MediaWise International Fact-Checking Day 2023

As International Fact-Checking Day kicks off at MediaWise, we’re confronting another year plagued with 😱 misinformation. Elections are taking place around the world — the U.S. presidential race is already picking up — and we continue to grapple with climate change, civil rights, authoritarianism and other topics driven by falsehoods. A recent Poynter and MediaWise study 👀 showed global citizens are concerned about misinformation — but may lack the skills to spot it themselves.

MediaWise invites you to join fact-checkers around the world and 💪 fight back. These digital media literacy resources turn you into your own fact-checker — on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook — anywhere misinformation lives. We celebrate facts every day. Now you can too.

Teach with Fact-Checking Lesson Plans

Teach your students how to sort fact from fiction online in this collection of media literacy lesson plans for middle and high schoolers.

March 31, 2023

Vanya Tsvetkova

Put Prebunking into Action

Get ahead of the curve by stopping misinformation before it starts. We call this "prebunking" — which is like debunking, but before the bunk.

March 31, 2023

Vanya Tsvetkova

Amplify the Facts

Take the wheel and be part of the solution. Share these tips on social media to help your friends and family be MediaWise.

March 31, 2023

Vanya Tsvetkova

Collaborate Worldwide for Impact

MediaWise bridges the world’s communities through digital media literacy initiatives.

March 31, 2023

Vanya Tsvetkova

Instructors

Kathleen Tobin
Youth Programming Manager, MediaWise

Kathleen Tobin manages the Teen Fact-Checking Network, a group of teens from throughout the United States who produce fact-check videos for YouTube, TikTok and Instagram...
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Laura Duclos
Audience Engagement Editor, MediaWise

Laura is a future-focused multimedia journalist with experience from Houston to 30 Rock. Along with keeping her thumb on the pulse of what’s trending, she...
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Salvador Rodriguez-Ruiz
Program Officer, MediaWise

Salvador Rodriguez-Ruiz is Program Officer at MediaWise. Previously, he worked as a leader in multiple campaigns focusing on Spanish language outreach and partnering with Hispanic...
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Brittani Kollar
International Training Manager, MediaWise

Brittani Kollar manages international initiatives for Poynter’s MediaWise. Partnering with stakeholders in Brazil, France, Spain and Turkey, she oversaw the launch of microlearning media literacy...
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Vanya Tsvetkova
Interactive Learning Designer, MediaWise

Vanya Tsvetkova develops curricula in various formats to teach fact-checking and digital media literacy skills to audiences of all ages in the U.S. and abroad....
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Alex Mahadevan
Director, MediaWise

Alex Mahadevan is the Director of the MediaWise project. Alex was most recently the Program Manager of MediaWise. Prior to joining the staff at Poynter,...
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