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Media Matters for Democracy
Media Matters for Democracy
🔵 Once again we are please to share that The Current has become the latest news organization in which MMfD has deployed its Trends Monitor toolkit. This toolkit has been exclusively developed by MMfD's team to empower newsrooms across Pakistan, enabling their journalists to effectively counter disinformation and report on organized disinformation campaigns on social media platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter (now X), and WhatsApp (Public Groups).🔵 We conducted hands-on training sessions with the digital outlet's team members, during which they learned about data collection and cleaning techniques. We look forward to the team producing excellent stories on countering disinformation as the country prepares for elections.#trendsmonitor #digitalinvestigation ... See MoreSee Less

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In a recent training session, MMfD has equipped journalists at the Samaa Digital with the Trends Monitor toolkit, a digital investigation resource developed by team Media Matters that is extremely useful resource for newsrooms in countering disinformation on various online platforms, including Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, and even WhatsApp (public groups). We have received excellent feedback from the participants regarding the effectiveness of our toolkit in navigating online spaces. Our goal is to promote credible and high-quality journalism, enhance fact-checking processes, and optimise data usage for impactful storytelling. These training sessions are part of our newsroom-focused series.#TrendsMonitor #digitalinvestigation ... See MoreSee Less

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Media Matters for Democracy, in partnership with APC, organised its first regional convening around gendered disinformation titled 'Building Collective Resilience: Women Journalists and Human Rights Defenders Against Gendered Misinformation.' A diverse group of participants, comprising women journalists and women human rights defenders, gathered from various South Asian countries to share their compelling stories of resilience, courage, and the challenges they face in navigating online spaces plagued by gendered disinformation.Our extraordinary women participants opened up about the impact of gendered disinformation campaigns in their respective countries, shedding light on the silencing effect it has on women and marginalised groups. We also discussed the crucial role that big tech platforms need to play, as well as the challenges posed by different repressive laws and regulations in countries across South Asia.Participants charted a path forward, deliberating on diverse approaches to form a collective strategy for their rights advocacy across all digital platforms.#genderdeddisinformation #buildingresilience ... See MoreSee Less

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Faheem Hussain from Aaj news digital shares how digital investigation toolkit 'Trends Monitor' developed by MMfD, is a must-have resource for newsrooms to counter online disinformation. #disinformation #digitalinvestigation #trendsmonitor ... See MoreSee Less

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Hear what Sana Jamil, Digital Editor Geo News English has to say on recent training we conducted with their newsroom staff on our digital investigation tool kit, Trends Monitor. #DigitalTools #TrendsMonitor ... See MoreSee Less

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📣 Applications for Electoral Reporting Training Program are closed now. A huge thank you to all the applicants. Stay tuned for more updates! ... See MoreSee Less

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📣 Attention!MMfD is looking for enthusiastic journalists to apply for a two-day workshop on Election Reporting and Countering Disinformation.The training program is designed to help journalists understand the best practices in electoral reporting, to get them acquainted with the digital fact-checking tools to identify disinformation patterns and methodologies to critically assess news sources and fact-check claims.Apply here: forms.gle/mfAFSbf9CSSP8PQDA ... See MoreSee Less

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We are excited to share that Aaj News and Geo Digital have received access to our toolkit, Trends Monitor. We held back-to-back trainings in their newsrooms where we introduced to participants digital tools they can use for countering disinformation on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, and even WhatsApp (Public groups), and provided them hands on training on Data Journalism. The purpose: produce credible and quality journalism, improve the fact-checking process in newsrooms, and ensure optimal use of data to tell stories which matter. The trainings are a part of our series of sessions designed specifically for newsrooms. If you think, your newsroom can benefit from this training then please reach us out at info@mediamatters.pk ... See MoreSee Less

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