Writing

“Google’s chief emissary to the news business is stepping down — and looking back,” Nieman Lab, May 21, 2025

“Fact-checking needs a reboot,” Nieman Lab, December 2023

“Bias is good. It just needs a label.”, Columbia Journalism Review, Aug. 29, 2019

“There’s too much State of the Union Fact Checking,” Poynter, Feb. 6, 2023

“After 15 years, PolitiFact hasn’t given up on facts; neither should you,” Poynter, August, 22, 2022

“The lessons of Squash, the first automated fact-checking platform,” Poynter, June 15, 2021

“How a fact-checking pioneer became relaxed about using the L-word,” Crikey, May 25, 2021

“As Embedded Fact-Checking Grows, Reporters Need to Show Their Sources,” Poynter, Feb. 5, 2021 (with Joel Luther)

“Misinformation fueled the Capitol riots — a Biden commission could chart a path forward,” The Hill, Jan. 12, 2021, (with Phil Napoli)

“A lesson in automated journalism: Bring back the humans,” Nieman Lab, July 29, 2020 (with Mark Stencel)

“Keep on Fact-Checking!”, The New York Times, November 9, 2016