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Want to Help Tackle Disinformation? Train Your Community to Stop the Spread of False Information

ICFJ is now accepting applications for this “training of trainers” opportunity from individuals in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It is part of Disarming Disinformation, a three-year global project run by ICFJ with lead funding from the Scripps Howard Fund.

These Journalists Are Innovating to ‘Empower the Truth’ in 17 Languages

Eighteen journalists will develop ​​groundbreaking, collaborative multimedia projects designed to amplify the reach of reliable facts around the world, as part of the Disarming Disinformation initiative run by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ).

Journalists Team Up to Uncover Who's Funding Disinformation

Journalists today not only need to know how to spot disinformation. They need to know how to find the source of it. But uncovering the people and money behind the falsehoods – designed to undermine democracy and seed instability – takes a lot of work. More and more, it also requires following the money across borders. That’s why teaming up is critical.

Reporting Teams Win Grants to Reveal Who Funds Disinformation

Eight reporting teams from 11 countries will receive up to $10,000 each in grants and expert mentorship to support cross-border investigations into the people and organizations funding disinformation campaigns in the Americas. The winning projects will investigate, among other topics, who is behind and who profits from false narratives targeting Latin American migrants at the U.S. border; who funds disinformation about abortion and women's rights in the Americas; and who invested in anti-democratic falsehoods that led to the January 8th attacks in Brazil.

Advice for Using TikTok to Drive News Engagement

During a recent ICFJ Empowering the Truth Global Summit session, Openly TikTok Lead and LGBTQ+ correspondent Enrique Anarte shared with journalists how to make engaging news TikToks. Here’s what he had to say:

How to Use Podcasting to Amplify Credible Reporting

In a recent ICFJ Empowering the Truth Global Summit session, ICFJ spoke with Amit Varma, writer, columnist and host of the weekly podcast, The Seen and The Unseen, about the role podcasting can play in amplifying credible reporting. Varma also offered tips on how to get started as a podcaster.

Understanding Deepfakes and How to Counter Them

From Snapchat face swap filters to U.S. President Joe Biden singing Baby Shark, manipulated media has proliferated in recent years. Deepfakes and other forms of synthetic and AI-assisted media manipulation are on the rise, and journalists tasked with sorting fact from fiction are forced to keep pace.

How to Drive Factual, Ethical Reporting Through Video

In the face of rampant mis- and disinformation online, video is a powerful format journalists can utilize to instead reach users with factual, ethically reported information. Thoughtful, strategically crafted video reporting can circulate widely online and stick with viewers long after it airs.

More than 40 News Outlets, Universities Partner to Expose the Money Behind Disinformation in the Americas

Journalists selected for ICFJ’s Disarming Disinformation program will work with 41 partners – from news outlets and individual reporters to universities and tech companies – to pursue and publish hard-hitting investigations revealing the people who fund disinformation in the Americas.

Register Now: Join ICFJ's Global Anti-Disinformation Summit

ICFJ’s Empowering the Truth Global Summit offers a series of weekly online training sessions tailored for participants in Central and West Africa, Central Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa, North America, and South and Southeast Asia. Participants will learn skills to help them amplify the reach of reliable facts. They also will be eligible for funding to pursue groundbreaking ways to better distribute facts online, including through innovative collaborations with influencers, subject matter experts or others from different professional backgrounds.