The Collar360

Fact checker

Other names

copy editor/fact checker, journalist/fact checker, fact-checker, editor/fact checker, writer/fact checker, researcher/fact checker, assistant editor

Journalism, writing and languages

They check that the facts in a text are true before it is printed, and fix any mistakes.

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The work

Written by our team from the career's description, checked against its sources and approved before it was shown.

  1. 1

    Check that information in texts is correct.

  2. 2

    Read texts that are ready to be published.

  3. 3

    Research facts carefully.

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Sources

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

Free to use with attribution

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

CC BY 4.0

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In other languages

français
vérificateur de faits/vérificatrice de faits
español
verificador de información periodística/verificadora de información periodística
العربية
مدقق حقائق / مدققة حقائق
português
Responsável pela verificação de factos
Deutsch
Faktenprüfer/Faktenprüferin
italiano
verificatore dei fatti/verificatrice dei fatti

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