Decode the URL using the skills you learned.

Visit the link and observe what you can about the source.

• Is the organization in the URL the original source of the reporting?

• If not, where was this story originally reported?

• What sources did the author(s) draw on for this story?

Read laterally, by using the Wikipedia trick for the source as you did earlier, but look a little deeper. Go beyond Wikipedia and see what else you can learn about the source of the information.

• What can you identify about the news organization? Is the organization named in the URL the original source of the reporting?

Then “go upstream” to find original sources of content reported on in these stories. They all should have links out to other sources/content.

What can you infer about this source from all the parts of your investigation? In what context(s) might this source be useful?