The International Fact-Checking Network

The International Fact-Checking Network is a unit of the Poynter Institute dedicated to bringing together fact-checkers worldwide. The IFCN was launched in September 2015 to support a booming crop of fact-checking initiatives by promoting best practices and exchanges in this field.

The International Fact-Checking Network:

• Monitors trends, formats and policy-making about fact-checking worldwide, publishing regular articles in the section below and in a weekly newsletter.
• Helps surface common positions among the world’s fact-checkers.
• Promotes basic standards through the fact-checkers’ code of principles and projects to track the impact of fact-checking.
• Funds annual fellowships, a Fact Forward Fund, a Fact-Checking Innovation Initiative and a crowdfunding match program.
• Convenes fact-checkers in a yearly conference (Global Fact) and promotes collaborative efforts in international fact-checking.
• Provides training in person and online.
• Advocates for more fact-checking, including through an annual International Fact-Checking Day.

The IFCN team is director Baybars Örsek (borsek@poynter.org), associate director Cristina Tardáguila (ctardaguila@poynter.org), program manager Ferdi Ferhat Özsoy (ferdi@poynter.org), and reporter Harrison Mantas (hmantas@poynter.org) 

To find out more, consult to International Fact-Checking Network’s Bylaws enacted on September 24, 2020, read our transparency statement or email us at factchecknet@poynter.org.