Wudan Yan
@wudan.bsky.social
Narrative journalist, fact-checker, podcaster. Founder, Factual—a fact-checking agency
www.wudanyan.com
www.factual.work
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There are attempts at making fact checkers easier to find - and creating a world where we’re not exploited by bad pay.
@wudan.bsky.social has created a one-of-a-kind agency, for example, that connects fact checkers with people who are willing to pay for them.
factual.squarespace.com
@wudan.bsky.social has created a one-of-a-kind agency, for example, that connects fact checkers with people who are willing to pay for them.
factual.squarespace.com
FACTUAL
Factual provides high-quality standardized fact-checking services to nonfiction storytellers working in print, audio, and documentary film.
factual.squarespace.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
There are attempts at making fact checkers easier to find - and creating a world where we’re not exploited by bad pay.
@wudan.bsky.social has created a one-of-a-kind agency, for example, that connects fact checkers with people who are willing to pay for them.
factual.squarespace.com
@wudan.bsky.social has created a one-of-a-kind agency, for example, that connects fact checkers with people who are willing to pay for them.
factual.squarespace.com
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You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
May 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).
For 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.11
Is this you? Someone you know? Secure tips to me via Signal: Wudan.11
May 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
For 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.11
Is this you? Someone you know? Secure tips to me via Signal: Wudan.11
I loved this piece about how to best work with fact-checkers niemanstoryboard.org/2025/03/14/h...
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 factual.squarespace.com/store/p/anno...
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 factual.squarespace.com/store/p/anno...
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
lnkd.in
March 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I loved this piece about how to best work with fact-checkers niemanstoryboard.org/2025/03/14/h...
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 factual.squarespace.com/store/p/anno...
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 factual.squarespace.com/store/p/anno...
I’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
factualagency.substack.com/p/save-your-...
Today on Factual’s newsletter, I share some tips on how to deal with the government page shakedown
factualagency.substack.com/p/save-your-...
Save your receipts
This week, I began fact-checking on a colleague’s forthcoming nonfiction book.
factualagency.substack.com
March 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I’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
factualagency.substack.com/p/save-your-...
Today on Factual’s newsletter, I share some tips on how to deal with the government page shakedown
factualagency.substack.com/p/save-your-...
Fact-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 important
1. I am refining a lot of information (for accuracy)
2. The work is very mysterious and very important
March 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Fact-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 important
1. I am refining a lot of information (for accuracy)
2. The work is very mysterious and very important
While 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: www.popularmechanics.com/science/envi...
Read more, in my latest feature: www.popularmechanics.com/science/envi...
A Massive Volcanic Catastrophe Could Hit the Pacific Northwest. Experts Are Sounding the Alarm.
Dangerous mudflows, known as lahars, could inundate the communities surrounding Mt. Rainier in as little as 30 minutes.
www.popularmechanics.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
While 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: www.popularmechanics.com/science/envi...
Read more, in my latest feature: www.popularmechanics.com/science/envi...
On 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. wudan.substack.com/p/taming-rea...
Taming reactivity
What living with a reactive dog taught me about managing my own emotions under Trump 2.0
wudan.substack.com
February 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
On 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. wudan.substack.com/p/taming-rea...
I wrote a quick checklist of how to protect your business and YOU under autocracy. Freelancers, this one's for you: thewriterscoop.substack.com/p/a-checklis...
A checklist for your freelance business under autocracy
It’s hard to believe that inauguration is less than a week away.
thewriterscoop.substack.com
January 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I wrote a quick checklist of how to protect your business and YOU under autocracy. Freelancers, this one's for you: thewriterscoop.substack.com/p/a-checklis...
I had some *thoughts* on the Meta news yesterday, so of course, I wrote about it.
factualagency.substack.com/p/accuracy-i...
factualagency.substack.com/p/accuracy-i...
Accuracy is now a part of the resistance.
I wasn’t surprised yesterday when Meta announced they were doing away with fact-checkers.
factualagency.substack.com
January 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I had some *thoughts* on the Meta news yesterday, so of course, I wrote about it.
factualagency.substack.com/p/accuracy-i...
factualagency.substack.com/p/accuracy-i...
