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Brooks Jackson is a journalist who has covered Washington and national politics since 1970, reporting in turn for the Associated Press, the Wall Street Journal and CNN. He joined the Annenberg Public Policy Center in 2003 and launched FactCheck.org in December of that year.
At CNN, he pioneered the “adwatch” and “factcheck” form of stories debunking false and misleading political statements, starting with the presidential election of 1992. His investigative reporting for the AP and the Journal won several national awards. He is the author of three books: “Honest Graft: Big Money and the American Political Process” (Knopf, 1988); “Broken Promise: Why the Federal Election Commission Failed” (Twentieth Century Fund, 1990); and “unSpun: Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation” with Kathleen Hall Jamieson (Random House, 2007).
Eugene Kiely is a journalist who has covered government and politics since 1990. Prior to joining FactCheck.org, Kiely was a Washington assignment editor at USA Today, leading a team of reporters who focused on Congress, politics and government accountability. Previously, he worked at the Philadelphia Inquirer, starting as a statehouse reporter in Trenton, N.J., and rising to become the Pennsylvania state editor. At the Inquirer, Kiely coordinated coverage of the Amish schoolhouse shooting, honored with a 2007 Sigma Delta Chi award for breaking news. He also worked at The Record in Hackensack, N.J., where he served as the statehouse bureau chief in Trenton. He was the editor of “Open for Business,” a series on then-Gov. Christie Whitman’s environmental policies that won the 1996 John Oakes award. Kiely studied at Livingston College at Rutgers University, majoring in journalism and English.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Director, Annenberg Public Policy Center
Dr. Kathleen Jamieson, Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, has written extensively on the press, politics and presidential campaigns. Her research into deceptive political TV ads produced techniques that are now in common use in TV “adwatch” stories. Among the many books she has authored are: “Dirty Politics: Deception, Distraction, and Democracy” (Oxford University Press, 1992) and “Everything You Think You Know About Politics…and Why You’re Wrong” (Basic Books, 2000).
Lori Robertson
Managing Editor, FactCheck.org
Lori Robertson is a journalist who covered the media for nine years as an editor and writer for American Journalism Review, a bimonthly media watchdog magazine, before joining FactCheck.org in 2007. At AJR, she won the Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism and an honorable mention in the National Press Club’s Arthur Rowse Award. Previously, she was the administrative director of the Casey Journalism Center on Children and Families, a resource center for journalists covering at-risk kids. She has written for various publications as a freelancer. Robertson earned a B.A. in advertising from Duquesne University and a master in law from the University of Pennsylvania.
Robert Farley
Deputy Managing Editor, FactCheck.org
A journalist for more than 23 years, Robert Farley was most recently a reporter at the St. Petersburg Times for more than 13 years. In early 2008, Farley joined PolitiFact.com, a political fact-checking website created by the St. Petersburg Times, and he was part of the team that won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. Previously, he worked a stint on the St. Petersburg Times’ investigative team and won a 2008 Casey Medal for stories about the dramatic rise in antipsychotic drugs prescribed to children. In 2006, Farley won a first place award for general feature writing from the American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors for a story about a former girlfriend of rock icon Jim Morrison. Farley has also worked as a reporter at several newspapers in Pennsylvania, including the Harrisburg Patriot-News, the Intelligencer in Doylestown and the Ambler Gazette.
Alan Jaffe
Assignment Editor/Project Manager, FactCheck.org
Alan Jaffe is a former assignment editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer and former features editor at the South Jersey Courier-Post. He contributed stories on the built environment to WHYY NewsWorks and PlanPhilly.com and stories on the natural environment for BillyPenn.com. On weekends, he carries binoculars, and has written about urban avian life for BirdWatching magazine and the American Birding Association’s magazine. He has joined FactCheck.org as assignment editor/project manager of its collaboration with Facebook to debunk viral deceptions on the social media platform.
Jessica McDonald
Science Editor, FactCheck.org
Jessica McDonald is a science journalist who joined FactCheck.org in 2018. She trained as a scientist, receiving her Ph.D. in immunology from Yale University in 2013. Since leaving academia, she has interned with Science Friday and worked as a health reporter at WHYY, Philadelphia’s NPR station. Her work has appeared in Discover magazine, Science magazine and on the YouTube channel SciShow. She is a graduate of Haverford College.
D’Angelo Gore
Staff Writer, FactCheck.org
D’Angelo Gore earned his B.A. in journalism at Temple University and joined the Annenberg Public Policy Center in October 2007. He previously interned with the Philadelphia Daily News and served as a contributing writer for the Washington Informer covering local news in Washington, D.C.
Saranac Hale Spencer
Staff Writer, FactCheck.org
Saranac Hale Spencer worked as a reporter for 10 years before joining FactCheck.org in 2017. She has covered the federal courts, local government and crime for newspapers from New York to Delaware, and she earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy at Cornell University.
Catalina Jaramillo
Staff Writer, FactCheck.org
Catalina Jaramillo is a graduate of the Columbia Journalism School and former Fulbright fellow who has reported, written and produced stories for radio and news websites in the United States and Latin America. Prior to joining FactCheck.org in 2021, Catalina had worked as a reporter for WHYY, a Philadelphia NPR member station, and El Diario/La Prensa in New York City. She also taught Spanish-language journalism at the City University of New York’s Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism. Her work has appeared in several radio and print publications in Chile, Mexico and the U.S., including NPR, PRI’s The World, Persona, Vice, Al Día News, El Universal, La Tercera, Qué Pasa and Cooperativa. She did her undergraduate studies at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Kate Yandell
Staff Writer, FactCheck.org
Kate Yandell has worked as a journalist covering the life sciences since 2012. Prior to joining FactCheck.org in 2023, she was a staff editor for various oncology websites, including OBR Oncology, Patient Power and Cancer Today. Her writing has appeared in the Scientist, Spectrum, Audubon and the New York Times. She received her journalism degree from New York University’s Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting program and her undergraduate degree in English and biology from Williams College.
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