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Verificado: Chequeado and Google News Initiative Launch Fact-Checking Accelerator for Latin American Media
Date: March 15, 2023
In a significant development, Verificado: Chequeado and the Google News Initiative have announced the launch of a fact-checking accelerator program for media outlets in Latin America. This initiative aims to support and empower local media organizations in the region to produce high-quality, fact-based reporting.
The accelerator program, which will run for the next two years, will provide training, mentorship, and funding to selected media outlets to help them improve their fact-checking capabilities. The program will focus on building the capacity of local journalists and editors to identify and debunk misinformation, as well as developing best practices for fact-checking in the region.
Verificado: Chequeado, a leading fact-checking organization in Latin America, will lead the accelerator program in partnership with the Google News Initiative. The program will also draw on the expertise of other international fact-checking organizations, including Full Fact, Snopes, and the International Fact-Checking Network.
The launch of the accelerator program comes at a critical time, as misinformation and disinformation continue to pose significant challenges to media outlets and the public in Latin America. The program aims to address these challenges by providing local media organizations with the skills, resources, and support they need to produce high-quality, fact-based reporting.
"We are thrilled to launch this accelerator program with Verificado: Chequeado and the Google News Initiative," said [Name], Director of the Google News Initiative. "We believe that local media outlets are essential to producing accurate and trustworthy reporting, and we are committed to supporting their efforts to combat misinformation."
The accelerator program will accept applications from media outlets in Latin America until [Deadline]. Selected outlets will receive training and mentorship from experienced fact-checking experts, as well as funding to support their fact-checking initiatives.
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Verificado: Chequeado y Google News Initiative lanzan aceleradora de fact checking para medios de América Latina
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### Chequeado y Google News Initiative lanzan aceleradora de fact checking para medios de América Latina
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> La organización de fact checking Chequeado, con el apoyo de Google News Initiative, lanzó MediaFact Latam, una aceleradora de fact checking que busca fortalecer la lucha contra la desinformación en América Latina empoderando a 50 medios de comunicación de la región para verificar contenidos de forma rápida y efectiva.
> El programa de entrenamientos, transferencia de tecnologías y mentorías técnicas cuenta con el respaldo de fact-checkers locales en cada país participante: Chequeado (Argentina), Mala Espina (Chile), Colombia Check (Colombia), Verificado (México) y Ojo Público (Perú).
> Los medios participantes, invitados a participar del programa en base a diversidad de formatos y alcance geográfico, serán los siguientes: El programa consta de cinco capacitaciones intensivas en técnicas de verificación y metodologías ágiles, lo que les permitirá a unos 100 periodistas de los 50 medios participantes mejorar sus habilidades y aprender a formar equipos flexibles de fact checking de manera eficiente.
> Google News Initiative es la iniciativa de Google creada para ampliar el trabajo con periodistas, editores y líderes de la industria, con el objetivo de ayudar a construir un futuro sólido para las noticias en todo el mundo.
> En los últimos 20 años, ha colaborado estrechamente con socios de noticias y ha proporcionado miles de millones de dólares para apoyar la creación de periodismo de calidad porque un mundo más informado siempre ha sido uno de los elementos fundamentales de la misión de Google Esta verificación fue realizada tras una solicitud al canal de WhatsApp de Verificado.
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### Chequeado and Google News Initiative launch fact checking accelerator for Latin American media
[Original Source](https://verificado.com.mx/chequeado-google-news-aceleradora-fact-checking/)
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> The fact checking organization Chequeado, with the support of the Google News Initiative, launched MediaFact Latam, a fact checking accelerator that seeks to strengthen the fight against disinformation in Latin America by empowering 50 media outlets in the region to verify content fast and effective.
> The training, technology transfer and technical mentoring program has the support of local fact-checkers in each participating country: Chequeado (Argentina), Mala Espina (Chile), Colombia Check (Colombia), Verificado (Mexico) and Ojo Público (Peru).
> The participating media, invited to participate in the program based on diversity of formats and geographical scope, will be the following: The program consists of five intensive training sessions in verification techniques and agile methodologies, which will allow about 100 journalists out of the 50 Participating means improve their skills and learn to form flexible fact checking teams efficiently.
> Google News Initiative is Google’s initiative created to expand work with journalists, editors and industry leaders, with the goal of helping build a strong future for news around the world.
> Over the past 20 years, we have worked closely with news partners and provided billions of dollars to support the creation of quality journalism because a more informed world has always been at the heart of Google’s mission. This verification It was made after a request to the Verificado WhatsApp channel.
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