a2JAD2WH_kaAsjUEALw_wcB
National Freedom of Information Coalition. Sample FOIA Request Letters.
https://www.nfoic.org/sample-foia-request-letters
National Security Archive.
https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/
Public Records Letter Generator.
https://splc.org/lettergenerator/
U.S. Department of Education FOIA Logs.
https://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/foia/foia-log.html
U.S. Department of State FOIA Logs.
https://foia.state.gov/Search/Logs.aspx
Fact-checking
Berkeley Library. Real news/Fake news: Fact checkers.
https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/c.php?g=620677&p=4333407
Duke Reporters Lab. Fact checking news.
https://reporterslab.org/fact-checking/
FactCheck.org.
https://www.factcheck.org/
FactCheck.org. Our process.
https://www.factcheck.org/our-process/
FactCheck.org. SciCheck.
https://www.factcheck.org/scicheck/
IFCN. Commit to transparency - sign up for the International Fact-Checking Network's code of principles.
https://www.ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org/
KSJ Fact-checking Project. Fact-checking 101.
https://ksjfactcheck.org/fact-checking-101-module/
New York Times. How Facebook's Fact-Checking Partnership Will Work.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/15/technology/facebook-fact-checking-fake-news.html?_r=0
Politifact.
https://www.politifact.com/
Poynter. (2021). There is a growing tribe of truth warriors fighting false news in India
https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2019/there-is-a-growing-tribe-of-truth-warriors-fighting-false-news-in-india/
Snopes.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mcdonalds-banned-mcfish/
Verification Tools
American Scientist. (2021). How to detect fake photos.
https://www.americanscientist.org/article/how-to-detect-faked-photos
Amnesty International. YouTube data viewer.
https://citizenevidence.amnestyusa.org/
DataJournalism.com. Verification Handbook.
https://datajournalism.com/read/handbook/verification-3
EXIF Viewer Chrome Extension.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/exif-viewer/kbnpbnmjmgabkfemdehelbgdppngihhg?hl=en-US
Feedly.
https://feedly.com/
First Draft. (2017, Sep. 28). Browser Extensions with Malachy Brown. YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=braYUl5Hjrs&feature=emb_title
First Draft. Claire Wardle discusses verification for #FDLive at The New York Times.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDyP6DyEucE&t=2s
First Draft. (2016, June 3). 5 free tools for finding and verifying YouTube videos in news.
https://firstdraftnews.org/latest/5-free-tools-for-finding-and-verifying-youtube-videos-in-news/
First Draft. (2020, May 15). How to verify images with reverse image search on your computer or your mobile phone. YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gTGqXyxUiU&t=183s
First Draft. NewsCheck.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/firstdraftnewscheck/japockpeaaanknlkhagilkgcledilbf
First Draft. Observation challenge.
https://firstdraftnews.org/en/education/curriculum-resource/5-test-geo-location-skills/
First Draft. Observation online challenge.
https://firstdraftnews.org/en/education/curriculum-resource/2-assessment-observation/
First Draft. Photo verification guide.
https://firstdraftnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/FDN_verificationguide_photos.pdf?x82619
First Draft. Verification Toolbox.
https://firstdraftnews.org/verification-toolbox/
First Draft. Visual verification guide.
https://firstdraftnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/FDN_verificationguide_photos.pdf
Frame by Frame for YouTube.
http://www.watchframebyframe.com/
France 24. Real or fake - How to verify what you see on the Internet? YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8su4chuU3M
Hayes, C. (2020, June 8). OSINT toolkit.
https://medium.com/osint/the-osint-toolkit-3b9233d1cdf9
Hill, K. & White, J. (202, Nov. 21). Designed to deceive: Do these people look real to you?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/21/science/artificial-intelligence-fake-people-faces.html
Poynter. (2020, June 23). The elephant in the room: Fact-checking vs verification. YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrpSwGj2p18&feature=emb_title
Shadows and SunCalc. (2019, Jan. 4). Calculating time using clues within a Google Streetview scene.
https://medium.com/quiztime/lining-up-shadows-2351ae106cec
StartMe Dashboard.
https://start.me/p/vjv80b/first-draft-basic-toolkit
SunCalc.
