Celebrating fact-checking around the globe

Chief Fact-Checker Laments Decline In Influence On International Fact-Checking Day

Most people probably do not know who Angie Drobnic Holan is, but they should. Holan is the director of the International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter, and on April 2, or International Fact-Checking Day, she wrote an op-ed bemoaning the setbacks the industry has taken in 2025 from Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and the Trump Administration.

Fact-checker warning labels are effective even for those who distrust fact-checkers

Celebrating fact-checking around the globe - Seymour Tribune

It’s International Fact-Checking Day, an event to highlight the work of fact-checkers around the world. In a message marking the day, Angie Drobnic Holan, director of the the International Fact-Checking Network, noted the recent challenges faced by fact-checkers, including a loss of funding and attacks on fact-checkers and their organizations. “This is indeed a crisis for fact-checkers, but it’s even worse for the general public,” Holan said Wed…

Celebrating fact-checking around the globe

Every year, fact-checkers celebrate and highlight their work on April 2.

GlobalFact 12 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, opens registration for June conference

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (April 2, 2025) — The world’s fact-checkers will convene in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the Fundação Getulio Vargas for the 12th annual GlobalFact summit from June […] The post GlobalFact 12 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, opens registration for June conference appeared first on Poynter.