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  • Fact-Checking COVID-19

    Fact-Checking COVID-19

    RECENT UPDATES

    IFCN: Coronavirus Facts Database

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    ICFJ: Deciphering Omicron
    Story, video and resources on covering the Omicron variant.

    First Draft News: Vaccine Insights Hub
    Insights, intelligence and reporting guidance on emerging health and vaccine misinformation.

    CDC: Addressiing COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media

    ONA: COVID-19 Misinformation Playbook

    GIJN: How to Investigate COVID-19 Vaccine Contracts


    FACT-CHECKING RESOURCES

    First Draft News: Coronavirus: Resources for Reporters

    First Draft News: Tips for Reporting on COVID-19

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    Knight Science Journalism at MIT Fact-Checking Project

    National Press Foundation Tracking COVID-19 Misinformation Tool
    This National Press Foundation tool, created by Dr. Joe Smyser of Public Good Projects, tracks trending stories and themes from a list of websites identified by third party fact-checking sites (such as NewsGuard and Poynter) as known to share misinformation – updated daily.

    ICFJ: Deciphering Omicron
    Story, video and resources on covering the Omicron variant.

    The Journalist’s Resource: Long COVID: An Explainer and Research Roundup

    PolitiFact: Seven Ways to Avoid Misinformation During the Coronavirus Pandemic

    Snopes: Fact-Checking COVID-19

    NewsGuard: Coronavirus Misinformation Tracking Center

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    ONA: COVID-19 Misinformation Playbook

    IFCN: Coronavirus Facts Database

    IRE/SPJ: Resources for Fact-Checking Coronavirus Stories

    Coronavirus Facts Alliance Database in Spanish

    Latam Chequea Coronavirus Project
    Unites 28 fact-checking organizations from 16 Latin American countries and Spain, aims to help journalists and checkers to cover coronavirus so they can find reliable information more quickly and simply.

    ICFJ: Reporting the COVID-19 Pandemic’s Ever-Changing

    First Draft News: How to Analzye Facebook Data for Misinformation Trends

    First Draft News: COVID-19 Misinformation and Data Deficits on Social Media
    Identified dominant vaccine narratives on social media platforms in English, French and Spanish online communities which could erode public trust in a COVID-19 vaccine, and vaccines more generally. The research was conducted this summer by First Draft, amid growing concern that dangerous narratives and conspiracy theories may result in increasing vaccine skepticism.

    First Draft News: Vaccine Insights Hub
    Insights, intelligence and reporting guidance on emerging health and vaccine misinformation.

    The Journalist’s Resource: Long COVID: An Explainer and Research Roundup

    CDC: Addressiing COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media

    GIJN: How to Investigate COVID-19 Vaccine Contracts

    OneZero: Spotting Coronavirus Misinformation on Social Media

    ICFJ: Four Tips for Fact-Checking COVID-19 Stories

    IFCN: Coronavirus Fact-Check Database
    The IFCN created a database that gathers all the falsehoods that have been detected by the Alliance. You can sort, filter and search for content. The database will be updated regularly to include new publications by fact-checkers.

    Fact-Check.org: Social Media Spreads Coronavirus Conspiracy Theory

    The Coronavirus Disinformation System – How it Works
    Video from Bellingcat and Newsy.

    Politifact: Fact-checking Coronavirus Hoaxes

    WHO: Coronavirus Mythbusters

    Infodemic: Sifting Through the Coronavirus Pandemic
    Mike Caulfield, a digital information literacy expert working at Washington State University Vancouver, has a great news literacy site targeting coverage of the pandemic.

    Lead Stories: Fake News on the Coronavirus

    The Open Notebook: Tipsheet for Covering the Coronavirus

    NewsGuard: COVID-19 Misinformation Resources

    NewsGuard: Facebook COVID-19 Misinformation “Super-Spreaders in Europe

    NewsGuard: Twitter’s COVID-19 Misinformation “Super-Spreaders in Europe

    Iffy.news
    An index of unreliable news sites, compiled by RJI fellow Barrett Golding, former executive producer of the NPR-distributed, Peabody Award-winning, Hearing Voices.

    RTDNA: Trust and Engagement Tips for Coronavirus Coverage

    The Open Notebook: Covering the Coronavirus Effectively Without Spreading Misinformation
    Great tips from Laura Helmuth, the health and science editor for The Washington Post.


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