Journalism agenda: Fact-checking at Google News…

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Google will now help you fact-check Trump (and other lies)

The Next Web by Napier Lopez

Google appears to be just as fed up with the constant lies during the presidential election as we are, so now it’s helping you set the facts straight. The company today introduced a new feature that will tag and help find “fact checking in large news stories.”

At De Correspondent, book publishing brings additional funds for the newsroom

 Journalism.co.uk

The organisation has published five books written by its journalists so far, to give more exposure to their investigations and in-depth reporting

How journalism students helped on the Panama Papers investigation

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Data skills matter, but guidance, collaboration and a genuine interest in the topic you’re investigating are key

10 lessons in social video from BBC World Service

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Esra Doğramaci, digital consultant at BBC World Service, provides advice to publishers looking to move forward with their video strategies on social platforms

Geolocation takes a hit as Google gets ready to close Panoramio

First Draft News by Alastair Reid

UPDATE: This article has been updated with comment and clarification from Google about how and when the closure of Panoramio will affect images in Google Earth.

Panoramio, the Google-owned image-hosting service central to many verification and geolocation efforts, is to go into “read-only” mode from November 4th and close permanently in November 2017.

Twitter is bulking up its live offerings, adding an election night live show from BuzzFeed to the mix

Nieman Journalism Lab by Shan Wang

BuzzFeed’s politics team is producing a live show to be streamed only on Twitter on election night, November 28 (just kidding, November 8). BuzzFeed is one ofmany news organizations being paid by Facebook to help fulfill the platform’s live video dreams, but Twitter is the “heart of this giant American conversation,” “the beating heart of the election,” and the place where “[e]veryone obsessed with politics will be,” on election night, Ben Smith, BuzzFeed editor-in-chief, repeated to a number of media outlets on Thursday.

With its “First Person” initiative, Vox is using personal essays to supplement its explainers

 Nieman Journalism Lab by Ricardo Bilton

In June, Vox ran an article headlined “Why millions of Americans —including me — own the AR-15,” a 3,000-word case for the rifle best known for its role in mass shootings. In the article, Ars Technica founder and gun owner Jon Stokes argues that the AR-15, despite its negative reputation in the press, is the gun of choice for regular, sane people who need a weapon capable of adapting to a variety of jobs.

Goodbye, International New York Times; hello, international edition of The New York Times

Nieman Journalism Lab by Joshua Benton

As of yesterday, there was something called the International New York Times.

International New York Times (11 October 2016), the final issue.http://pic.twitter.com/WV5p2iBpfl

— Matthew Hunt (@matthew_hunt) October 12, 2016

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