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Editorial & Research Support Trained Fact-Checking VA + Free Dedicated Project Manager oversight from just $6/hour!
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Primary Source Audits • Legal Libel Vetting • Data Verification • Reverse Provenance

Hire a Virtual Assistant Built for Fact-Checkers & Editorial Teams

Safeguard your publication's credibility and protect against costly retractions or defamation claims. Delegate primary document retrieval, court docket audits, statistical cross-checks, quote transcript verification, and reverse image provenance to a meticulous fact-checking VA — supervised by your dedicated Project Manager at $0 extra cost.

Book Strategy Call (Calendly) WhatsApp an Advisor
15-25 hrs
Research Time Saved Weekly
$0
Dedicated PM Quality Checks
Up to 70%
Savings vs. In-House Copy Editors
24-48h
Editorial Desk Onboarding

Editorial Verification Stack

Pre-Trained on Industry-Standard Research & Archival Tools

Your Virtual Assistant works fluently across primary document archives, academic databases, court records, and metadata verification software used by major publications worldwide.

PACER & CourtListener

Federal Dockets & Filings

LexisNexis & Factiva

Global Press Archives

SEC EDGAR

10-K, 8-K & Corporate Filings

Wayback Machine

Historical Web Snapshots

Google Scholar & DOAJ

Peer-Reviewed Papers & DOIs

InVID & TinEye

Video & EXIF Metadata

Zotero & Mendeley

Citation & Source Indexing

Otter.ai & Descript

Interview Audio Cross-Checking

Docs & Track Changes

Underline/Redline Annotation

Airtable & Notion

Claim-by-Claim Trackers

FOIA & MuckRock

Public Records Requests

Excel & Datawrapper

Statistical Re-Calculation

Rigorous Editorial Deliverables

What Your Fact-Checking VA Executes Daily

Stop spending critical hours manually verifying dates, pulling court records, and re-calculating percentages while investigative scoops and publishing deadlines press forward.

Primary Source & Public Records Auditing

Cross-examine every assertion against authoritative primary documents rather than secondary news reports, encyclopedias, or unverified press releases.

  • Retrieving federal/state court dockets, indictments & rulings via PACER
  • Auditing SEC 10-K disclosures, 990 tax forms & corporate registries
  • Pulling peer-reviewed scientific studies & DOI research papers

Statistical & Quantitative Re-Calculation

Audit percentages, inflation adjustments, sample sizes, and polling margins of error to eliminate mathematically deceptive or erroneous figures.

  • Re-calculating percentage changes, ratios & per-capita metrics
  • Verifying methodology, confidence intervals & raw survey tables
  • Checking currency conversions and historical CPI inflation baselines

Quote & Transcript Integrity Verification

Ensure direct and indirect quotes faithfully capture what was said in context, comparing draft manuscripts directly against recorded audio.

  • Timestamping interview audio files via Otter or Descript
  • Identifying ellipsis distortions, missing context & misattributions
  • Verifying speaker job titles, historical dates & affiliations

Image Provenance & Geolocation Audits

Defend your publication against recycled imagery, manipulated video clips, and AI synthetic media passing as genuine breaking documentation.

  • Conducting reverse image searches via Google Vision, TinEye & Yandex
  • Extracting EXIF metadata, camera specifications & creation timestamps
  • Corroborating landmarks, sun shadows & street signage via Google Earth

Line-by-Line Color Coding & Source Dossiers

Turn chaotic drafts into pristine annotated proof packets, highlighting every verifiable fact with corresponding bookmarked source PDFs.

  • Applying standard color-coded annotation (names, dates, figures, quotes)
  • Compiling indexed PDF binder packets for legal counsel & libel review
  • Building comprehensive Zotero citation libraries with live web archives

Pre-Publication Risk Flagging & Errata Audits

Identify defamatory potential, uncorroborated allegations, single-source vulnerabilities, and historical corrections before hitting publish.

  • Flagging assertions lacking independent two-source corroboration
  • Checking subjects' right-of-reply response inclusion and framing
  • Maintaining internal publishing errata logs & correction notices

Frictionless Onboarding

How SageDoer Works For You

Zero recruiting churn, zero managerial micro-management. A battle-tested 4-phase system.

Phase 01 01

Submit Requirements

Share your editorial needs, manuscript deadlines, and preferred verification workflows. Choose your channel: Email, Contact Form, WhatsApp.

2-Minute Kickoff Form
Phase 02 02

Finalise the Deal

Our dedicated project manager will promptly review your style guides, establish sourcing standards, and finalise the partnership details.

Strategy Alignment Call
Phase 03 03

Expert Execution

Your project manager takes full charge of research operations, ensuring all audits and packets are completed meticulously through our vetted researchers.

Supervised Excellence
Phase 04 04

Pay Only for Output

We log and charge exclusively for the fact-checking assistant's actual working time. Your dedicated project manager's supervision is completely free.

100% Pure Billable Time

The Difference Is Clear

Traditional Platforms vs. SageDoer

Why chief editors and investigative journalists choose SageDoer's managed model over unvetted, freelance platforms.

