Matthew Crowley

The 2023 State of the Fact-Checkers report surveyed 137 fact-checking organizations across at least 69 countries

The new criminal justice chapter includes more than 50 entries covering specific terms, some new, some revised.

Here’s a sampling of top headlines from the annual ACES: Society for Editing contest, which lets wordsmiths come out to play

Conspiracy theories, obfuscated truths, downplaying and denialism, smears and repeated misstatements. We've seen it all.

PolitiFact’s most-read fact checks of politicians answered questions about the presidential candidates’ records on debt and inflation

In a statement explaining its decision, the AP said Trump has the authority to change the mountain’s name, but the gulf is a global name

Wire service calls move an 'alarming' punishment and First Amendment violation

Anna Jo Bratton, AP’s new stylebook editor, says breaking news from gun violence to the Middle East is driving guidance changes

2025 ACES headline contest winners show that wordplay, when done right, can still stop thumbs midscroll

At the ACES: The Society for Editing conference, editors cheered — and groaned — as the AP Stylebook announced one of its most anticipated changes