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IFCN is heartened by a Nobel Peace Prize nomination for the work of the global fact-checking community

Since 2015, the IFCN has been working to promote higher standards in fact-checking and to advocate for reliable information

Here are some of Poynter’s top stories of 2020 and why we wrote them

Newsroom layoffs. Critiques of interviews with the president. Facts about the pandemic and election. Here’s what resonated and why we wrote about it.

The CoronaVirusFacts Alliance gets a global showcase at the Paris Peace Forum

The alliance was one of 100 projects selected as a potential solution for peace

IFCN and Facebook are offering $450,000 in grants for technology innovation

The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the Poynter Institute is committed to supporting the fact-checking…

Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network has $1 million in grant funding available. Applications are now open.

YouTube, via the Google News Initiative, is funding this new Fact-Checking Development Grant Program.

Very legit: MediaWise teen fact-checkers receive global recognition and verification

After third-party review, Poynter’s MediaWise program is a verified signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network’s code of principles

IFCN strengthens its standards to build trust in global fact-checking 

While trust in mainstream media is low around much of the world, trust in the…

The readers’ guide to understanding what you need to know about the coronavirus

A fact-checking army from 88 countries is heading to Norway

Oslo will become the world capital of fact-checking in June. More than 500 people from…

Fact-checking and the IFCN made big strides in 2019. Here’s what’s coming in 2020

Debates around the impact of fact-checking, regulation attempts by state actors and an increasing need…

Univision and Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network join forces to fight misinformation in the U.S.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Nov. 21, 2019) – The Poynter Institute announces that its International Fact-Checking…

IFCN and the Facebook Journalism Project announce Fact-Checking Innovation Initiative

International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), a unit of the Poynter Institute dedicated to bringing together fact-checkers…

British media prepares to fact-check Boris Johnson

‘We’ve found no shortage of things to correct him on,’ says Full Fact

Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network hires new director and associate director

Founding director Alexios Mantzarlis leaves after establishing the IFCN as the leading advocate for the fact-checking community worldwide.

A new home for the IFCN Code of Principles

The International Fact Checking Network's code of principles has been redesigned in form an