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Airtable FAQ Reference

Fact-Check FAQ

Fact-Check FAQ

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What are the Airtable Fields?

See a description of all of the fields in the Airtable Fact-Checking Template here:

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Airtable Fields - Fact-Checking Template⁠

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You can also check out a schema of how the tables link together here:

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How do I edit the Airtable Interface?

In the video to the right, I go over how to edit the Interface and the underlying data tables. For more information, I recommend checking our Airtable’s own guides:

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Getting started with Airtable | Airtable Support⁠

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How do I share my fact-check data with other people?

Note: Airtable only lets you share Interfaces with other Airtable users. So if the person you are sharing with doesn’t want to make an account, you’ll need to go with the first method.

Sharing Underlying Data Tables With Non-Airtable Users

View your Airtable base tables

From Interfaces select the dropdown from the title in the upper left corner, and select View Data

Click on "Share and Sync" and create a link to view whatever table you want to share (Or select Share in the upper right corner to share the whole base)

Copy the link to share with non-logged in users.

Sharing Interfaces With Airtable Users

Go back to the interface and click on "Share" at the bottom left.

Select all interfaces to share main categories.

Invite users by email for access.

Provide read-only access for viewing without editing capabilities.

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Where can I learn more about fact-checking?

As I mentioned in the disclaimer, this tutorial is only meant to cover the part of the process when you are actually checking the hard facts. There is much more to consider while you are closing out an investigative project – like checking your assumptions about the underlying tentpoles of the story, calling all your sources again to confirm quotes, sending the subject a “no-surprises” letter, etc.

I’ll add more to this page as I find it, but to get started here is a great resource from The Truth In Journalism Project:

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The Truth in Journalism Fact-Checking Guide The Truth in Journalism Fact-Checking Guide is a guide for professional journalists and students focused on the verification process that makes something a work of fact-checked journalism. Our aim is to articulate guidelines for editorial fact-checking that are inclusive, rigorous, and informed by interdisciplinary expertise. We hope to begin to answer the question: How can journalism reestablish and maintain its essence of verification while allowing for a nuanced and inclusive understanding of factuality and truth? thetijproject.ca⁠

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And here are some other interesting articles/stories to get you thinking about the broader ideas and/or make you terrified of ever making a big mistake:

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Rolling Stone’s investigation: ‘A failure that was avoidable’ Last July 8, Sabrina Rubin Erdely, a writer for Rolling Stone, telephoned Emily Renda, a rape survivor working on sexual assault issues as a staff member at the University of Virginia. Erdely said she was searching for a single, emblematic college rape case that would show “what it’s like to be on campus now … […] www.cjr.org⁠

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How to Fact Check The Atlantic “Our pieces seek to be thought-provoking and interesting, but to be truly insightful, they must be right.” www.theatlantic.com⁠

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Retraction - This American Life We've discovered that one of our most popular episodes contained numerous fabrications. This week, we detail the errors in Mike Daisey's story about visiting Foxconn, which makes iPads and other www.thisamericanlife.org⁠

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