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Fact-Checking Basics

The skill that launched a thousand publishing careers (and sank a few)

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Fact-Checking Basics

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Instructor Bio

Katherine Wessling's Courses

Fact-Checking – (Class starts February 2)
Fact-Checking Essentials – New York (Seminar on January 27)

Katherine Wessling
Katherine Wessling has fact-checked for magazines including Esquire, Newsweek International, Ladies' Home Journal, Us, In Touch, Star, and Teen People. She was associate research editor at Glamour and headed up the research department at Good Housekeeping. Katherine has also done primary research for Sky magazine, Chic Simple books, and playwright Eve Ensler (for The Good Body). She's attended and/or participated in numerous MPA and ASME seminars on fact-checking.
Her other journalism experience includes: contributing literary editor for Swing, senior editor at Speak, and editor-in-chief of (ai) performance for the planet. She's also been a commentator on WNYC's broadcast of NPR's Morning Edition.

photo credit: Susan Shacter


Testimonials


Katherine's in-depth knowledge of fact-checking and her on-the-job anecdotes made this course both informative and fun. -- Lisa Sabatini

"Katherine drew on many illustrative examples from her career as she led us through the basics and answered our questions. Her real-world examples were invaluable, and she was always engaging." -- Dustin Smith

"Katherine is an industry veteran who can share as many useful tips as she can interesting anecdotes. I highly recommend her course for anyone lost on how to get started in the magazine research world." -- Janine Yu

"I was very impressed. I loved how Katherine balanced her anecdotes with more technical information -- it kept the class interesting." -- Jessica Feder, editorial assistant, Country Living

"Katherine was very personable. Her anecdotes are enjoyable and helped me gain a better grasp of how interesting the fact-checking process really can be." -- Daniel Quiterio, proofreader, JWT

"Katherine knows fact checking very well. She has a passion for it and she gets students excited to share that passion." -- Daniel McCourt

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