Sam Medley
Writer & Fact-Checker · CaliforniaSocialWorkEDU.org
Sam is a freelance writer with a passion for learning. Sam holds a degree in mathematics from Sam Houston State University and has worked in finance, technology and education. Sam is part of our network’s editorial team and fact-checks CaliforniaSocialWorkEDU.org articles before they’re published.
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Before an article on CaliforniaSocialWorkEDU.org is published or updated, Sam checks it against the sources it relies on. That includes every statistic, every licensing or accreditation requirement, every program detail, and every date.
That means checking licensing requirements against the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS), program accreditation against the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), and salary figures against U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data. When something doesn’t match its source, it’s corrected before the article goes live.
Sam’s role is verification, not expert review: making sure what each article says matches the official sources behind it. Every article on this site shows Sam’s name under the byline.
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Fact-checking on this site is done by people on our editorial team, never by an AI tool. Our editorial standards explain where our facts come from, how we use AI, and how we handle corrections, and you can meet the rest of the people behind the site on our About page.
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