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Content verification strategy

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Strengthen team processes and capabilities to ensure the accuracy of content disseminated and/or used in editorial production, and know how to rectify errors where necessary.

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At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Understanding the importance of fact-checking in journalism
  • Demonstrate critical thinking skills and know how to question information and sources to ensure their accuracy and veracity
  • Apply process development and updating steps to ensure content accuracy 
  • Verify that the media's editorial lines are translated into processes that ensure content accuracy
  • Articulate tasks and responsibilities within teams to ensure effective and efficient implementation of content verification processes
  • Present information in a way that avoids inaccuracies, distortions and misinterpretations
  • Organize a timely and transparent process for correcting erroneous content
  • Adopt best practices for publishing content corrections

Jacqueline Dalton – 
Fondation Hirondelle

Jackie Dalton is head of editorial content at Fondation Hirondelle, an organisation which aims to ensure that populations in crisis-affected countries have access to reliable information and spaces for dialogue. Jackie has 20 years’ experience in media and in humanitarian programming.

Emmanuel De Solère Stinzy -
Journalism trainer


Emmanuel is the founder and director of Journalists and Mediators, a French non-profit which works to strength democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights through quality journalism and mediation. Emmanuel also works as a journalist for various partners in Africa and France including CFI, Syfia International and Fondation Hirondelle.


Fondation Hirondelle is a Swiss non-profit organization working to ensure that people facing crises have access to reliable, local, independent information. It has been supporting local media and journalists in fragile contexts for over 30 years (since 1995).

To successfully complete the course and get your certificate, you will need to achieve a 60% pass rate for the graded assessment.