Bringing the Fact-Checkers of the world together
The Global Fact-Checking Summit (Global Fact) is the premier conference dedicated to fact-checking worldwide. Global Fact is organized by Poynter's International Fact-Checking Network and has been held every year since 2014.
Global Fact 6 will be held in Cape Town in June 19-21 2019.
The New Lecture Theatre is located in the Upper Campus of the University of Cape Town, down the hills of the Table Mountain, one of the 7 Wonders of Nature!
Bus transportation to/from the venue will be provided from the below hotels.
07:45 > Cape Town Lodge Hotel to New Lecture Theatre, UCT
08:00 > Park Inn by Radisson Cape Town Newlands to New Lecture Theatre, UCT
18:00 > New Lecture Theatre, UCT to Cape Town Lodge Hotel and Park Inn by Radisson Cape Town Newlands Hotel
08:15 > Cape Town Lodge Hotel to New Lecture Theatre, UCT
08:30 > Park Inn by Radisson Cape Town Newlands to New Lecture Theatre, UCT
18:15 > New Lecture Theatre, UCT to Workshop 17
Agenda
Welcoming Reception
Today & Tomorrow, 71 Kloof St, Gardens, Cape Town
Registration
Opening Remarks
Baybars Örsek, Director | International Fact-Checking Network
Bill Adair, Director | Duke Reporters Lab
Stephen Buckley, Board of Trustees Member at Poynter Institute and Associate Dean at Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communications
Keynote Speach
Peter Cunliffe-Jones, Founder |Africa Check & Senior Adviser | IFCN
Show & Tell Session
Katie Sanders, Managing Editor & Aaron Sharockman, Executive Director | Politifact
Maarten Schenk, Writer & Chief Technologist | Lead Stories
Natália Leal, Director of Content | Agência Lupa
Pablo M. Fernandez, Director of Innovation | Chequeado
Bill Frischling, Founder | FactSquared
Awards Presentations
Candidates will present their works for the awards selections
Coffe Break
Fact-Checking as a Tool for Holding the Powerful in the Society Accountable | Panel
Tom Rosenstiel, Executive Director | American Press Institute (Moderator)
Batuhan Ersun, Executive Director | Doğruluk Payı
Gemma Mendoza, Head of Research, Strategy, and Partnerships | Rappler Inc.
Govindraj Ethiraj, Founder | Spending & Policy Research Foundation
Tanya Pampalone, Managing Editor | Global Investigative Journalism Network
Fact-Checking in the Global South | Research
Zahedur Arman, Founding President | BD FactCheck
The Future of ClaimReview | Featured Talk
Bill Adair, Director | Duke Reporters Lab
Joel Luther, ClaimReview Program Manager | Duke Reporters Lab
Lunch sponsored by ClaimReview
Tools for Collaboration Among Fact-Checkers | Panel
Cristina Tardáguila, Associate Director | International Fact-Checking Network (Moderator)
Laura Zommer, Director | Chequeado
Giovanni Zagni, Director | Pagella Politica
Yvonne Chua, Coordinator | tsek.ph
Pauline Moullot, Fact-Checker | Libération/CheckNews
IMPACT OF FACT-CHECKS ON READER UNDERSTANDING IN THE REAL WORLD | Research
Jessica Collier, Research Associate| Center for Media Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin
Joanna Sterling, UX Researcher | Facebook
The workshop will share the findings of the A/B test run by five fact-checking organizations, Facebook, and the Center for Media Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin
Code of Principles | Workshop
Baybars Örsek, Director | International Fact-Checking Network
Peter Cunliffe-Jones, Senior Adviser | International Fact-Checking Network
The workshop will serve as an opportunity to get feedback from existing & aspiring signatories on the current state of IFCN's Code of Principles and share the ongoing review process.
Mapping the Fact-Checking Educational Activities | Workshop
Hache Ariel Merpert, Coordinator of Education | Chequeado
The workshop will be a debrief of educational activities on fact-checking around the world.
