At GlobalFact 2026, fact-checkers report challenges, resilience Funding is tighter and political pressure is growing, but attendees in Vilnius said the need for fact-checking has never been greater June 23, 2026 Louis Jacobson
Four journalists search for the border between West and East The border between Lithuania and Belarus marks the line between Western Europe and Russia's sphere of influence. We went to see it. June 22, 2026 Louis Jacobson
Journalists share how they exposed Russian influence networks Reporters from countries on Russia’s doorstep shared how they have successfully investigated influence campaigns and disinformation efforts June 18, 2026 Louis Jacobson
Lithuania sees itself as a nation on the front lines of the misinformation war At GlobalFact, Lithuanian leaders argued that resilience against misinformation is now a core part of national defense June 17, 2026 Louis Jacobson
The Baltics turn precarious geography into a focus on defense and resilience As GlobalFact 2026 convenes in Vilnius, three small nations on Russia's doorstep see warfare and disinformation as two faces of the same threat June 16, 2026 Louis Jacobson
Why does Russia want Ukraine’s Donbas region? Russian President Vladimir Putin wants any settlement to end the war to include giving Russia full control of the Donbas August 19, 2025 Louis Jacobson
Opinion | Covering the war in Ukraine: a Q&A with NewsNation’s Robert Sherman Amid global distractions, Sherman highlights the evolving and treacherous state of modern warfare in Ukraine, changing by the day August 5, 2025 Tom Jones
Trump falsely twisted an Obama-era assessment of Russian election interference as a ‘coup’ A coup would have involved efforts to keep Donald Trump from taking office in 2016. Former President Barack Obama did not do that. July 24, 2025 Louis Jacobson
Opinion | Good on the media for calling out President Trump’s falsehoods on Ukraine When Trump accused Zelenskyy of starting the war between Ukraine and Russia, journalists loudly spelled out the truth February 20, 2025 Tom Jones
Russian influence operations intensified ahead of Election Day. Officials expect it to continue. The US government responded swiftly to election falsehoods. But experts said the threat of foreign influence operations was unlikely to end soon. November 11, 2024 Loreben Tuquero
Are China and Russia amplifying hurricane misinformation? Early signs say yes Researchers say there’s evidence that foreign adversaries are amplifying false social media claims about the storms, as they did after other disasters October 15, 2024 Jeff Cercone
Opinion | Why Bloomberg’s broken embargo matters Bloomberg prematurely shared news about Evan Gershkovich before he and other prisoners were safely back in the US, putting the operation in jeopardy August 6, 2024 Kristen Hare
Opinion | Russia’s false charges for Evan Gershkovich provoked a ‘loud’ response from The Wall Street Journal ‘The Russians didn't give us much of a choice,’ a Journal editor said, ‘because they came out and said he is a spy. Total nonsense.’ August 5, 2024 Ren LaForme
Opinion | ‘It is a joyous day’: Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich freed in a prisoner swap with Russia Two powerful words shared on social media, signs and bumper stickers became a reality Thursday. Free Evan! After 16 months, Gershkovich is now free. August 2, 2024 Tom Jones
Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich freed in a prisoner swap with Russia Gershkovich was arrested in March 2023 on trumped up charges of espionage. After a sham trial last month, he was sentenced to 16 years in prison. August 1, 2024 Tom Jones
