AI-powered fact-checking tools can greatly speed up journalists' efforts to analyze all kinds of content, from images and video, to audio recordings and text. “AI has undeniably become an essential ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted many journalists and newsrooms in one way or another. Whether it's burnout from working extra hours, layoffs at a local news publication, or misinformation spreading ...

As technology advances, fake images and video become harder to spot. A University of Warwick study found participants identified fake images only 60 percent of the time. But these tools can help us ...

As India carries out the world’s largest-ever election this year, an alarming trend must not go overlooked: the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is weaponizing legislation to go after journalists ...

Attacks on journalists covering religion come from many directions. Extremist groups, state security forces and militant factions are among chief tormentors. “What we publish can get us killed,” said ...

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Journalists have long operated in high-pressure work environments with tight deadlines and the demands of hyper-connectivity. In the face of increasing political hostility, funding cuts and a rapidly ...

Open-source intelligence (OSINT) – the gathering and analysis of publicly available information found on social media, and in databases and government records – can be invaluable in situations when ...

The rise of misinformation in Africa has led to a series of consequences, among them conflict and violence, and a lack of trust in healthcare systems. Earlier this year, for example, a number of false ...

Write short. It’s much harder than writing long. Although there’s infinite space online, there is not infinite attention among readers. If you are editing a story, your goal is to shorten and enliven ...

As every journalist knows, interviews make stories real. They bring us closer to the truth, give the news a voice and supply readers with first-hand experiences that deepen their understanding of the ...

This article is the third in a 3-part series based on training materials produced during the APAC video accelerator. This article is part of our online coverage of reporting on COVID-19. To see more ...