There have been countless articles and panel discussions of “fake news” in the past year. But does the reality match the hype? And has all this talk drowned out the important work of calling out f...
Phoebe Arnold
Phoebe Arnold is the Head of Communications and Impact at Full Fact, an independent, impartial factchecking organisation in the UK. As the campaign manager for Full Fact’s ambitious EU referendum campaign, she led a team of professional and volunteer factcheckers to evaluate assertions made by major figures on either side of the debate, producing 185 factchecks and briefings alongside video explainers on key claims. During this campaign Full Fact’s work appeared in venues as diverse as the Financial Times, Buzzfeed and Good Morning Britain.
Phoebe’s ongoing role is to maximise the practical impact of factchecks: corrections in newspapers, FoI requests, submitting submissions to Select Committees, and putting factchecking in front of a wider audience through the media. She has also led collaborations with international factcheckers, including delivering training to the Argentinian organisation Chequeado and developing the International Fact-Checking Network’s Code of Principles, which has over 40 signatories from around the world.
Automating verification? The role of technology in the verification process: status, activities and challenges
The session will investigate and outline how and to what extent technology (such as tools, Artificial Intelligence, machine learning) can support journalists, fact-checkers and those investigating hum...
Post-truth, alternative facts and highly politicized speech have become hot topics for debate. What impact does this new reality have on journalistic credibility? This panel, featuring project leaders...
Five panelists involved in monitoring the EU referendum, the US election, and the upcoming French and German elections will talk about ambitious projects which involve monitoring social media and col...
The inexorable crisis of the news publishing industry and the difficulty in finding business models able to replace the decline of so-called "legacy media" imposes a reflection about the sustainabilit...
2016 was both the worst year and the best year for political fact-checking since it rebooted for the internet age. This panel will assess the reach, successes and failures of the instrument on both s...
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