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Canadian journalist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Craig Silverman is a Canadian journalist and a reporter at ProPublica.[1] He was previously the media editor of BuzzFeed and the head of BuzzFeed's Canadian division. Known as an expert in "fake news",[2][3] he founded the "Regret the Error" blog in 2004, covering fact-checking and media inaccuracy, and authored a 2009 book of the same name, which won the Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism from the National Press Club.
Craig Silverman | |
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Born | Nova Scotia, Canada |
Alma mater | Concordia University |
Occupation | Journalist |
In 2011 he joined the Poynter Institute for Media Studies as an adjunct faculty member.[4][5] He also founded the hoax and rumor tracking website Emergent[6] and co-authored a biography of Michael Calce, the hacker known as MafiaBoy.[7] He received a 2013 Mirror Award for Best Commentary, Digital Media.[8]
Born in Nova Scotia, Silverman is a graduate of Concordia University in Montreal (Bachelor of Arts in journalism[9]) and moved to Toronto to join BuzzFeed.[10]
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