Politicians in most states got little scrutiny from local fact-checkers in this year's elections. Why? Because in 29 states there weren’t any. A new study from the Duke @ReportersLab examines these "fact deserts" and the state of local fact-checking. bit.ly/fact-deserts

Some interesting revelations in our latest census of fact-checking, released today: Fact-checkers are now found in more than half the nations of the world. But growth is slowing. reporterslab.org/category/fa…

Squash report card: Improvements during State of the Union … and how humans will make our AI smarter reporterslab.org/squash-repo…

…and the rest of the team!

End of semester dinner with our talented student researchers after a busy few months with the NC Fact-Checking Project and Tech & Check. More fun ahead in the spring!

And yes, we have a logo. Look for it as campaigns heat up statewide. reporterslab.org/reporters-l…

That’s a wrap on our Tech & Check Conference! Many thanks to all who attended and contributed great ideas about the future of fact-checking. Read about the conference here: reporterslab.org/tech-and-ch…

This is so totally cool! @factnameh is using our @sharethefact widget for its fact-checks in Iran. It’s our first widget in Farsi.

Sneak peek: the splash screen for FactStream, the automated fact-checking app we’re building. It should be in the app store later this month.

The announcement of our Tech & Check Cooperative is featured on Duke Today! Thank you, @DukeU! sanford.duke.edu/articles/kn…