About the LabThe Reporters’ Lab is a center for journalism research in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. Our core projects focus on fact-checking, but we also do occasional research about trust in the news media and other topics.Reporters’ LabRL_f3e2e102-0018-11ea-98b4-aa711183ea00The Reporters’ Lab is a center for journalism research in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. Duke UniversitySanford School of Public PolicyBill AdairBill Adair is the Knight Professor for the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy at Duke University and the director of the Duke Reporters' Lab. He is the creator of Pulitzer Prize-winning website PolitiFact and worked for 24 years as a reporter and editor at the Tampa Bay Times. He is the author of The Mystery of Flight 427: Inside a Crash Investigation.Mark StencelMark Stencel is NPR's former managing editor for digital news and co-author of The Goat Must Be Fed, a 2014 Duke Reporters' Lab study on obstacles to newsroom innovation. He previously held senior editing and executive positions at the Washington Post and Congressional Quarterly, and was a reporter for the the News & Observer in Raleigh-Durham, N.C.Catherine ClabbyCatherine Clabby is the editor and project manager at Duke Reporters' Lab. She is a longtime journalist who also worked in magazine and book publishing. She covered environmental health for the N.C. Health News and science, medicine, government and politics for the Raleigh News & Observer. She was an MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellow from 2007-2008.Christopher GuessChristopher Guess is the lead technologist for the Reporters' Lab.Erica RyanErica Ryan is the project manager for the Share the Facts widget in the Reporters' Lab.Joel LutherJoel Luther is the ClaimReview Research and Outreach Coordinator in the Reporters' Lab.Naman AgarwalNaman Agarwal is a student researcher in the Reporters' Lab.Lizzie BondLizzie Bond is a student researcher in the Reporters' Lab.Maddie BraksickMaddie Braksick is a student researcher in the Reporters' Lab.Lucas FaganLucas Fagan is a student researcher in the Reporters' Lab.Daniela FlaminiDaniela Flamini is a student researcher in the Reporters' Lab.Alex JohnsonAlex Johnson is a student researcher in the Reporters' Lab.Bill McCarthyBill McCarthy is a student researcher in the Reporters' Lab.Sydney McKinneySydney McKinney is a student researcher in the Reporters' Lab.Julianna RennieJulianna Rennie is a student researcher in the Reporters' Lab.Asa RoyalAsa Royal is a student researcher in the Reporters' Lab.Jake SheridanJake Sheridan is a student researcher in the Reporters' Lab.Ryan WilliamsRyan Williams is a student researcher in the Reporters' Lab._f3e2e2c4-0018-11ea-98b4-aa711183ea00To conduct journalism research_f3e2e3aa-0018-11ea-98b4-aa711183ea00JournalismResearchFactsTrustFact-CheckingCheck facts_f3e2e508-0018-11ea-98b4-aa711183ea001_f3e2e5e4-0018-11ea-98b4-aa711183ea00ResearchConduct research about trust in the news media and other topics._f3e2e6ac-0018-11ea-98b4-aa711183ea002_f3e2e774-0018-11ea-98b4-aa711183ea002019-11-05https://reporterslab.org/about-the-lab/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net