JOUR 48000: Mobile &Social Media Journalism

A definitive guide to verifying digital content for emergency coverage (2nd ed.)

Open Source Verification and Investigation Tools and Methods.

Try the browser plugins -- InVID verification is highly recommended.

Click on a region to find country profiles. The Media page will list press, television and radio and who owns them (private, public) as well as the language it is in.

Provides basic history of all countries - includes maps, population, history, politics, economics, education, communications, transportation and military data.

Annenberg Political fact check site. Use to discern the truth behind all kinds of political, scientific and public policy claims.

A project of the St. Petersburg Times, PolitiFact is a website that examines truth in politics.

Lists some copy editing blogs and writing handbooks.