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Journalism is the practice of researching,&nbsp;&nbsp;

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verifying, and presenting&nbsp;
information to the public.

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But not all journalism is created equally. Reports&nbsp;
can range from short bulletins written quickly,&nbsp;&nbsp;

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to substantial investigations that take&nbsp;
a lot of time and effort to produce.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Some reporting that looks like journalism may&nbsp;
not have the same standards of research and rigor&nbsp;&nbsp;

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as reports produced by professional organizations.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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To confuse matters more false and misleading&nbsp;
information online can also look like journalism.

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With so many different sources available&nbsp;
to us, it is important to determine&nbsp;&nbsp;

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which information is reliable and which&nbsp;
is not. One key way to do this is to seek&nbsp;&nbsp;

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out information from organizations that&nbsp;
operate according to a set of standards.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Professional news organizations won't always get&nbsp;
it right but a story is more likely to be reliable&nbsp;&nbsp;

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if it is produced in a process that involves&nbsp;
a commitment to accuracy. You can evaluate the&nbsp;&nbsp;

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quality of a journalistic report by looking for&nbsp;
some of the standards that define journalism.

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Accuracy
Does the news organization&nbsp;&nbsp;

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have a reputation for professionalism? Do&nbsp;
they have a policy for correcting mistakes?

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Research
How many people&nbsp;&nbsp;

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are interviewed or quoted in the story. What&nbsp;
supporting research or statistics are included?

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Sourcing&nbsp;

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Are the people quoted experts or otherwise&nbsp;
qualified to speak about the issue?

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Context&nbsp;

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Does the story include background information&nbsp;
to help you understand the key themes better?

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Fairness&nbsp;

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Are people and issues described&nbsp;
using neutral language?

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Not all journalism will meet the same standards.&nbsp;
Becoming familiar with professional news&nbsp;&nbsp;

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organizations and the standards that define&nbsp;
journalism can help us determine what to trust