FREE - Eurovision News SPOTLIGHT Fact-Check Review

Overview

Learn at this quarterly review of fact-check and OSINT case studies and updates on tools, trends and techniques from the Eurovision News SPOTLIGHT community.

Eurovision News SPOTLIGHT is a collaborative network of journalists, researchers, and OSINT experts from 30 public service organizations, dedicated to upholding the integrity of information in an age of misinformation.

Hosted by SPOTLIGHT’s Social Newsgathering Journalist, Maria Flannery, the review is an opportunity to network, knowledge share and ask questions, aimed at fact-checkers, journalists and media professionals interested in combating misinformation. 

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Eurovision News Spotlight is a collaborative network established by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to empower public service media across Europe in the fight against online misinformation and disinformation. By providing fact-checking and open-source intelligence (OSINT) tools, the initiative fosters collaboration through resource and best practice sharing, offers crucial training for journalists, and aims to enhance public awareness regarding disinformation. The EBU encourages all its members to join this effort to collectively defend against the spread of false information. For more information on joining the network, contact Emilio San Pedro, Head of Eurovision News Exchange.

Who it is for 

• Broadcast news editors 
• Broadcast news journalists 
• Social media news editors 
• Social media news journalists 
• News content strategies 
• Digital forensics experts 
• Fact-checkers
• Educators and researchers