Find even the most elusive sources; Dig up hard-to-find information; And avoid embarrassing mistakes in your news stories.
In this series of four short workshops, Barbara Gray, the former director of news research at the New York Times, will guide you through the most accessible techniques for investigating people and verifying the facts, including Facebook, Google+, Geofencing, Geolocation, mostly free and low-cost databases, WikiLeaks and many more.
Individual workshops are $49 or purchase the whole series for $149.
These workshops are offered in person or by webinar
October 5, 19, 26 and November 2.
Don't forget to bring your laptop!
CUNY J+ offer a Credly badge for completion of this workshop
Barbara Gray is the chief librarian at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. She came to the CUNY J-School from The New York Times, where she was director of news research. Previously, she was managing coordinator of the information center at Fox News Channel. Gray is an Adelphi Graduate and holds a Master of Library and Information Science from Long Island University’s Palmer School.
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