@meg_yoder

Fact-checking and editing stories for @VerifyThis / @AmericanU alumna / Reading, yoga, hiking and dogs make me happy

Joined January 2012
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Shay Simon🎈@ShaySimonTV30 Sep 2024
“WHY ISN’T THIS ON THE NEWS” “NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS” “THIS SHOULD BE A BIG STORY” But.. you don’t actually watch the news.. ever – at Memphis, TN
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Kyle Clark@KyleClark21 Sep 2024
"Leaf peeping" sounds creepy. So @nexton9news viewers helped us come up with better terms. Then editor @amora_dguez showed up in studio with a bag of leaves and things took a turn.
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TEGNA@TEGNA6 Jun 2023
Congratulations to our colleagues at @VerifyThis for receiving three @ViddyAwards for video excellence. #TeamTEGNA #Digital #Video
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Jonathan Forsythe@jforsythe234 Nov 2022
Nice writeup from @TVNewsCheck on how @VerifyThis has prioritized @tiktok_us in its strategy to counter misinformation across platforms. tvnewscheck.com/journalism/a… @arianedatil @CaseyDeckerTV @rothsara @LindsayClaiborn @meg_yoder @TEGNA

Talking TV: Tegna’s Verify Finds Hyper-Engagement On TikTok

Tegna’s Verify investigative team has won a following of 100,000 and growing on TikTok, where a younger demographic has been drawn to its simple reportorial mission and authentic voice. TVNewsCheck’s...

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Ariane Datil@arianedatil29 Sep 2022
WE DID IT!! @VerifyThis hit 100k on Tik Tok! I am so unbelievably proud of our little team. @KyleyBSchultz and I worked soooo hard to find our voice on the app. We really listened to all of you. We answered your questions. And you helped us grow. Gahhh!! Thank YOU SO MUCH!! 🥰🚀 – at Manhattan, NY
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Ian Hill
@ianhillmedia25 Sep 2022
The best swag and slogan from an #ONA22 participant was via @VerifyThis – at Cleveland Heights, OH
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The New York Times
@nytimes12 Jun 2022
It’s soft. It’s vegan. It’s made from fossil fuels. The fashion industry has been transformed by the rebranding of synthetic materials into hip alternatives like "vegan leather," a marketing masterstroke meant to suggest environmental virtue. nyti.ms/3OdJzwK

How Fashion Giants Recast Plastic as Good for the Planet (Published 2022)

An influential system overseen by retailers and clothing makers ranks petroleum-based synthetics like “vegan leather” as more environmentally sound than natural fibers.

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Sara Roth@rothsara5 Apr 2022
Very proud of our @VerifyThis team today - we are @TheWebbyAwards honorees for our daily Fast Facts newsletter and Snapchat series! If you don't get our newsletter, do yourself a favor 😉 verifythis.com/email

Brands - TEGNA

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kyley sitton@kyleysitton5 Apr 2022
so excited to announce our @VerifyThis Snapchat Series and our daily Fast Facts newsletter are both honorees for this year's @TheWebbyAwards 🎉 finding new ways for facts to reach new audiences is so rewarding! + extra love for my newsletter buddy @meganaloe for writing w/me💚
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Kelly Jones
@kelly_metz17 Mar 2022
A thread: Hackers took over Ukrainian TV station Ukraine 24 earlier today to air a deepfake video of the Ukraine president telling citizens to surrender. Not only can I prove the video isn't real, here is why. More here @VerifyThis : bit.ly/DeepfakeUkraine
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A lot is happening in #Ukraine right now. We @VerifyThis are working to fact-check viral images and videos that are making the rounds. verifythis.com/article/news/…
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Rebecca J. Ritzel@rjritzel28 Dec 2021
Some breaking DC art news from me: The landmark sculpture "Marabar" will move from @NatGeo's downtown DC campus to @AmericanU. nytimes.com/2021/12/28/arts/…

A Million-Pound Artwork, Once Threatened, Finds a New Home (Published 2021)

The National Geographic Society announced that Elyn Zimmerman’s massive granite installation will be moved to the campus of American University.

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The New York Times
@nytimes9 Dec 2021
Birds Aren’t Real is a parody social movement with a purpose, its creators say — and Gen Z’s attempt to fight and poke fun at misinformation. "My favorite way to describe the organization is fighting lunacy with lunacy," one organizer said. nyti.ms/3oGIzqE
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What are the goals of #COP26? Who's attending? Will negotiators make progress? My latest answers these questions: on.cfr.org/3mdctC1 via @CFR_org
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Since 2001, the US has spent hundreds of billions on Afghanistan's reconstruction. But the results have been mixed (women's rights⬆️, journalist killings⬆️, Taliban control⬆️). These 9 charts show how the situation has improved and deteriorated. My latest on.cfr.org/2XAlpHD
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Evan Lambert@EvanLambertTV23 Jul 2021
All DC residents are entitled to feel safe. The fact that the shooting outside Nats Park and the one tonight on a fancy part of 14th St are getting so much attention should wake us all up to what goes on daily in other neighborhoods. Hope there is a solution.
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Boyd Huppert@BoydHuppert19 Jul 2021
He just turned two. She's about to turn 100. Yet, Benjamin & Mary have struck up an unlikely friendship over a backyard fence. "His first best friend," Benjamin's mother says. KARE tonight at 10pm. #land10kstories
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TEGNA@TEGNA11 Feb 2021
.@TEGNA congratulates Chief Digital Officer Adam Ostrow (Top TV Executive) and the entire @vfyfactcheckers team (Best Snapchat Discover Publisher) for being finalists in Digiday’s Video and TV Awards. digiday.com/awards/2021-digi… #TeamTEGNA
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Kyle Clark@KyleClark14 Aug 2020
Good morning, hellsite! What fresh horrors of human behavior await us today?
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Amesh Adalja
@AmeshAA10 Jul 2020
In this @meg_yoder television interview I discuss how with #COVID19 deaths are a lagging indicator of the dynamics of the outbreak wusa9.com/article/news/healt…
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