The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking

Brooke Borel’s The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking is a comprehensive guide to performing practical fact-checking of articles, books, audio-visual content and other types of informative media. This accessible guide draws insights and illustrations from Borel’s years of experience as a writer, editor and writing instructor. Published in 2016, this guide provides a very current overview of the media industry, as well as practical tools and tips for how to fact-check modern informational media. While the guide’s content is sometimes reminiscent of the American Psychological Association’s Publication Manual and other similar resources for journalists, the clear writing and comprehensible examples make...