Abstracting Yourself: A Conversation with Robin Hemley
Robin Hemley discusses his new essay collection, BORDERLINE CITIZEN.
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Every Editors Nightmare
“The publisher functions more like an executive producer on a movie,” says the nonfiction author Susan Orlean. A New Yorker writer steeped in its culture of obsessive fact-checking, Orlean has…
Despite Scandals, Facts Still Unchecked
The publishing world has been rocked by numerous high-profile scandals in recent years. James Frey’s memoir turned out to be more of a novel, for instance. Yet despite these mistakes,…
Getting the Story Straight
Ever wonder how the New Yorker gets their facts right? Here’s a hint: it’s not the editor. In an excerpt from The Art of Making Magazines: On Being an Editor…
The Post-Fact-Check Campaign
For weeks now, the Romney campaign has run ads claiming that President Obama has gutted the work requirement for welfare recipients. The response has varied. Fact checkers Politifact and the…
What’s The Lifespan of a Fact?
Go behind the fact-checking scenes with this email exchange between Believer fact-checker and writer.