Nancy Badertscher
Staff Writer
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Nancy Badertscher has worked at the AJC for 13 years and has spent her career covering politics, education and governments throughout Georgia. She has won more than 25 state and national writing awards and has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
Areas of Expertise
Latest Fact-Checks by Nancy Badertscher
- State correct: traffic deaths are up in 2015 December 30, 2015
- Nash on target with Gwinnett population, staff data December 11, 2015
- Here’s a toast to some very bad information on booze and dementia November 17, 2015
- Is Georgia tax-friendly state for retirees? November 13, 2015
- Electric car sales hit the brakes as tax credit axed and fee added November 2, 2015
- Georgia briefly tops chart for flu reports October 26, 2015
- Elton John right: South focus of HIV alarm October 19, 2015
- Westmoreland: Iran doesn’t have to prove nuclear plan changes October 13, 2015
- Oddsmakers barking about Georgia Bulldogs over the Crimson Tide October 1, 2015
- Conway’s claim of a diverse department true September 29, 2015
Latest Stories by Nancy Badertscher
- Fact-check: Is replacing Joe Biden on the ticket ‘unlawful’? Election law experts say it’s not July 22, 2024
- United Facts of America: Experts say facts alone won’t bridge the partisan divide September 27, 2022
- Would Tom Hanks have qualified for a coronavirus test in the US? March 12, 2020
- Fact-checking Donald Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address February 5, 2020
- What we know about Shadow, Acronym and the Iowa caucuses February 4, 2020
- A new look for the PolitiFact website February 2, 2020
- PolitiFact answers the Senate’s impeachment questions January 31, 2020
- GOP hopefuls prepare for another debate November 9, 2015
- Trump to hold Atlanta rally on Saturday October 9, 2015
- Trump holds rally in Atlanta on Saturday October 9, 2015
- Graham promoting himself as foreign policy expert September 21, 2015
- Trump makes provocative entry into 2016 presidential race July 13, 2015
- Jeb joins the pack June 15, 2015
- PolitiFact at 5: True-rated fact-checks June 3, 2015
- PolitiFact Georgia at 5 shares some favorite claims June 2, 2015
- PolitiFact at 5 looks at some favorite Falses June 1, 2015
- Clinton avoids media on Atlanta visit but regularly hits Truth-O-Meter May 28, 2015