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We regularly host webinars to help reporters and the wider public understand and manage misinformation. They are full of friendly faces, intelligent insights and pearls of wisdom to keep you on the front foot when it comes to false rumors and misleading information.
Learn how to search for stories using newsgathering and monitoring techniques on the social web.
In this webinar we show how journalists can effectively monitor the trends and content being shared on TikTok to inform their reporting.
A discussion on the practical and ethical challenges of monitoring WhatApp for Covid-19 stories.
In this webinar we discuss basic computational methods of tracking information and trends related to coronavirus.
In this webinar we show you how to watch out for inauthentic and coordinated online activity, including bots, sock puppets and cyborgs.
This webinar gives you the tools and skills needed to use your mobile device to verify online content.
A conversation on what journalists, researchers and fact checkers can do to look after their mental health while covering misinformation.
A discussion on how information providers can protect their staff’s mental wellness as they report on the coronavirus pandemic.
This talk provides privacy tips for journalists and researchers, covering topics such as identity, vulnerability and security.
Journalists, editors and community leaders come together to consider the lessons learned from covering the 2020 US election.
This webinar explains the fundamentals of searching and understanding the Facebook Ad Library.
This webinar covers the challenges of covering on vaccine misinformation in 2021 and offers guidance for reporters
Listen to experts in psychology explain why the human mind is so susceptible to believing and sharing misinformation.
This session discusses how communities can avoid misinformation and contribute to the circulation of accurate reporting during an infodemic.
The first in this webinar series discusses how we can include more global voices in our reporting, with a focus on India and South East Asia.
In the second episode of our global voices series, we explore the work carried out by Africa Check in African communities.
The third episode in our global voices series shines a spotlight on combating misinformation in under-resourced languages.
Our team of researchers and reporters reveal the lessons they learned while tracking the coronavirus ‘infodemic’ over a six month period.
This webinar shares best practices for keeping on top of trends, slowing down misinformation and reporting on the pandemic.
This webinar reveals the importance of headlines, images and data visualisations when covering coronavirus.
This webinar explores the ethical challenges that reporters face when covering misinformation around coronavirus, from tipping points to amplification.
The opening Keynote for Infotheque 2020 sees Civil Rights Attorney, Vanita Gupta in conversation with First Draft’s US Director, Dr. Claire Wardle.
This webinar looks at how misinformation has flourished at a local level in US states and communities, and transformed local elections.
This Q&A with Jessica Huseman, ProPublica, and Tammy Patrick, Democracy Fund, provides an understanding of how voter suppression works around key elections.
This panel discussion led by Aaron Foley, Craig J Newmark J School, talks about the unique ways that Black and Latinx communities are vulnerable to misinformation and suggests best practices on how to respond to it.
A discussion on how journalists can discern and confront misinformation when it comes from authoritative sources.
This session shows you how to find stories using new tools that augment data from Facebook’s political ad libraries.
This session provides essential investigative tips for on-the-go mobile reporting.