Background
Prior to joining ProPublica, Silverman was the media editor of BuzzFeed News. He was also a fellow at Columbia’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism and the editor of the European Journalism Centre’s Verification Handbook series, which offers guidance on verifying digital content and investigating media manipulation. Silverman is also the author of two nonfiction books: “Mafiaboy,” about a teenage hacker, and “Regret The Error,” a history of fact-checking and media errors.
He received a George Polk Award for a series that revealed how Facebook exposes the public to disinformation, fraud and violence. He also won two SABEW Best in Business awards for an investigation of Google’s digital ad business. His work has also been honored by the Mirror Awards, Canadian Association of Journalists and the American Political Science Association.
