VerificationThe discipline separating journalism from everything else circulating.Communications & MediaFive questions on any piece of material.1ProvenanceIs this the original, or a copy of a copy? Find the first upload.2SourceWho captured it, and how do you know that independently?3DateWhen was it made? Weather, shadows and metadata can confirmor break it.4LocationWhere? Match landmarks, signage and terrain against imagery.5MotivationWhy are you being given this now, and by whom?Verification is subtractive: you rule out explanations until few remain.Absence of contradiction is not confirmation.Verificationlearnposters.com
Verification — printable humanities wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

Verification, step by step

Five questions on any piece of material.

  1. ProvenanceIs this the original, or a copy of a copy? Find the first upload.
  2. SourceWho captured it, and how do you know that independently?
  3. DateWhen was it made? Weather, shadows and metadata can confirm or break it.
  4. LocationWhere? Match landmarks, signage and terrain against imagery.
  5. MotivationWhy are you being given this now, and by whom?

Verification is subtractive: you rule out explanations until few remain. Absence of contradiction is not confirmation.

Questions about the Verification poster

What’s on the Verification poster?
5 numbered steps. Five questions on any piece of material. Provenance — Is this the original, or a copy of a copy? Find the first upload.; Source — Who captured it, and how do you know that independently?; Date — When was it made? Weather, shadows and metadata can confirm or break it.; Location — Where? Match landmarks, signage and terrain against imagery.; Motivation — Why are you being given this now, and by whom?. Verification is subtractive: you rule out explanations until few remain. Absence of contradiction is not confirmation.
Who is the Verification poster for?
Verification belongs to the Communications & Media section rather than to a school year, because humanities is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning journalism can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Verification poster?
Before publishing anything you did not witness yourself. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Verification belongs on the wall where that humanities work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Verification?
Beat Reporting, Corrections and Data Journalism sit alongside Verification in the Communications & Media section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Beat ReportingCorrectionsData Journalism
Is the Verification poster free to download and print?
Yes. Verification downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Communications & Media section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Verification poster print at?
Verification is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Verification loses nothing.Printing guide

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