Do you work in chemistry and/or engineering and have a personal or emotional connection to your work? I am looking for first-person narratives for Chemistry & Engineering News. Message me here or Signal Wudan.11 for tips!

Does The Verge need a fact-checker? Cuz my company can probably help

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This is an absolutely wild correction from The Verge www.theverge.com/features/916...

"Fire is destructive, he says, 'but it’s opening space for nature’s creative process to unfold.'" - in thought-provoking piece by Wudan Yan about hiking in burn zones. #environmental #journalism www.rei.com/blog/camp/hi...

Do you manage a newsroom? Do you wish your newsroom had better practices around ensuring accuracy, all without a fact-checker? I've developed a multi-modal training program for newsrooms who are flying w/o a dedicated fact-checker. Check it out & pls share! www.factual.work/store/p/impr...

Improving Newsroom Accuracy (Without Dedicated Fact-Checkers) — FACTUAL

For newspapers, radio stations looking to improve accuracy without a dedicated fact-checker

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Miss yesterday's webinar on HOW NONFICTION AUTHORS CAN BEST WORK WITH FACT CHECKERS that I hosted with @jaimealyse.bsky.social ? You can buy a copy of the recording here! www.factual.work/store/p/how-...

HOW NONFICTION AUTHORS CAN BEST WORK WITH FACT-CHECKERS — FACTUAL

Learn to bulletproof your nonfiction book for accuracy Publishing a nonfiction book is daunting. The process can take years—and often, the idea for the book begins even earlier. While nonfiction sugg...

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Last summer, I liked the PCT in Oregon. Day after day, I walked through burn scars of forests past. Here's my love note to them, out today: www.rei.com/blog/camp/hi...

Calling all nonfiction authors - aspiring/otherwise! Looking for tips, advice, & knowledge on how to best organize your research so you can publish a factually airtight book? Come to next week's Factual event. (March 24, 12-1:15pm PT) w/@jaimealyse.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/how-nonfic...

How nonfiction authors can best work with fact-checkers

Learn to bulletproof your nonfiction book for accuracy

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Next week I'm joining @wudan.bsky.social for this event: How nonfiction authors can best work with fact-checkers (focusing on, shock of shocks, how Scrivener can make the process easier) www.eventbrite.com/e/how-nonfic...

How nonfiction authors can best work with fact-checkers

Learn to bulletproof your nonfiction book for accuracy

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Nonfiction authors (&aspiring authors!) Learn how to bulletproof your work for accuracy. Tune in on Mar 24 -- @jaimealyse.bsky.social & I are gonna teach you how to better organize your work using Scrivener &how to best work with a fact-checker! Details>> www.eventbrite.com/e/how-nonfic...

Excited to join @wudan.bsky.social for this webinar next month on annotating a manuscript for fact-checking. I'll be talking about how (shock of shocks) you can use Scrivener to streamline the process www.eventbrite.com/e/how-nonfic...

There are attempts at making fact checkers easier to find - and creating a world where we’re not exploited by bad pay. @wudan.bsky.social has created a one-of-a-kind agency, for example, that connects fact checkers with people who are willing to pay for them. factual.squarespace.com

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Factual provides high-quality standardized fact-checking services to nonfiction storytellers working in print, audio, and documentary film.

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You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).

For ACLU Magazine, I'm looking to chat with individual activists protecting civil liberties & civil rights, who have changed tactics under Trump 2.0. Is this you? Someone you know? Secure tips to me via Signal: Wudan.11

I loved this piece about how to best work with fact-checkers niemanstoryboard.org/2025/03/14/h... Annotating a draft for fact-checking is an art that is honed through practice. If you're looking for best practices check out Factual's valuable annotation guide factual.squarespace.com/store/p/anno...

I’m seeing lots of people I know professionally complain about the shakeup on the government pages & how it creates complications during the fact-checking. Today on Factual’s newsletter, I share some tips on how to deal with the government page shakedown factualagency.substack.com/p/save-your-...

