Media literacy, fact-checking and collaborative efforts to fight disinformation across Europe. Learn more about the European Media & Information Fund and hear successful grantees talk about the im...
Matt Cooke
Matt Cooke leads a global team within the Google News Initiative, working with journalists to help strengthen digital skills, fight misinformation and collaborate on industry challenges.
Since joining Google in 2011, Matt has led multiple global and regional efforts to tackle misinformation, support fact-checking and strengthen media literacy. In recent years, Matt has overseen Google’s contribution to the European Media and Information Fund, the IFCN Global Fact Check Fund and the GNI News Equity Fund. Matt launched Google’s first European Fellowship for journalism students and has led multiple programs focused on underrepresented audiences. Matt was responsible for partnerships including The Royal Family’s first experiment with interactive livestreams.
Before joining Google, he was a broadcast journalist at BBC News for eight years.
Events IJF 2024
Feeling burnt out and broken? A practical workshop on promoting our mental health
Headlines Network, a community for those who care about improving mental health in the media, will deliver a workshop for journalists. Headlines Network’s Hannah Storm and John Crowley, along with A...
Continuous learning in the workplace must become the norm if individuals and organisations want to stay ahead. This places more demand than ever on journalism leaders to take on a new role they might ...
This session will equip you with practical research tips and techniques to help you get more from using Google Search and Image Search. We'll point to data journalism tools that can help you research ...
From a breaking news situation to a feature length article - learn how Google Maps and Earth images can compliment your social media posts or add a visual element to you print and online articles. We'...
Google Digital News Initiative: promoting innovation and high quality in digital journalism
The Digital News Initiative (DNI) is a partnership between Google and news publishers in Europe to support high quality journalism through technology, to encourage a more sustainable news ecosystem,...
Messaging apps and Chatapps like Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, Viber, and WeChat are soaring in popularity. This shift means that increasingly, valuable eyewitness media is being shared on...
Organised in association with Google.
Organised in association with Google.
Organised in association with Google.
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