Snopes.com
Jessica Lee is a seasoned journalist with extensive experience in identifying online misinformation and enhancing the media landscape as a Senior Assignments Editor at Snopes.com since April 2020. Previous roles include serving as an Adjunct Professor at the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication, where Jessica taught journalism ethics and digital storytelling, and as a Local Government Reporter at MinnPost.com, focusing on complex social issues. Jessica's career also encompasses freelance contributions to U.S. News & World Report, a Staff Reporter position at The Seattle Times, and leadership as Managing Editor at The Minnesota Daily. With a strong educational background, including a Master’s Degree in Journalism & Communications from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Minnesota, Jessica Lee demonstrates a commitment to rigorous journalism and impactful storytelling.
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Snopes.com
The Snopes.com website was founded by David Mikkelson, a project begun in 1994 as an expression of his interest in researching urban legends that have since grown into the oldest and largest fact-checking site on the Internet — one widely regarded by journalists, folklorists, and laypersons alike as one of the world’s essential resources.Snopes.com is routinely included in annual “Best of the Web” lists and has been the recipient of two Webby awards. Snopes.com personnel have made multiple appearances as guests on national news programs such as 20/20, ABC World News, CNN Sunday Morning, and NPR’s All Things Considered, and they and their work have been profiled in numerous major news publications, including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Reader’s Digest.Over twenty years later, Snopes.com has come to be regarded as an online touchstone of research on rumors and misinformation. The site’s work has been described as painstaking, scholarly, and reliable, and has been lauded by the world’s top folklorists, including Jan Harold Brunvand, Gary Alan Fine, and Patricia Turner. Hundreds of the site’s articles have been cited by authors in a variety of disciplines, and various of their articles have been published in textbooks currently in use in the U.S. and Canadian school systems.