To 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.
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.
November 18, 2024 at 9:36 PM
To 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.
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.
Apply 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: www.factual.work/apply-to-be-...
Factual will have applications open *all the time* and applications will be processed on a rolling, quarterly basis. See this page for the timeline: www.factual.work/apply-to-be-...
Apply to be a fact-checker — FACTUAL
Factual provides high-quality standardized fact-checking services to nonfiction storytellers working in print, books, audio, podcasts, and documentary film. Factual's checkers are vetted for quality, ...
www.factual.work
November 13, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Apply 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: www.factual.work/apply-to-be-...
Factual will have applications open *all the time* and applications will be processed on a rolling, quarterly basis. See this page for the timeline: www.factual.work/apply-to-be-...
I 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.
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.
November 12, 2024 at 5:35 PM
I 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.
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.
I went on 1A this morning to talk about fact-checking! the1a.org/segments/ask...
Ask a fact checker
If your mom tells you she loves you, check it out.
the1a.org
October 28, 2024 at 8:34 PM
I went on 1A this morning to talk about fact-checking! the1a.org/segments/ask...
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If you’re a nonfiction storyteller looking for a fact-checker, @wudan.bsky.social’s new agency, Factual, may be poised to help. Learn more here. 🧪
FACTUAL
Factual provides high-quality standardized fact-checking services to nonfiction storytellers working in print, audio, and documentary film.
www.factual.work
October 25, 2024 at 8:56 PM
If you’re a nonfiction storyteller looking for a fact-checker, @wudan.bsky.social’s new agency, Factual, may be poised to help. Learn more here. 🧪
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Writer, reporter and fact-checker (& my former student) @wudan.bsky.social is launching a fact-checking agency. Might you want to work with Factual? www.factual.work
FACTUAL
Factual provides high-quality standardized fact-checking services to nonfiction storytellers working in print, audio, and documentary film.
www.factual.work
October 21, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Writer, reporter and fact-checker (& my former student) @wudan.bsky.social is launching a fact-checking agency. Might you want to work with Factual? www.factual.work
Next 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
www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-bes...
www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-bes...
October 8, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Next 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
www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-bes...
www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-bes...
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Calling all journalists and communicators interested in science: CASW has resources to share, and we want to make sure you hear about them.
Tell us how you like to get your information in this brief (really!) survey: bit.ly/CASWSurvey
We appreciate your help!
Tell us how you like to get your information in this brief (really!) survey: bit.ly/CASWSurvey
We appreciate your help!
Help CASW connect with its community on social media
The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing is working to understand where to best invest the organization's resources on social media in order to inform science writers and science journalists...
bit.ly
August 20, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Calling all journalists and communicators interested in science: CASW has resources to share, and we want to make sure you hear about them.
Tell us how you like to get your information in this brief (really!) survey: bit.ly/CASWSurvey
We appreciate your help!
Tell us how you like to get your information in this brief (really!) survey: bit.ly/CASWSurvey
We appreciate your help!
We're about one week out before I close applications for my editorial assistantship. If you want to work closely with me for the next two years, this is your last chance to apply: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
2024-Editorial Assistant for Wudan The Reporter LLC
docs.google.com
May 15, 2024 at 7:43 PM
We're about one week out before I close applications for my editorial assistantship. If you want to work closely with me for the next two years, this is your last chance to apply: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Freelancers! Do you want more control over your freelance business?
If so, join us next week for: HOW TO CREATE A MARKETING PLAN THAT DOESN'T SUCK.
Details + registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-cre...
If so, join us next week for: HOW TO CREATE A MARKETING PLAN THAT DOESN'T SUCK.
Details + registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-cre...
How to create a marketing plan that doesn't suck with Austin L. Church
Create a new marketing plan for your freelance business that you'll stick with — and doesnt' suck.
www.eventbrite.com
May 6, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Freelancers! Do you want more control over your freelance business?
