Put your research skills to work as a fact-checker — or, if you're an editor, publisher or writer, make sure your readers never find a factual error in your publication. In After the Fact, Cynthia Brouse explains why magazines use fact-checkers when other media don't; how to put a fact-checking system in place; and how to go about checking the facts in an article. Fact-checking is a key entry-level or freelance position in the magazine business, a way for aspiring writers or editors to learn how a magazine works and how professional writers put together a story, and to develop relationships with editors that can lead to assignments or jobs. And the more writers know about what happens to their articles when they are fact-checked, the more prepared they’ll be to provide what editors want — and to protect their copy. These skills can be adapted to any medium. After the Fact is the textbook for the author's courses in the School of Journalism at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.