Documentation - Authoritative evidence — such as recordings, documents or online activity — to support statements or facts in a news report., Bias - Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair., Context - The set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation, event or fact. In journalistic terms, context is often a key part of providing a truthful account of an event or understanding the meaning of an event over time. A lack of context, or a deceitful misrepresentation of context, is a common feature of misinformation., Expert Source - Someone who is a specialist in a particular subject. Journalists often seek experts — who are also independent, or are impartial about the other people or organizations involved in a story — to add important details to their reporting that are missing from those provided by official and eyewitness sources., Eyewitness Source - Someone who was present when an event happened and gives a firsthand account. While eyewitness sources can be important, they often give journalists partial or conflicting stories., Fact - A statement that can be verified or shown to be true. Facts are the basis for credible news reports., Fairness - In journalism, a standard that calls for journalists to approach their reporting in an honest, accurate way — without allowing their own biases to interfere. This includes considering and reporting on all relevant sides of a subject without giving anything more weight or attention than the facts warrant. It also includes making sure that all parties directly involved in or most affected by the topic being covered have had the opportunity to tell their side., Official Source - A representative who provides information to a journalist in an official capacity. This includes spokespeople for the White House, members of Congress or a federal agency, or for the governor, the mayor, a state or city agency, or the local school board. (For example, in a news report about a crime, a police spokesperson is often cited as the official source.) It also could include an individual whose job is to speak on behalf of a company or organization, as an employee of the business or of a public relations firm representing it. Journalists should be careful not to simply repeat the information provided by official sources without providing additional details, context or claims by other sources., Sources - In journalism, the people, organizations, documents and other providers of background information that journalists use as the basis of their reporting. Sources can include people — such as government officials, police, company employees, eyewitnesses to events and experts — as well as documents, images, video and social media posts., Transparency - Openness and accountability. In journalism, science or data collection, transparency means explaining everything possible about where the information being provided came from. This includes the methods used to access, gather or analyze the information. Transparency is a sign of credibility because it allows others to double-check or replicate the information., Truth - In journalism, the process that begins with collecting facts and putting them in an order and context that is proven to be true and that clarifies reality. Truth is often not known when a story first “breaks,” but takes time to come out after all the facts are known and many news reports have been produced., Verification - Proof or confirmation of factual accuracy. In journalism, verification is a set of practices — such as getting details of an event confirmed by multiple sources — designed to ensure accuracy., Vetting - Checking or investigating. In journalism, this means internally double- or triple-checking everything in a news report for accuracy, fairness and context. This can also involve vetting a specific source in a news report — for example, confirming seemingly unrelated details in a person’s story to make sure that the person isn’t providing false information.,

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