If so, join us next week for: HOW TO CREATE A MARKETING PLAN THAT DOESN'T SUCK.
Details + registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-cre...
If so, join us next week for: HOW TO CREATE A MARKETING PLAN THAT DOESN'T SUCK.
Details + registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-cre...
Come create a marketing plan for your freelance business that you'll be excited to stick with! May 14, 12-1pm PST with freelancer extraordinaire, Austin L. Church:
www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-cre...
www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-cre...
How to create a marketing plan that doesn't suck with Austin L. Church
Create a new marketing plan for your freelance business that you'll stick with — and doesnt' suck.
www.eventbrite.com
April 30, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Come create a marketing plan for your freelance business that you'll be excited to stick with! May 14, 12-1pm PST with freelancer extraordinaire, Austin L. Church:
www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-cre...
www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-cre...
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Great line up of #field reporters in #science Wed. Event both IRL + livestream. Join @wudan.bsky.social Ashley Braun + videographer Lauren Frohne in #seattle or livestream.
Moderator @jrmorber.bsky.social
#science #journalism
From NW Science Writers. nwscience.org/events/april...
Moderator @jrmorber.bsky.social
#science #journalism
From NW Science Writers. nwscience.org/events/april...
April 20, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Great line up of #field reporters in #science Wed. Event both IRL + livestream. Join @wudan.bsky.social Ashley Braun + videographer Lauren Frohne in #seattle or livestream.
Moderator @jrmorber.bsky.social
#science #journalism
From NW Science Writers. nwscience.org/events/april...
Moderator @jrmorber.bsky.social
#science #journalism
From NW Science Writers. nwscience.org/events/april...
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Cool panel alert! #journnalists
Field Reporting Panel
April 24 at 7:00 pm at University House in Seattle
And on Zoom!
nwscience.org/events/april...
Featuring freelance journalists
@wudan.bsky.social
And Ashley Braun of Desmog
And Lauren Frohne, video journalist for the Seattle Times!
Field Reporting Panel
April 24 at 7:00 pm at University House in Seattle
And on Zoom!
nwscience.org/events/april...
Featuring freelance journalists
@wudan.bsky.social
And Ashley Braun of Desmog
And Lauren Frohne, video journalist for the Seattle Times!
April 21, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Cool panel alert! #journnalists
Field Reporting Panel
April 24 at 7:00 pm at University House in Seattle
And on Zoom!
nwscience.org/events/april...
Featuring freelance journalists
@wudan.bsky.social
And Ashley Braun of Desmog
And Lauren Frohne, video journalist for the Seattle Times!
Field Reporting Panel
April 24 at 7:00 pm at University House in Seattle
And on Zoom!
nwscience.org/events/april...
Featuring freelance journalists
@wudan.bsky.social
And Ashley Braun of Desmog
And Lauren Frohne, video journalist for the Seattle Times!
SoOooo I moved to Bluesky hoping I'd still want to share stuff on platforms like this, but I guess... I don't!
To follow along on what I'm up to, sign up for my newsletter: wudan.substack.com
To follow anything freelance biz related: thewriterscoop.substack.com
To follow along on what I'm up to, sign up for my newsletter: wudan.substack.com
To follow anything freelance biz related: thewriterscoop.substack.com
March 12, 2024 at 5:05 PM
SoOooo I moved to Bluesky hoping I'd still want to share stuff on platforms like this, but I guess... I don't!
To follow along on what I'm up to, sign up for my newsletter: wudan.substack.com
To follow anything freelance biz related: thewriterscoop.substack.com
To follow along on what I'm up to, sign up for my newsletter: wudan.substack.com
To follow anything freelance biz related: thewriterscoop.substack.com
The newest season of @thewriterscoop.bsky.social is HERE! Episode one released to all Patreons today. If you want early access, nab those episodes at www.patreon.com/twcpod
February 12, 2024 at 7:33 PM
The newest season of @thewriterscoop.bsky.social is HERE! Episode one released to all Patreons today. If you want early access, nab those episodes at www.patreon.com/twcpod