Journalism

Media Bias Fact Check is a source for basic identification of the political bias of news sites.

Monitors the accuracy of U.S. political stories.

Monitors the accuracy of political stories.

Fact checks internet rumours and stories.

This guide compiled by a University of Toronto faculty member lists known unreliable news sources.

This page lists 7 top tools for verifying online information, including Reverse Image Search.

This toolbox by the Society of Professional Journalists contains numerous resources for fact-checking and guidelines written for journalists.

Used by educators and journalists of any level, this pioneering book is an essential read for learning about the best-practices for verifying user-generated content and developing appropriate verification processes.

This second edition of the Verification Handbook sheds light on the use of open data and open source information to produce critical journalistic investigations. The authors of the book take the reader on a walk-through to hone their online investigation tactics, providing them with step-by-step guidance to apply research, fact-checking, and data journalism techniques.

Today’s information environment is more chaotic and easier to manipulate than ever before. This book equips journalists with the knowledge to investigate social media accounts, bots, private messaging apps, information operations, deep fakes, as well as other forms of disinformation and media manipulation.

This guidebook by the Tow Center for Digital Journalism describes how and why rumours and misinformation can become viral. It offers a specific set of best practices to counter misinformation.

This is an unabashedly practical guide for the student fact-checker and other people who also want to verify facts. It supplements generic information literacy with the specific web-based techniques that can get you closer to the truth on the web more quickly.

This TMU published open textbook describes how to be a responsible digital citizen. Chapter 5, Evaluative Literacy, covers online search and gives a toolkit for lateral reading and fact-checking.

Written by Shaydanay Urbani and published by First Draft in 2019, this condensed guide to verification includes essential concepts, checklists, and tips and techniques. It will introduce you to the five pillars of verification and serve as a quick reference.