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St. Petersburg Times: PolitiFact Lab at Poynter will explore new ventures

By Lydia Harvey, on November 6th, 2011%

BY BILL ADAIR

PolitiFact and the Poynter Institute have launched a partnership to create the PolitiFact Lab, an initiative that will oversee joint projects and educational programs on fact-checking.

The PolitiFact Lab at the Poynter Institute will promote best practices in accountability journalism, conduct research on fact-checking and work with PolitiFact on new ventures. Poynter, a nonprofit educational . . . → Read More: St. Petersburg Times: PolitiFact Lab at Poynter will explore new ventures

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Bob Woodward talks at Poynter Institute about modern media, investigative journalism

By Lydia Harvey, on March 16th, 2011%

Included are two articles on Bob Woodward’s visit at the Poynter Institute.

BY ERIC DEGGANS,

St. Petersburg Times

ST. PETERSBURG — In the age of Twitter, Facebook, 24-hour cable news and always-updated websites, people may feel they’re swimming in more data than ever about their world and how it works.

But Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Bob Woodward — half of the . . . → Read More: Bob Woodward talks at Poynter Institute about modern media, investigative journalism

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Bob Woodward to speak at Poynter

By Charlotte Porter, on February 15th, 2011%

Investigative reporter Bob Woodward will be speaking at the Poynter Institute on March 15, 2011, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available for dinner and reserved seating, as well as general admission seating only.

See http://about.poynter.org/woodward for details, or . . . → Read More: Bob Woodward to speak at Poynter

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Poynter offers free political coverage training

By Rick Hirsch, on July 8th, 2010%

The Poynter Institute is convening a free conference  in St. Petersburg Aug. 2 and 3 that would benefit any reporter or editor whose coverage involves government or politics.

From Poynter Managing Director Butch Ward:

“New Tools For Improving Your Government Coverage” will introduce reporters, technologists and editors whose stories rely on government records to a variety of . . . → Read More: Poynter offers free political coverage training

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