Fact-checking: mindset, possibilities, tools - Joscha Weber in a guest lecture

The lecture is part of the Research and Verification module for the Technical Journalism and Visual Technical Communication courses, but is open to all interested parties. Based on the mindset of journalists, whose professional self-image includes the verification of information, Joscha Weber shows possibilities and tools for professionals to expose fakes. He himself developed and moderates the fact-checking video formats for online, TV and social media at Deutsche Welle (DW). He is also a trainer for fact-checking and digital research. He has already trained journalists and students in Moldova, Uzbekistan, Morocco, Cambodia and Germany in verification in training courses, workshops and lectures. He previously studied communication, politics and history in Münster and Aix-en-Provence, worked for WDR and dpa, among others, completed a traineeship at DW and headed the digital section of the DW sports desk for eight years.