Guatemala

Guatevisión’s María Luisa Gómez and professional badminton’s Kevin Cordón lead Guatemalans in a free 10-day WhatsApp course designed by Mediawise. Gómez and Cordón are joining this educational effort as MediaWise Ambassadors.

Learners are guided through daily WhatsApp 5-minute lessons, including message, question, video, and simple, yet practical techniques designed to improve digital engagement and awareness. Participants must respond to the question to guarantee a lesson the next day. By the end of the course, learners will be able to identify and explain different types of misinformation and practice techniques professional fact-checkers use for verification.

Guatevisión, from the Prensa Libre group, partnered with MediaWise to customize and localize the educational content. Guatevisión is a television channel available over-the-air and on cable, airing news and entertainment. Prensa Libre is one of the largest daily newspapers in Guatemala, available via print and digital.

YouTube series

María Luisa Gómez and Kevin Cordón walk you through what misinformation is, how it spreads and why it is sometimes hard to identify false information.

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Ambassadors

  • María Luisa Gómez
    Journalist, Guatevisión
    María Luisa Gómez is a well-known Guatemalan journalist and presenter, born in Guatemala City. From a very young age, she showed an interest in communication...
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  • Kevin Cordón
    Badminton player, Guatemala
    Kevin Cordón is a badminton player, born in the city of Zacapa, Guatemala. From a very young age he showed interest in the sport and...
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Instructors

  • 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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  • Miriam Valverde
    Deputy Editor, PolitiFact
    Miriam Valverde is a fact-checker for PolitiFact. Previously, she reported for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, the Bradenton Herald, the Boston Globe and a Boston Spanish-language...
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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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  • 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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