We do the fact-checking ourselves before we file, which has so many opportunities for errors to creep in through oversight or complacence or misunderstanding that it's not funny.
The news desk and some of the subs will check stuff while they're copy-tasting and copy-editing.
But no-one goes and does the re-reporting job that your guys do. On the one hand, it's great that you guys have people to do that, on the other hand, some contacts will only give you a great story because of their relationship with you and they don't trust anybody else. And it must tip organisations off that something's been leaked?
Mind you, I'm not sure how well a fact-checker would work in daily newspaper journalism, when you're up against quick deadlines. I used to work at an evening daily and we were in at work at 7am and had to file by 9am (on the dot or else our news editor literally started throwing stuff at us), so not sure when you'd fit a fact-checker into that schedule.
Anyway, I'm currently not working as a reporter, so it's kind of academic for me at the moment
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Date: 2006-07-12 04:25 pm (UTC)The news desk and some of the subs will check stuff while they're copy-tasting and copy-editing.
But no-one goes and does the re-reporting job that your guys do. On the one hand, it's great that you guys have people to do that, on the other hand, some contacts will only give you a great story because of their relationship with you and they don't trust anybody else. And it must tip organisations off that something's been leaked?
Mind you, I'm not sure how well a fact-checker would work in daily newspaper journalism, when you're up against quick deadlines. I used to work at an evening daily and we were in at work at 7am and had to file by 9am (on the dot or else our news editor literally started throwing stuff at us), so not sure when you'd fit a fact-checker into that schedule.
Anyway, I'm currently not working as a reporter, so it's kind of academic for me at the moment