Journalism
The Pre-Publish Verification Checklist a One-Person Desk Can Run
Ten checks in fifteen minutes: the fastest verification is the one you can finish before the story is filed, not after a reader finds the error.
Rosa Marchetti
Journalism
The craft of reporting examined closely: developing a beat, source protection, document verification, records requests, corrections practice, and the ethical decisions taken close to deadline. Examples come from published work with the reasoning made explicit. For working reporters, editors and journalism instructors.
Work on the practice itself: building a beat, cultivating sources, verifying documents, handling corrections, and the ethics of a deadline call.
Journalism
How to Write an Anonymous-Sources Policy Readers Can Actually Understand
A reader-facing anonymous-sources policy names who approves anonymity, what it costs the story, and why the outlet granted it — in one page of plain language.
Rosa Marchetti