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Kayla Steinberg is a journalist writing articles and producing videos at PolitiFact. She pitches, researches, scripts, shoots, hosts and edits short-form videos for social media that blend informative fact-checking and a conversational delivery. She has written for publications around the world including The Jerusalem Post, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle, where she worked as the digital content manager. She earned her master’s degree from Columbia Journalism Sch…

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ANNOUNCING: PolitiFact's 2021 Lie of the Year

ANNOUNCING: PolitiFact's 2021 Lie of the Year

The lie of the year for 2021 is the falsehoods and excuses about the January 6th insurrection.

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Are COVID-19 vaccines causing heart problems in athletes?

Are COVID-19 vaccines causing heart problems in athletes?

There is no evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are related to reported incidents of athletes collapsing.

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Are schools using implied consent to vaccinate kids?

Are schools using implied consent to vaccinate kids?

An Infowars video cites a WHO document to argue that U.S. schools are using implied parental consent to give …

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Why are people using code words like "C0VID" and "wax seen"?

Why are people using code words like "C0VID" and "wax seen"?

People are using code words to talk about COVID-19 and vaccines. They hope their sneaky spellings will slip p…

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Did Fauci say he won't take a COVID-19 test?

Did Fauci say he won't take a COVID-19 test?

An Instagram post claims that Dr. Anthony Fauci said he wasn't going to take a COVID-19 test. It takes Fauci'…

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Which religions actually forbid vaccination?

Which religions actually forbid vaccination?

Dr. Fauci is right. Very few religions ban vaccination. But that's not what courts look at when judging wheth…

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How old are you really? Inside Roblox’s new campaign to verify user ages

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By Angela Yang Verified, Kayla Steinberg Verified, Vicky Nguyen Verified
| NBC News Verified
June 15, 2026, 8:30 AM EDT SAN MATEO, Calif. — One morning in late May, an 11-year-old armed with a fake mustache had a mission: fool Roblox’s age-estimation tool into thinking he was older. But moments after Cole Moretti looked into the camera, the system flagged him as a child between the ages of 9 and 12. Moretti was one of several children brought in by NBC News to try the technology at Roblox’s headquarters.
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How old are you really? Inside Roblox’s new campaign to verify user ages

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By Angela Yang Verified, Kayla Steinberg Verified, Vicky Nguyen Verified
| Flipboard
The president is rebuilding the Republican Party in his own image. Lawmakers don’t think he cares what happens to it after he’s gone. When a former …
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Meet the regular people making money off SpaceX's IPO — from a few bucks to a few million

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By Kayla Steinberg Verified, Grace Thomas
| KNSD-TV (San Diego, CA) Verified
From her bedroom in Miami, Daniella Rodriguez watched SpaceX hit the stock market Friday and blast off. Rodriguez, 23, had a stake in the game: She was allocated one share of SpaceX ahead of its blockbuster initial public offering and she was waiting for the right moment to sell. Stream San Diego News for free, 24/7, wherever you are with NBC 7. Seventeen minutes after trading began, Rodriguez made the call. “I love to be a part of something that’s historical in the stock market,” she told NBC News.
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Awards

Chancellor Scholar

2020 - Scholarship

Awarded by Columbia Journalism School for master's degree program.

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Simon Rockower Award

2021 - Excellence in Writing About Women

Awarded by the American Jewish Press Association for the profile "Alana Suskin's new hat" in the Washington Jewish Week. The Simon Rockower Awards recognize excellence in Jewish journalism.

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