Poynter’s MediaWise to produce weekly fact checks on NBCLX The segments will star and be written by a trained group of college correspondents May 11, 2022 Sara Bealor
Meet the 29 women selected for Poynter’s first Leadership Academy for Women in Media in 2022 They will convene at Poynter the week of May 15, marking a return to in-person programming. April 28, 2022 Mel Grau
Poynter seeks newsrooms to participate in pilot project fighting online harassment Participants will test strategies to address online harassment in newsrooms and help find solutions for professionals facing similar challenges. April 21, 2022 The Poynter Institute
Sarasota Herald-Tribune executive editor Jennifer Orsi joins Poynter’s board of trustees Orsi brings more than three decades as a veteran journalist and editor to the nonprofit’s governing board. April 20, 2022 Sara Bealor
Award-winning journalists, researchers and Birds Aren’t Real founder to headline the world’s largest fact-checking summit GlobalFact 9, hosted by the International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter, will take place in Oslo, Norway, June 22-25, 2022. April 20, 2022 Sara Bealor
Poynter’s MediaWise debuts a new course in Madrid to help Spaniards separate fact from fiction on the internet The free digital media literacy program teaches Spaniards how to be more critical consumers of online content. April 19, 2022 Sara Bealor
Formerly incarcerated people are ‘not looking for sympathy, but humanity’ in stories about their experiences How a Poynter workshop influenced the second season of “Sick,” a podcast about what goes wrong in the places meant to keep us healthy April 19, 2022 Mel Grau
$800,000 is available to help fact-checkers fight misinformation on WhatsApp Eligible applicants can receive up to $50,000 to launch, innovate and scale fact-checking solutions on the world’s largest messaging app. April 7, 2022 Sara Bealor
Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network selects six global mentors and invites mentees to apply for funding The grant supports mentoring partnerships between seasoned professionals and fact-checking organizations worldwide. April 5, 2022 Sara Bealor
Meet the recipients of the Climate Misinformation Grant Program Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network will distribute $800K to help grantees scale efforts to disprove false claims about climate change. April 4, 2022 Sara Bealor
