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.
6 January 2015

Health

Factcheck: The A&E waiting game

"A&E waiting is worst for a decade". BBC News, 6 January 2015 This is right: figures published this morning showed that in the last three months of 2014, less than … Read

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2 January 2015

Naked graphs #9

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

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1 January 2015

Naked graphs #8

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

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31 December 2014

Naked graphs #7

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

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30 December 2014

Naked graphs #6

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

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29 December 2014

Naked graphs #5

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

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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

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