Verification pointers from National Public Radio's Andy Carvin and 5 tips for verifying video content in particular from Storyful's Jenny Hauser
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The verification checks being carried out by social news agency Storyful are part of a long-term partnership with YouTube and Google
Useful tools and tips on how to verify images on social media
A list of useful links to verification tools
Social news agency Storyful welcomes the move, saying faces 'do not help a huge amount' in the verification process
Tips from social news agency Storyful on verifying videos and images
A great new tool that can help journalists verify breaking news stories
Experts advise on the process of verification
In this week's podcast we collect together practical advice from those working in digital journalism on the best techniques and tools journalists can use to verify content posted on social media platforms
On Memeburn Peter Verweij has produced a great list running through the different ways journalists can verify the content of tweets and avoid being tripped up
Error Level Analysis, a site that allows you to test whether an image has been Photoshopped
IJNet.org has collected together a series of tips from social news editor for the Huffington post Mandy Jenkins and editorial director of OpenFile.ca and author of Regret the Error Craig Silverman, on the steps journalists can take to verify news tips which come in via social networks such as Twitter. This includes ways to check a person's credibility, how to follow up on the tip and how to check the credibility of the information itself and corroborate the story.
Social networks allow news organisations to break news fast, but with that comes the pitfall of unintentionally spreading unverified facts or fake images. An in-depth feature on Poynter has good advice for news organisations on making use of social media editors and community managers to do the opposite and combat misinformation.
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