#Tip of the day for journalists: Learn from fake Hurricane Sandy pictures
October 30th, 2012Posted by Sarah Marshall in Search, Top tips for journalists
There are a couple of good posts on how to verify images from social media following the sharing of fake Hurricane Sandy pictures on Twitter and Facebook.
Fiona McCann from social news agency Storyful has written a guide on how to spot a fake image in three easy steps. She talks through the process of using Google Images and TinEye and reminds journalists to check sources.
On Poynter Craig Silverman has shared links to useful verification articles.
Here is a guide on verification published earlier this year by Journalism.co.uk.
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