JOURNALISM
INVESTIGATIVE editing
fact-checking
Hilary Niles makes great content better as an investigative editor and fact-checker, and she has a proven track record of helping newsrooms build and manage replicable data projects. Her own public policy and investigative storytelling, as well as feature bylines, include Vermont Public Radio, NPR, BBC and The Boston Globe.
Using established professional standards, Niles Media ensures accuracy and fairness to both sources and subjects in research, book-length nonfiction and longform journalism in all mediums.
case study: “Dirty business”
Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting at Louisville Public Media
The Assignment
As an interim editor for KyCIR’s five-person investigative team, I was assigned fact-checking for an hour-long investigative radio documentary. Working independently and in collaboration with the two reporters and project editor, I verified every claim, inspected all source documents and consulted original interview recordings to ensure that quotes were accurately represented in their context.
The Impact
With such high-caliber reporting and storytelling, it’s essential that every detail stand up to scrutiny to protect the organization’s legal standing and the professional reputations of all team members.
“Dirty Business” went on to win an Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio Television Digital News Association, as well as WBUR’s Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize and the Investigative Reporters and Editors award for audio in small markets.