https://www.suncalc.org
WolframAlpha. Weather widgets.
https://www.wolframalpha.com/widgets/gallery/?category=weather
YouTube Geosearch.
http://youtube.github.io/geo-search-tool/search.html
Investigative Reporting
Investigative Reporters & Editors.
https://www.ire.org/
ProPublica.
https://www.propublica.org/
Reveal.
https://revealnews.org/
Biographies
Berkeley Narrative Journalism Conference. Attendee Bios.
https://events.journalism.berkeley.edu/narrative/attendee-bios/
Carl Zimmer Biography.
https://carlzimmer.com/about/bio/
Freelance Writing. Writing an Author Bio - Examples of Professional Bios
https://www.freelancewriting.com/freelancing/writing-an-author-bio/
NPR. People at NPR.
https://www.npr.org/series/6000/people-at-npr
Science News. Nancy Schute.
https://www.sciencenews.org/author/nancy-shute
The New York Times. (2020). Tatianna Schlossberg.
https://www.nytimes.com/by/tatiana-schlossberg
TruSciPhi. Professional Science Writers on Twitter.
https://truesciphi.org/psw.html
Podcasts
Arizona Science.
https://radio.azpm.org/arizonascience/
British Medical Journal.
https://www.bmj.com/archive/podcasts
CDC.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/resource-center/freeresources/video/media-podcasts.htm
deGrass Tyson, N. StarTalk.
startalkradio.net
Lancet Voice.
https://www.thelancet.com/the-lancet-voice
Mendelspod.
https://mendelspod.com/
Micah Hanks.
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/gralien-report/the-gralien-report
Mysterious Universe. The Guardian.
https://tunein.com/podcasts/Science-Podcasts/Mysterious-Universe-p591665/
New England Journal of Medicine.
https://www.nejm.org/multimedia/audio-summary
NPR. Hidden Brain.
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510308/hidden-brain
NPR. Science Friday.
https://www.sciencefriday.com/
Radiolab.
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/podcasts
The Atlantic. Social Distance.
https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/socialdistance/
The Guardian. Science Weekly.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/series/science
WHO.
https://www.who.int/mediacentre/multimedia/podcasts/en/
Internet News
AAAS Science. http://aaas.sciencepubs.org/
http://aaas.sciencepubs.org/
American Scientist.
https://www.americanscientist.org/
Astronomy Magazine.
https://astronomy.com/
Center for Biological Diversity.
https://biologicaldiversity.org/
Cosmos Magazine.
https://cosmosmagazine.com/
Discover Magazine.
https://www.discovermagazine.com/
EarthSky.
https://earthsky.org/
Google. Science Podcasts.
https://www.google.com/search?q=science+podcasts&oq=science+podcasts& aqs=chrome..69i57j0l7.3311j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Health Sciences Connect. University of Arizona.
https://healthsciences.arizona.edu/connect/news
High Country News.
https://www.hcn.org/
Inside Science.
https://www.insidescience.org/?track=AW
National Geographic.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/
National Phenology Network.
https://www.usanpn.org/usa-national-phenology-network
Nature.
https://www.nature.com/
Plait, P. Bad Astronomy.
https://www.syfy.com/tags/bad-astronomy
Proceedings of the National Academcy of Sciences.
https://www.pnas.org
Quanta Magazine.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/
Rodgers, R. News.
http://plaza.ufl.edu/rrodgers/JOURNALISM%20LINKS.html#news
Science Magazine.
https://www.sciencemag.org/
Science News.
https://www.sciencenews.org/
Scientific American.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/
Sky & Telescope Magazine.
https://skyandtelescope.org/
STAT News.
https://www.statnews.com/
The OPENNotebook.
https://www.theopennotebook.com/
Zimmer, C. Matter. The New York Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/column/matter
Law
BYU Law Library. How to Read a Legal Citation.
https://lawlibguides.byu.edu/c.php?g=315332&p=2106921
First Amendment Coalition of Arizona.
https://www.nfoic.org/organizations/first-amendment-coalition-arizona-inc/
Library of Congress. Law Online: Nations.
https://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide/nations.php
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
https://www.rcfp.org/
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Open government guide.
https://www.rcfp.org/open-government-guide/
Student Press Law Center.
https://splc.org/
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