KSU journalism students learned techniques to combat disinformation

On March 5, the 2nd online webinar was held as part of the project "Building a Tolerant

information space by regional media" entitled "Fact-checking techniques in the

in the fight against disinformation for the preparation of information and analytical materials".

The first module was titled "Who creates fakes and why," where an expert from the

"Yuriy Khrystenzen, an expert at the Odesa Political Platform media center, told the webinar participants about

the history of Soviet and Russian propaganda, gave examples of propaganda

campaigns of these two regimes and drew parallels between them. The participants of the event noted

interesting and informative infographics and diagrams used by Mr. Christensen during his

during his presentation.

In the second module, titled "Exposing Fakes and Manipulation," the co-founder of the

Olga Yurkova, co-founder of the StopFake project, taught journalists algorithms for countering disinformation and

and familiarized participants with tools for exposing fakes and manipulations. A significant

of the time the trainer devoted to analyzing and refuting the stereotypes that currently

that currently prevail in Ukrainian society.

As a reminder, on February 22, the project "Building a Tolerant Information Space by Regional Media

a series of educational webinars organized by the Vinnytsia Press Club

by the Vinnytsia Press Club with the support of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems

(IFES), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and British aid from the

(UKAID). The project coordinator is Svitlana Shevchuk.

The next webinar will be held on the topic: "Public Dialogue: Peculiarities of Equal Coverage of All Groups of

and the role of the media in building it" will take place on March 15.

Author - Oleksandr Sipko, second-year student majoring in Journalism