Evaluation Metric Traditional Freelancer Platforms The Smart Choice SageDoer
Platform & Management Fees Up to 40% in hidden markups, bidding, and memberships 0% Hidden Fees. Pay strictly for hours worked.
Daily Team Management You must juggle and supervise multiple freelancers Dedicated Project Manager acts as your single point of contact
Quality Assurance Hit-or-miss talent with unverified credentials Internally vetted, rigorously trained premium experts
Hiring & Deployment Speed Endless cycles of interviewing and testing candidates Instant delegation. We immediately assign the right specialist.
Billing & Invoicing Complex, multi-freelancer invoices with currency headaches Simple, unified, centralised USD invoicing
Staff Turnover & Replacements Start the hiring and training process all over again Seamless internal replacements with zero workflow disruption

Transparent Editorial Research Rates

Simple, Flat Rates. Zero Hidden Surprises.

Zero platform fees. Zero onboarding surcharges. Dedicated Project Manager supervision included at $0 cost.

Part-Time Desk Support

20 Hours Per Week

Ideal for authors, documentary creators & weekly investigative reporting

$7 / hour

Est. $560 USD / Month (4 Weeks)

Pay only for hours of pure work
Dedicated Project Manager included
Free management supervision
Zero setup or onboarding fees
No monthly membership charges
Centralised Time Tracking & Reporting
Get Started with Part-Time
MAXIMUM VALUE
Full-Time Dedicated Newsroom Partner

40 Hours Per Week

Complete day-to-day manuscript line-checks, public records & source packets

$6 / hour

Est. $960 USD / Month (4 Weeks)

Pay only for hours of pure work
Dedicated Project Manager included
Free management supervision
Zero setup or onboarding fees
No monthly membership charges
Priority Turnaround & Zero-Disruption Backups
Claim Full-Time Dedicated Fact-Checking VA
Strict Journalist Privilege & Embargo NDAs Transparent Central Time Logs Pause or Scale Anytime
4.9 / 5.0 Rating

Endorsed by Managing Editors & Investigative Writers

Real newsroom and author feedback • Hover card to pause scroll

"During our 6-part investigative series on municipal corruption, our SageDoer VA pulled 300+ PACER filings and tax registries, cross-checked dates, and created an airtight source binder for our legal team."

JB

Jonathan Bennett

Senior Editor, Center for Public Accountability

"Fact-checking non-fiction book manuscripts was delaying our imprint by months. Our VA color-codes every claim in Word, links primary DOIs, and flags unsupported assertions on auto-pilot."

ER

Elena Rostova

Managing Editor, Beacon Narrative Press

"I used to hire freelance researchers who missed crucial mathematical discrepancies in economic data. SageDoer gives me a dedicated assistant backed by a free Project Manager who checks every line for $6/hr."

MS

Marcus Sterling

Host & Producer, Global Macro Podcast

"Their reverse image and video verification stopped us from publishing a doctored war-zone video clip that was circulating on X/Twitter. Saved our editorial reputation from a massive blunder."

CK

Claire Kelleher

Digital News Director, Metro Daily News

"During our 6-part investigative series on municipal corruption, our SageDoer VA pulled 300+ PACER filings and tax registries, cross-checked dates, and created an airtight source binder for our legal team."

JB

Jonathan Bennett

Senior Editor, Center for Public Accountability

"Fact-checking non-fiction book manuscripts was delaying our imprint by months. Our VA color-codes every claim in Word, links primary DOIs, and flags unsupported assertions on auto-pilot."

ER

Elena Rostova

Managing Editor, Beacon Narrative Press

Got Questions?

Frequently Asked Questions

Realistic answers for editors, investigative reporters, and publications delegating research operations.

Every SageDoer Virtual Assistant and Project Manager signs rigorous Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs). We adhere strictly to zero-trust security procedures: password delegation via secure vaults (1Password, Bitwarden) so master credentials are never viewed raw, end-to-end encrypted file sharing, and source anonymization protocols. Material regarding unpublished investigative findings, sealed court exhibits, or anonymous tips remains 100% confidential.
Our VAs are trained in established journalistic and book publishing standards (such as The New Yorker / Der Spiegel verification model). They perform line-by-line color coding across drafts (e.g., verifying proper nouns, dates, geography, direct quotes, and statistical calculations), append verified primary source citations, and deliver structured PDF reference packets highlighting the exact matching sentence in the underlying public filing.
Yes, 100%. You pay strictly for the actual working hours logged by your Fact-Checking Virtual Assistant ($6/hr for full-time or $7/hr for part-time). The dedicated Project Manager's daily quality checks, onboarding guidance, and operational oversight are provided completely complimentary with 0% platform markups.
Yes. Our VAs utilize open-source intelligence (OSINT) verification tools including InVID, TinEye, Google Reverse Image Search, and metadata extractors to confirm earliest online appearance, verify EXIF camera timestamps, and geolocate satellite terrain markers. This prevents your newsroom from amplifying recycled footage or AI-generated synthetic media.
Yes. Editorial workloads are often project-based (longform book proofs, investigative podcast releases, documentary post-production). You can begin on Part-Time (20 hrs/week), ramp up to Full-Time (40 hrs/week) during final manuscript closing, or request additional research specialists through your dedicated Project Manager with zero lock-in contracts.
Editorial Desk Fast Track

Protect Your Credibility.
Publish Bulletproof Investigative Journalism.

Submit your publication requirements or schedule a consultation with our team. We'll review your editorial guidelines, publication deadlines, and match you with a trained Fact-Checking VA within 24–48 hours.

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