A new e-book from the European Journalism Centre and Poynter's Craig Silverman uses case studies and expert debunkers to show how to tell news from hoax in the Twitter age. Silverman writes: "With so much misinformation flowing fast and freely, and the ability for anyone to easily shoot, share and/or manipulate images and video, the skills of verification have never been more important. Yet it's not taught on an ongoing basis in most newsrooms."
February 3, 2014