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Ensuring trustworthiness, quality and value in all our work by Allan LEONARD 12 April 2018 The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) hosted an information seminar at Belfast City Hall, for staff from government organisations in Northern Ireland who have responsibility for statistics in their work (creating and/or applying). The audience was welcomed by... Continue Reading →
"The only thing we have left that people are prepared to pay for is the relationship between the journalist and the reader. This relationship is crucial and everything we do is to develop and protect that.": Martin KRASNIK @mkrasnik @weekendavisen @MonocleMag #journalism #QOTD
"I describe it like two hedgehogs in winter; they seek each other out for warmth but risk injury if they get too close. #Journalism and #politics have to live in close proximity. The key is getting the distance right." @lavozdeinaki @La_SER @MonocleMag #QOTD
My write up of a discussion on the importance of #journalism in combating #fakenews. Ideas included kitemarks for trustworthy media sites (but who decides?), supranational regulation of Facebook and Twitter, and educating children from age of 4 or 5 about #medialiteracy. https://x.com/FactCheckNI/status/932552832972095488
My write up of a discussion on the importance of #journalism in combating #fakenews. Ideas included kitemarks for trustworthy media sites (but who decides?), supranational regulation of Facebook and Twitter, and educating children from age of 4 or 5 about #medialiteracy. https://x.com/FactCheckNI/status/932552832972095488
Siobhan SINNERTON, Jon SNOW, and Dorothy BYRNE. “The importance of journalism in an era of fake news”, Belfast Media Festival, The MAC, Belfast, Northern Ireland. “The fightback begins in Northern Ireland!” says Byrnes The importance of journalism in an era of fake news #BMF2017 by Allan LEONARD 17 November 2017 As part of the Belfast Media... Continue Reading →
Is fake news a problem? World Forum for Democracy 2017 by Allan LEONARD 9 November 2017 For the second year, thanks to Building Change Trust, which provides financial support to FactCheckNI, I was able to attend the annual World Forum for Democracy event in Strasbourg, France. This year’s title was “Is populism a problem?” and... Continue Reading →
Lab 3 result 2/3: #Journalism and #factchecking as a public service (while aware of various political-legal environments #CoE_WFD
#CoE_WFD My Q: would non-profit media organisation and/or #peace #journalism model improve #democracy? @WFDemocracy
Global Fact 4 group shot © Mario GARCIA“Fact-checking keeps growing!” Report from #GlobalFact4 by Allan LEONARD @FactCheckNI 9 July 2017 The fourth global conference of fact-checking projects took place at the Google Campus in Madrid, 5–7th July 2017, with 188 delegates representing 53 countries. Fact-checkers were joined by participants from the academic and technology sectors, which made for... Continue Reading →
Perhaps #junknews not #fakenews? Interesting report: How fares trust in #journalism amid sea of fake news @Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/09/how-fares-trust-in-journalism-amid-a-sea-of-fake-news
Of lying (and truth) in politics (SRF Radio 2)13 March 2017 Martin ALIOTH interviewed Allan LEONARD (Northern Ireland Foundation), journalist Jenny HOLLAND, and Enda YOUNG (Transformative Connections), for SRF Swiss Radio 2 programme, Context (audio extract (German)): Allan LEONARD, Jenny HOLLAND, and Enda YOUNG interviewed by Martin ALIOTH for SRF Swiss Radio programme, Context (audio... Continue Reading →