90 minute Live Simulation exercise. Information disorder is now a permanent reality; whether the topic is climate change, vaccinations, elections or any breaking news event. 2020 is a critical year f...
Jenni Sargent
Jenni Sargent is the Managing Director of First Draft, a non-profit organisation working internationally to address the challenges of information disorder through research, field work and education. Jenni led the formation and launch of First Draft in 2015 and has devised and coordinated a number of its key initiatives including CrossCheck; the first project of its kind to encourage competing newsrooms to collaboratively verify and transparently endorse each other’s work. A specialist in the ethics and processes of online newsgathering and reporting, Jenni manages a team of 40 across offices in London, New York and Sydney.
Not just a Facebook problem: countering disinformation in private, personalised spaces
Reporting on disinformation is predominately focused on Facebook and Twitter. This panel will consider the challenges surfacing on less discussed, but still very influential, platforms. How should jou...
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With the rise of automation in journalism, we have seen that automated tools can be used to write texts from structured information. But what about fact checking itself? We've seen a few high-profil...