Save your receipts

This week, I began fact-checking on a colleague’s forthcoming nonfiction book.

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Fact-checking is basically working in MDR. (IYKYK. If you don't, go watch Severance) 1. I am refining a lot of information (for accuracy) 2. The work is very mysterious and very important

While we are appreciating the work of federal workers, may I point you to a group of government scientists who work to protect the public from volcanic hazards? Read more, in my latest feature: www.popularmechanics.com/science/envi...

A Massive Volcanic Catastrophe Could Hit the Pacific Northwest. Experts Are Sounding the Alarm.

Dangerous mudflows, known as lahars, could inundate the communities surrounding Mt. Rainier in as little as 30 minutes.

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On the newsletter today, I wrote about how learning to tame my dog's reactivity gave me the tools/principles to regulate my own emotions under Trump 2.0. If you're feeling like your emotions are at the whim of the news cycle, I strongly urge you to read this issue. wudan.substack.com/p/taming-rea...

Taming reactivity

What living with a reactive dog taught me about managing my own emotions under Trump 2.0

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I wrote a quick checklist of how to protect your business and YOU under autocracy. Freelancers, this one's for you: thewriterscoop.substack.com/p/a-checklis...

A checklist for your freelance business under autocracy

It’s hard to believe that inauguration is less than a week away.

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I had some *thoughts* on the Meta news yesterday, so of course, I wrote about it. factualagency.substack.com/p/accuracy-i...

Accuracy is now a part of the resistance.

I wasn’t surprised yesterday when Meta announced they were doing away with fact-checkers.

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To be honest, I can't be bothered with another platform that looks like Twitter. If you want to hire me or work together, please just.... email me. Send mail by carrier pigeon. Any other interaction that reminds us of what it's like to connect human to human, not via a platform like this.

Apply to be a fact-checker for Factual! : Factual will have applications open *all the time* and applications will be processed on a rolling, quarterly basis. See this page for the timeline: www.factual.work/apply-to-be-...

I am not very *online* in the same way I used to be anymore, which is excellent for my mental health. But I wanted to hop on today and tell you that I'm sunsetting The Writers' Co-op's podcast. Over the last five years I've produced 8(!!) seasons, the last two of which I did singlehandedly.

I went on 1A this morning to talk about fact-checking! the1a.org/segments/ask...

Ask a fact checker

If your mom tells you she loves you, check it out.

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If you’re a nonfiction storyteller looking for a fact-checker, @wudan.bsky.social’s new agency, Factual, may be poised to help. Learn more here. 🧪

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Writer, reporter and fact-checker (& my former student) @wudan.bsky.social is launching a fact-checking agency. Might you want to work with Factual? www.factual.work

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Factual provides high-quality standardized fact-checking services to nonfiction storytellers working in print, audio, and documentary film.

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Next week, I’m excited to talk about how to best work with a freelance team with media entrepreneur Emma Carew Grovum & longtime assistant Anita Kenney. We’re going to talk about valuing your team, building trust, and learning to manage your team, and more! Join us www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-bes...

Calling all journalists and communicators interested in science: CASW has resources to share, and we want to make sure you hear about them. Tell us how you like to get your information in this brief (really!) survey: bit.ly/CASWSurvey We appreciate your help!

Help CASW connect with its community on social media

The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing is working to understand where to best invest the organization's resources on social media in order to inform science writers and science journalists...

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We're about one week out before I close applications for my editorial assistantship. If you want to work closely with me for the next two years, this is your last chance to apply: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

2024-Editorial Assistant for Wudan The Reporter LLC

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Freelancers! Do you want more control over your freelance business? If so, join us next week for: HOW TO CREATE A MARKETING PLAN THAT DOESN'T SUCK. Details + registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-cre...

How to create a marketing plan that doesn't suck with Austin L. Church

Create a new marketing plan for your freelance business that you'll stick with — and doesnt' suck.

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