Joseph O’Leary

Training Manager

Joe has been fact checking UK politics and policy for over a decade, having joined the team in 2011. He has delivered training in fact checking to civil servants, statisticians, journalists and businesses, both in the UK and internationally, as well as designing accredited courses in data analysis for the FE sector. Joe also enjoys teaching critical thinking in primary and secondary schools, and regularly gives talks to journalism students. He is now designing courses to help businesses and employees use data with more confidence.
26 December 2014

Naked graphs #4

Over the festive break, we'll be publishing highly graphic content. That's right: graphs, naked. We're very particular about labeling our graphs carefully so readers know what's going on. So for … Read

Analysis
24 December 2014

Naked graphs #3

Over the festive break, we'll be publishing highly graphic content. That's right: graphs, naked. We're very particular about labeling our graphs carefully so readers know what's going on. So for … Read

Analysis
23 December 2014

Naked graphs #2

Over the festive break, we'll be publishing highly graphic content. That's right: graphs, naked. We're very particular about labeling our graphs carefully so readers know what's going on. So for … Read

Analysis
22 December 2014

Naked graphs #1

Over the festive break, we'll be publishing highly graphic content. That's right: graphs, naked. We're very particular about labeling our graphs carefully so readers know what's going on. So for … Read

Analysis
19 November 2014

Economy, Business & Finance

Factcheck: Is child poverty down?

One claim from today's Prime Minister's Questions drew particular criticism this afternoon: "child poverty is down"— David Cameron In fact, many of the responses on Twitter claimed the exact opposite. … Read

Fact checks