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Airtable Fields
Airtable FC Template Fields
Table
Field Name
Description
Field Type
Editable?
Draft Story Lines
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Draft Story Lines
These are the actual sentences or paragraphs from your draft that you are fact checking.
Long Text
DSL ID
This is an auto-incrementing ID. You don’t need to do anything with this, it is just used to keep all your records in their original order and reference records even when the title changes.
Formula
Record_Count
This is an auto-incrementing number that is used in the formula for DSL ID. Note: if/when you delete records (including the example rows) it won’t start over from 1, it will keep going from whatever the highest number was that you deleted. That’s fine, you don’t need to do anything.
Auto-number
Sentence Category
Use the category and sub-category to code your story line however it makes sense to you - by topic, section, both or nothing. For example I’ll sometimes do “Anecdote” or “Background” for the main category and then “Section 2” or “Conclusion” for the sub-categories.
Multiple Select
Sentence Sub-Category
Can further break down the type (i.e. public official sources, community sources) or be used to organize by topic (i.e. data topics, different general ideas)
Multiple Select
Facts
Link to records in your Facts table or add new ones here.
Linked Record
Total Facts
This is the total number of facts linked to from this draft story line.
Linked Record Count
Facts Left
The number of facts linked to from this Draft Story Line that are not already listed as “Checked - Accurate” in the “FC Status” field on the Facts table.
Linked Record Count
Number of Facts That Need Attention
The number of facts linked to from this Draft Story Line that are listed as “Changed - Needs Attention” in the “FC Status” field on the Facts table.
Linked Record Count
Are all facts assigned?
Checkbox to select once you have finished writing/assigning all fact statements to this Draft Story Line in Step 1.
Checkbox
Grouped Fields
This chart shows how the tables on Airtable link together.
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