Angie Drobnic Holan is the editor for

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and was part of the

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winning team of journalists noted for their fact-checking of the

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in the United States.Holan, A. (2014, September 14). About me eb log post Retrieved from http://www.angieholan.com/about-angie-drobnic-holan/

Background

Angie Drobnic began her career in journalism at Albuquerque’s ''NuCity'' (now ''Alibi'') in 1994, and left in 1998 to pursue her degree in journalism from Columbia University.Domrzalski, D. (2009, May 6). Former Alibi staffer wins a Pulitzer. Alibi. Retrieved from http://alibi.com/news/27644/Former-Alibi-Staffer-Wins-a-Pulitzer.html She also earned a master’s degree in library science from the University of South Florida. More recently she has worked as a business reporter for the ''

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'', a news reporter for the ''

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'', and a news researcher for the '' Tampa Bay Times'', where she became an expert on the Affordable Care Act. She has also taught undergraduate courses in reporting and writing at the University of Tampa and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

PolitiFact

She has been a part of PolitiFact since its launch in 2007, when Tampa Bay Times’ Washington bureau chief

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sought to create a unique way for covering the 2008 election. She began with the organization as a reporter, then as its deputy editor and editor of PolitiFact Florida. She was named editor in 2013.New editors named for PolitiFact and PunditFact. (2013, October 10). Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved from http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/new-editors-named-for-politifact-and-punditfact/2146531

Lectures and awards

She has lectured on fact-checking methods for the 2014 Global Fact-Checking Summit, held in London; at the Poynter Institute, a journalism school in St. Petersburg, Florida; and at the

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at her alma mater, the University of South Florida. In addition to winning a Pulitzer Prize the USF School of Information presented her with the Jean Key Gates Distinguished Alumni Award.

References

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