Erica Ryan

Jun 20, 2024 | reporterslab.org | Erica Ryan

Researchers around the world are digging into the trove of data available from our Fact-Check Insights project, with plans to use it for everything from benchmarking the performance of large language models to studying the moderation of humor online. Since launching in December, the Fact-Check Insights dataset has been downloaded more than 300 times. The dataset is updated daily and made available at no cost to researchers by the Duke Reporters’ Lab, with support from the Google News Initiative.

May 30, 2024 | poynter.org | Mark Stencel |Erica Ryan |Joel Luther

This article was originally published by the Duke Reporters’ Lab and is republished here with permission. This year’s elections are a global convergence of ballots, checkboxes and thumbprints, with voters in more than 64 countries and all of the European Union heading to the polls. Based on a Time magazine estimate, this democratic spectacle could potentially involve the equivalent of 49% of the planet’s population. Just one problem: There aren’t enough referees.

Feb 13, 2024 | source.opennews.org | Erica Ryan

In the heat of the 2024 election cycle, opportunities for political fact-checking are everywhere — in candidate debates, campaign ads, mailers sent to prospective voters and more. At the Reporters’ Lab, a center for journalism research and development at Duke University, we find that many news organizations devote more time to fact-checking during election season.

Jun 22, 2023 | editorandpublisher.com | Mark Stencel |Erica Ryan |Joel Luther

Mark Stencel, Erica Ryan and Joel Luther | Duke Reporters' Lab While much of the world’s news media has struggled to find solid footing in the digital age, the number of fact-checking outlets reliably rocketed upward for years — from a mere 11 sites in 2008 to 424 in 2022.

Jun 21, 2023 | poynter.org | Mark Stencel |Erica Ryan |Joel Luther

This article was originally published by the Duke Reporters’ Lab and is republished here with permission. While much of the world’s news media has struggled to find solid footing in the digital age, the number of fact-checking outlets reliably rocketed upward for years — from a mere 11 sites in 2008 to 424 in 2022.