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Accuracy

In a collage of photos on top of a road map, four photos show a reporter talking into a microphone in a studio, a reporter talking into a microphone at an event, a man being interviewed, and a reporter interviewing a man one-on-one.

We asked international reporters how they pronounce names right

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Pronunciation can establish — or undermine — your credibility as a reporter. These tips from global correspondents will help you get unfamiliar names correct.

When covering disability, avoid ableist tropes like the ‘pity trap’

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Person-first or identity-first? Get answers to your questions on covering disability from the NPR journalists in this video.

A search-engine field appears on a gradient background that goes from red to blue. The word "Latino" appears in the field, as if typed. Then, several choices of term appear below "Did you mean:" These are Latina, Latine, Latinx, Latin@, Hispanic, Person of Color, BIPOC, POC, Black, Brown, Indigenous, Argentinian, Chelean, Colombian, Peruvian, Venezuelan, Guatemalan, Brazilian, Mexican, Spanish, Puerto Rican, Cuban and Ecuadorian. The list ends with "See more."

BIPOC? Latinx? Here’s how to describe people accurately

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Group descriptors require the same kind of research and scrutiny as other facts journalists report on. Here’s a guide to getting it right.

What journalists need to know when covering climate change

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These facts, compiled by NPR’s climate editors, can provide big-picture context for weather events and other topics linked to climate change.

Must-have math skills for the number-crunching newsperson

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Refresh your high school math-class memory with this review of basic, yet confusing, concepts.

HAY-soos or hay-SOOS? Getting the accent right in Spanish

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Unlike English, Spanish has rules of pronunciation that are simple and easy to learn.

Triage your fact-checking: a method (and board game)

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To help you think about journalistic accuracy on a deadline, we’ve developed a fact-checking triage method.

5 techniques to spell any name correctly, every time

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Save yourself from embarrassing misspellings of proper nouns with these tips.

6 tips for catching your writing mistakes (and protecting your credibility)

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No one is available to read behind you and it’s nearly time to hit “publish.” What do you do? Call on the copy editor within.

An accuracy checklist to take with you

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We all make mistakes — this checklist will help you make fewer of them.