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Accuracy & fact-checking: How to get it right

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Courtney Lowery: Accuracy in new media

Courtney Lowery

In this audio interview, Courtney Lowery, managing editor of the citizen media site NewWest.net, discusses the Montana-based website and the Rural New Network project. She also shares her thoughts on accuracy and quality journalism.

"I have never been fact-checked as quickly as I have been since I started working online. ... Our commenters are really good at finding those mistakes."
—Courtney Lowery

Interviewer: Laura Lo Forti
Format: mp3
Length: 12:21
Also see: Accuracy and fact-checking in citizen journalism video
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