The Reliability Gap: Identifying the Real Experts
Krista Kapralos, News Director | Global Press Journal
This workshop will offer tools for identifying local expertise and using it to verify big data and other information that is often inaccurately applied by news organizations
Future of IFCN | Assembly
Baybars Örsek, Director | International Fact-Checking Network
Cristina Tardáguila, Associate Director | International Fact-Checking Network
Introduction to Data Visualization (Part 1) | Workshop
Alastair Otter, Training Director for Europe, and Africa | Global Investigative Journalism Network
The workshop will offer introductionary skills on data visualization
Intro to ClaimReview | Workshop
Bill Adair, Director | Duke Reporters Lab
The workshop will offer participants the opportunity to get acquainted with how ClaimReview works and how can it help fact-checkers to become more visible in the digital landscape
It´s Quiztime - Hands-on Verification Challenges | Workshop
Julia Bayer, Social Media | Deutsche Welle
This interactive session will help participants to test their verification skills
Facebook & African Partners
Africa Check
Dubawa
PesaCheck
AFP
New Solutions to Misinformation | Panel
Mark Stencel, Co-Director | Duke Reporters Lab (Moderator)
Gülin Çavuş, Editor-in-Chief | teyit.org
Hannah Ojo, TruthBuzz Fellow | International Center for Journalists
Mevan Babakar, Head of Automated Fact-Checking | Full Fact
Tai Nalon, Director | Aos Fatos
Community Building and Sustainability in Fact-Checking | Featured Talk
Clara Jimenez Cruz, Co-Founder, and Head of Project | Maldita.es
Show & Tell Session
Ieva Ivanauskaitė, Head of Communications | Debunk.eu
Derek Thomson, Editor-in-Chief | France 24 Observers
Alberto Puoti, Supervising Author and Producer | Rai
Jency Jacob, Managing Editor | Boom Live
Ika Ningtyas Unggrain, Fact-Checker | TEMPO
Richard Zack, Founder & CEO | Our.News
Coffe Break
What's Crap on WhatsApp: 2019 Fact Forward Fund Winner Featured Talk | Featured Talk
Lee Mugambi Mwiti, Acting Chief Editor | Africa Check
Paul McNally, Co-Founder | Volume
Fact-Checking African Elections: The Challenge in the Absence of Reliable Data | Panel
Kate Wilkinson, Acting Chief Deputy Editor | Africa Check (Moderator)
Eric Mugendi, Managing Editor | PesaCheck
Cris Chinaka, Editor-in-Chief |Zimfact
Tendai Dube, Fact-Checker for South Africa | Agence France-Presse
Lunch
The Truth or the President: Do Americans Believe in Trump? | Featured Talk
Glenn Kessler, Editor, and Chief Writer, The Fact Checker | Washington Post
The Rise of Health & Science Fact-Checking and Lessons for Other Topical Areas | Panel
Baybars Örsek, Director | International Fact-Checking Network (Moderator)
Angie Holan, Editor | Politifact
David Ajikobi, Nigeria Editor | Africa Check
Emmanuel Vincent, Director | Science Feedback
Eugene Kiely, Director | FactCheck.org
Supporting Fact-Checkers in Hostile Legal Environments | Workshop
Padraig Hughes, Legal Director | Media Legal Defense Initiative
Lucy Freeman, CEO | Media Legal Defense Initiative
The workshop will bring fact-checkers and the representatives of the Media Legal Defense Initiative to exchange experiences and needs to protect fact-checkers in hostile legal environments
Misinformation Law Round-up | Workshop
Daniel Funke, Reporter | International Fact-Checking Network
The workshop will offer participants the platform to follow the regulative actions around the world against misinformation
How Automation can Help Your Fact-Checking | Workshop
Duke Reporters Lab
This workshop will share the most recent developments in automated fact-checking with the participants
Using Tools for Fact Checking as Part of an Alliance | Workshop
Jennifer Mathieu, Chief Technologist for Social Analytics and Integrity | MITRE
This workshop will help participants to be better informed about the tools that they can use in their collaborative actions
Expanding the Audience for Fact-Checking | Featured Talk
Matt Riley, TruthBuzz Fellow | International Center for Journalists
Astudestra Ajengrastri, TruthBuzz Fellow | International Center for Journalists
DEGA - Publishing Platform for Fact-Checkers | Workshop
Shashi Kiran Desheti, CTO | Factly
Rakesh Kumar Dubbudu, CEO | Factly
This workshop will offer participants a CMS tool that can be tailored to institutional needs
Tools for Data Visualization (Part 2) | Workshop
Alastair Otter, Training Director for Europe, and Africa | Global Investigative Journalism Network
The workshop will share some of the tools that fact-checkers can use to visualize their data in their reportings
It´s Quiztime - Hands-on Verification Challenges | Workshop
Julia Bayer, Social Media | Deutsche Welle
This interactive session will help participants to test their verification skills
*Participants who have registered for the session on June 19 do not need to register for this one
Harassment and Trolling as a Result of Fact-Checking | Workshop
Kate Wilkinson, Acting Chief Deputy Editor | Africa Check
Mevan Babakar, Head of Automated Fact-Checking | Full Fact
This workshop will share stories on harassment and trolling as a result of Fact-Checking
IFCN Advisory Board Meeting | Closed Meeting
Baybars Örsek, Director | International Fact-Checking Network
Awards Ceremony
Closing Remarks
Baybars Örsek, Director | International Fact-Checking Network
Bill Adair, Director | Duke Reporters Lab
Networking Reception co-hosted by Facebook
Workshop 17, Watershed, 17 Dock Rd, V & A Waterfront, Cape Town
Building Network Among Fact-Checkers in Asia | Regional Breakout
Yoi Tateiwa, Executive Editor | Seeds for News Japan
The aim of this session is to discuss how we can build networking among the fact-checkers in the Asian region. Collaboration among journalists across border is essential, however nothing much has been done for fact checkers in this area. Now is time to start fact-checking across borders. In this one hour session, we discuss how we proceed with this networking. We welcome every fact-checkers in the Asian region.
Internal Evaluation Meeting | Closed Meeting
Membership Programs and Other Forms of Funding Independent Fact-Checking Initiatives | Workshop
Tai Nalon, Director | Aos Fatos
The aim is to discuss cases of crowdfunded fact-checking initiatives: how the campaigns are built, how much are the readers able to support, what is the editorial impact, what supporters demand in return. And, of course, what is the state of crowdfunded journalism in 2019.
Community Review | Closed Meeting
A Blockchain-Based Solution for a Global Fact-Check Registry | Workshop
Walid Al-Saqaf, Senior Lecturer in Journalism and Media Technology | Södertörn University
The aim is to present our work at Södertörn University on blockchain and journalism (coming up in a Routledge book soon) and reflecting on how we plan to integrate blockchain technology into our ongoing project "Fact-check Assistant", which has completed its first stage (see screenshot). Fact-check Assistant is a web application that allows partnering Swedish newsrooms to use systematize and streamline internal fact-checks and share them internally and externally. More information can be found at https://faktaassistenten.sh.se
Due to limited seats, in order to attend events you must Register to Attend.