As we reflect on this journey, Here’s a look at what some of our program participants from earlier editions have to say about this collaboration: This four-year journey wouldn’t have been half as special had it not been for the passion, commitment and collaborative spirit of the network trainers - 239 journalists, fact checkers and media educators from different newsrooms and colleges who came forward to lead this challenge and shared their learning with others in the ecosystem. For more program details and FAQs, see here. Once trained, you will be expected to share what you have learnt with colleagues in your own newsrooms and regions by conducting workshops and training sessions both online and when possible, in person. Global verification experts and Indian fact-checkers will train them on a curriculum built in consultation with the Science Journalists Association of India, Amity University, Jagran Lakecity University and OP Jindal Global University. In the 3-day train-the-trainer boot camp*, selected candidates will hone their skills in verification and training. The deadline to apply is 30th July, 2022.ĭates for the train-the-trainer boot camp: Preference will be given to those from the new languages and with prior data or science journalism experience. Selected candidates will join a 3-day fully-supported residency train-the-trainer program on the dates indicated below. If you are a journalist, a journalism professor or a fact-checker keen to join the network as a trainer and help your colleagues tackle misinformation by learning verification skills and techniques from the experts, please apply here. In partnership with DataLeads, we will also launch the Fact-Check Academy and induct 100 new trainers to help newsrooms and journalists build capacity to tackle climate misinformation and verify misleading data and claims that include false numbers. In 2022, as we mark four years of the coming together of this collaboration, we are expanding this network to include five new languages: Punjabi, Assamese, Gujarati, Odia and Malayalam. Many of our program alumni are now leading counter-misinformation, fact-checking and media literacy initiatives for their communities and working with multiple stakeholders like researchers, academics, civil society members to collaboratively tackle this challenge - one that none can solve alone. Since that launch, and in partnership with DataLeads, the Network has till date organised over 700 workshops and trained 39,000+ journalists, media educators, fact-checkers and journalism students from over 2300 newsrooms and media colleges in at least 10 languages. Supporting trusted, authoritative journalism is a top priority for us at Google, which is why in 2018, we launched the Google News Initiative Training Network in India to support journalists and newsrooms in learning the digital skills they needed to verify and tackle online misinformation.
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