{"id":4723,"date":"2010-02-19T16:43:31","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T21:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/?p=4723"},"modified":"2021-08-26T10:39:59","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T15:39:59","slug":"tipsheet-how-to-bulletproof-a-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2010\/02\/19\/tipsheet-how-to-bulletproof-a-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Tipsheet: How to bulletproof a story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Writing22-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Writing Tips\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Writing22-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Writing22.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I&#8217;m working on this <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/19rsoUgIC04_eGaP8jd52E0rEnuJLNzsFh0pEFzbdV5U\/edit?usp=sharing\">tipsheet<\/a> for a presentation tomorrow at a Watchdog Workshop in Austin organized by Investigative Reporters and Editors. My boss and I are going to talk about some methods we use to fact-check stories. Check out the tipsheet and feel free to <a href=\"http:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/contact\/\">e-mail<\/a> me or leave a comment if you have more ideas about improving accuracy in news stories or blog posts.<\/p>\n<p><em>Update<\/em>: For more information about setting up your own notes template that&#8217;s mentioned in the tipshseet, here&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2010\/01\/16\/writing-tip-using-bookmarks-and-links-to-organize-better-notes\/\">past post<\/a> with instructions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m working on this tipsheet for a presentation tomorrow at a Watchdog Workshop in Austin organized by Investigative Reporters and Editors. My boss and I are going to talk about some methods we use to fact-check stories. 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