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Advanced: Verification training for journalists > Unit 5: Understanding geo-location

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Find a photo or video from a recent news event, and perform a full verification analysis on it. Check out the provenance, source, date, location and motivation.

Use the First Draft NewsCheck Chrome extension and share the percentage score you get at the end.

If you were a news editor, would you include this footage in a news bulletin?

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