In addition to having her own writing and reporting fact-checked for publications such as Smithsonian, Discover, Audubon, and bioGraphic, Ashley Braun has been a professional fact-checker and researcher for more than a decade. She applies her same rigorous approach to reporting her own stories as she does to others’. That means ensuring everything from the big picture framing to the tiniest typos receives her meticulous attention to detail all while balancing the need for accuracy with client deadlines.
She has fact-checked print and online news stories, podcasts, videos, charts, graphs photos, captions, and infographics. Her clients have included The New York Times, Science News, Discover, Rigged, Atlas Obscura, bioGraphic, and Quanta.
In 2021 and 2022, Ashley served as one of the facilitators at the MIT Knight Science Journalism Program’s Fact-checking Workshops, which brought together science writers, editors, and budding fact-checkers to learn the ropes of editorial fact-checking.
If you want to check her facts (trust but verify, after all), you can find her listed in the MIT KSJ’s Find a Fact-checker Database.
Clients say they can trust her with the most difficult and sensitive stories, knowing that she will dive headfirst into the messiest research documents and handle delicate sources with aplomb.
So, if you want to get the facts right, avoid embarrassing and unnecessary errors, and bulletproof your stories and other editorial work quickly, professionally, and compassionately, reach out with your fact-checking opportunities and rates.
Selected Fact-checking Work:
The New York Times | The Ezra Klein Show
Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes and the Right’s ‘Groyper’ Problem, Nov. 14, 2025
The political writer John Ganz dissects the Republican Party’s internal battle over antisemitism.
The Life Altering Differences Between Black and White Debt, Nov. 2, 2021
The sociologist Louise Seamster discusses America’s student debt crisis and how higher education contributes to the racial wealth gap.
The New York Times | The Opinions
We Need to Rethink How We Think About the Holocaust, Oct. 31, 2025
Professor Marianne Hirsch on how the way we teach the “crime of all crimes” informs our understanding of Gaza.
The New York Times Magazine
Was This Man’s Weakness Related to Recent Oral Surgery? Jan. 10, 2024
His doctor had darker suspicions. By Lisa Sanders, MD
Science News
Animals experience joy. Scientists want to measure it, Jan. 22, 2026
Positive emotions are getting closer scrutiny after decades of research into negative ones. By Amber Dance
Why are so many young people getting cancer? Sep. 18, 2025
Scientists don’t know yet, but diet, gut bacteria and microplastics could play a role. By Fred Schwaller
Better male birth control is on the horizon, Jan. 30, 2025
Men could have more options within five to 10 years — if regulatory hurdles are cleared. By Fred Schwaller
Video: How do you measure the age of a star? July 23, 2021
Infographic: Explore every gravitational wave event spotted so far, Jan. 21, 2021
Fifty events reveal the similarities and differences in these cosmic smashups
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