Fact-checking workshop available [US]

Political reporters from local newsrooms in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina are invited to apply for this free training.

Poynter's International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) and First Draft, a project of the Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center, are organizing the workshop "Beyond Twitter and Facebook: how to find and fact-check online disinformation" Sept. 17 in St. Petersburg, Florida.

This program aims to help journalists monitor all online platforms for disinformation.

Topics include: what is everyone seeing in their states; why the “rest of the internet” matters; using key case studies to understand social discovery and verification; principles for choosing what to fact-check and what to avoid amplifying; fact-checking claims about election integrity, immigration and race; and more.

The deadline is Sept. 12. There is a limited number of travel stipends.

For more information on how to apply, click here.