Craig Silverman is founder of Regret the Error, a blog that reports on media errors and corrections, and trends regarding accuracy and verification. He also serves as director for content for Spundge, a content curation and creation platform used by newsrooms and other organizations. He has been a columnist for the Toronto Star, Columbia Journalism Review, The Globe And Mail, and BusinessJournalism.org.
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Silverman, Craig. "From Nieman Reports: The “New Verification” means high stakes in an age of social media." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 18 Jul. 2012. Web. 11 Dec. 2024.
APA
Silverman, C. (2012, Jul. 18). From Nieman Reports: The “New Verification” means high stakes in an age of social media. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2012/07/from-nieman-reports-the-new-verification-means-high-stakes-in-an-age-of-social-media/
Chicago
Silverman, Craig. "From Nieman Reports: The “New Verification” means high stakes in an age of social media." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified July 18, 2012. Accessed December 11, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2012/07/from-nieman-reports-the-new-verification-means-high-stakes-in-an-age-of-social-media/.
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