Narrative journalist, fact-checker, podcaster. Founder, Factual—a fact-checking agency www.wudanyan.com www.factual.workhttps://bsky.app/profile/wudan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/wudan.bsky.social/post/3mvilaqiuoc22Quick poll for journalists and newsroom leaders on here: 1. Have you been getting emails from "AI agent" fact-checkers soliciting you for work? 2. Have you been using them? Why or why not?14 Sep 2026 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:fukey2sryiz53sqvu2wiuba6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvilaqiuoc22https://bsky.app/profile/wudan.bsky.social/post/3mmcaywymys2cDo you work in chemistry and/or engineering and have a personal or emotional connection to your work? I am looking for first-person narratives for Chemistry & Engineering News. Message me here or Signal Wudan.11 for tips!20 May 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:fukey2sryiz53sqvu2wiuba6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcaywymys2chttps://bsky.app/profile/wudan.bsky.social/post/3mlrgeqkp4c2uDoes The Verge need a fact-checker? Cuz my company can probably help [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 23:10 +0000at://did:plc:fukey2sryiz53sqvu2wiuba6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrgeqkp4c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/wudan.bsky.social/post/3miyzfblgts24Do you manage a newsroom? Do you wish your newsroom had better practices around ensuring accuracy, all without a fact-checker? I've developed a multi-modal training program for newsrooms who are flying w/o a dedicated fact-checker. Check it out & pls share! https://www.factual.work/store/p/improving-newsroom-accuracy-without-dedicated-fact-checkers08 Apr 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:fukey2sryiz53sqvu2wiuba6/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyzfblgts24https://bsky.app/profile/wudan.bsky.social/post/3mhvu2lp3zk2uMiss yesterday's webinar on HOW NONFICTION AUTHORS CAN BEST WORK WITH FACT CHECKERS that I hosted with @jaimealyse.bsky.social ? You can buy a copy of the recording here! https://www.factual.work/store/p/how-nonfiction-authors-can-best-work-with-fact-checkers25 Mar 2026 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:fukey2sryiz53sqvu2wiuba6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvu2lp3zk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/wudan.bsky.social/post/3mhtggjzvxk2jLast summer, I liked the PCT in Oregon. Day after day, I walked through burn scars of forests past. Here's my love note to them, out today: https://www.rei.com/blog/camp/hiking-burn-zones24 Mar 2026 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:fukey2sryiz53sqvu2wiuba6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhtggjzvxk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/wudan.bsky.social/post/3mhbqhtefoc2aCalling all nonfiction authors - aspiring/otherwise! Looking for tips, advice, & knowledge on how to best organize your research so you can publish a factually airtight book? Come to next week's Factual event. (March 24, 12-1:15pm PT) w/@jaimealyse.bsky.social https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-nonfiction-authors-can-best-work-with-fact-checkers-tickets-198236241233917 Mar 2026 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:fukey2sryiz53sqvu2wiuba6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbqhtefoc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/wudan.bsky.social/post/3mehdigb34k2qNonfiction authors (&aspiring authors!) Learn how to bulletproof your work for accuracy. Tune in on Mar 24 -- @jaimealyse.bsky.social & I are gonna teach you how to better organize your work using Scrivener &how to best work with a fact-checker! Details>> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-nonfiction-authors-can-best-work-with-fact-checkers-tickets-198236241233909 Feb 2026 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:fukey2sryiz53sqvu2wiuba6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mehdigb34k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/wudan.bsky.social/post/3logugg457c2qFor ACLU Magazine, I'm looking to chat with individual activists protecting civil liberties & civil rights, who have changed tactics under Trump 2.0. Is this you? Someone you know? Secure tips to me via Signal: Wudan.1105 May 2025 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:fukey2sryiz53sqvu2wiuba6/app.bsky.feed.post/3logugg457c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/wudan.bsky.social/post/3lkeibrmwu224I loved this piece about how to best work with fact-checkers https://niemanstoryboard.org/2025/03/14/how-to-work-with-fact-checkers/ Annotating a draft for fact-checking is an art that is honed through practice. If you're looking for best practices check out Factual's valuable annotation guide https://factual.squarespace.com/store/p/annotation-guide https://lnkd.in/gGEunfsr14 Mar 2025 20:48 +0000at://did:plc:fukey2sryiz53sqvu2wiuba6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkeibrmwu224https://bsky.app/profile/wudan.bsky.social/post/3ljpznfexgk2sI’m seeing lots of people I know professionally complain about the shakeup on the government pages & how it creates complications during the fact-checking. Today on Factual’s newsletter, I share some tips on how to deal with the government page shakedown https://factualagency.substack.com/p/save-your-receipts06 Mar 2025 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:fukey2sryiz53sqvu2wiuba6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljpznfexgk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/wudan.bsky.social/post/3ljj7yp6flk2nFact-checking is basically working in MDR. (IYKYK. If you don't, go watch Severance) 1. I am refining a lot of information (for accuracy) 2. The work is very mysterious and very important04 Mar 2025 00:38 +0000at://did:plc:fukey2sryiz53sqvu2wiuba6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljj7yp6flk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/wudan.bsky.social/post/3likozdynx22jWhile we are appreciating the work of federal workers, may I point you to a group of government scientists who work to protect the public from volcanic hazards? Read more, in my latest feature: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a63433841/volcano-mudflow-lahar-pacific-northwest/19 Feb 2025 21:14 +0000at://did:plc:fukey2sryiz53sqvu2wiuba6/app.bsky.feed.post/3likozdynx22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/wudan.bsky.social/post/3likgbb5sok24On the newsletter today, I wrote about how learning to tame my dog's reactivity gave me the tools/principles to regulate my own emotions under Trump 2.0. If you're feeling like your emotions are at the whim of the news cycle, I strongly urge you to read this issue. https://wudan.substack.com/p/taming-reactivity19 Feb 2025 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:fukey2sryiz53sqvu2wiuba6/app.bsky.feed.post/3likgbb5sok24https://bsky.app/profile/wudan.bsky.social/post/3lfpyo5xaik2tI wrote a quick checklist of how to protect your business and YOU under autocracy. Freelancers, this one's for you: https://thewriterscoop.substack.com/p/a-checklist-for-your-freelance-business14 Jan 2025 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:fukey2sryiz53sqvu2wiuba6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfpyo5xaik2thttps://bsky.app/profile/wudan.bsky.social/post/3lfaoaan2fk2rI had some *thoughts* on the Meta news yesterday, so of course, I wrote about it. https://factualagency.substack.com/p/accuracy-is-now-a-part-of-the-resistance08 Jan 2025 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:fukey2sryiz53sqvu2wiuba6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfaoaan2fk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/wudan.bsky.social/post/3lbauv6265c26To be honest, I can't be bothered with another platform that looks like Twitter. If you want to hire me or work together, please just.... email me. Send mail by carrier pigeon. Any other interaction that reminds us of what it's like to connect human to human, not via a platform like this.18 Nov 2024 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:fukey2sryiz53sqvu2wiuba6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbauv6265c26https://bsky.app/profile/wudan.bsky.social/post/3latsjq5tl22iApply to be a fact-checker for Factual! : Factual will have applications open *all the time* and applications will be processed on a rolling, quarterly basis. See this page for the timeline: https://www.factual.work/apply-to-be-a-fact-checker13 Nov 2024 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:fukey2sryiz53sqvu2wiuba6/app.bsky.feed.post/3latsjq5tl22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/wudan.bsky.social/post/3larem2p7uk2eI am not very *online* in the same way I used to be anymore, which is excellent for my mental health. But I wanted to hop on today and tell you that I'm sunsetting The Writers' Co-op's podcast. Over the last five years I've produced 8(!!) seasons, the last two of which I did singlehandedly.12 Nov 2024 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:fukey2sryiz53sqvu2wiuba6/app.bsky.feed.post/3larem2p7uk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/wudan.bsky.social/post/3l7lxlwgbp32yI went on 1A this morning to talk about fact-checking! https://the1a.org/segments/ask-a-fact-checker/28 Oct 2024 20:34 +0000at://did:plc:fukey2sryiz53sqvu2wiuba6/app.bsky.feed.post/3l7lxlwgbp32yhttps://bsky.app/profile/wudan.bsky.social/post/3l5zrk6ekvy2qNext week, I’m excited to talk about how to best work with a freelance team with media entrepreneur Emma Carew Grovum & longtime assistant Anita Kenney. We’re going to talk about valuing your team, building trust, and learning to manage your team, and more! Join us https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-best-work-with-your-freelance-team-tickets-9458663507108 Oct 2024 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:fukey2sryiz53sqvu2wiuba6/app.bsky.feed.post/3l5zrk6ekvy2q