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France
France 24’s Pauline Paccard and Alexandre Capron lead French speakers in a free 10-day WhatsApp course designed by MediaWise.
The daily 5-minute lessons include simple, yet practical, techniques designed to improve digital engagement and awareness. By the end of the course, learners will be able to identify and explain different types of misinformation, and practice techniques professional fact-checkers use for verification.
MediaWise partnered with France 24 to customize and localize the educational content. France 24 is actively involved in the fight against misinformation with broadcasts to 444 million households worldwide. Programs include “Info ou Intox” (“Truth or Fake”), daily on-air fact-checking segments, a weekly video module with tips on detecting false news, and an annual edition designed for high school students in France and overseas.
Capron and Paccard, France 24 journalists, join this educational effort as MediaWise Ambassadors. They walk learners through the daily WhatsApp message, question and video. Participants must respond to the question to guarantee a lesson the next day.
YouTube series
Pauline Paccard and Alexandre Capron of France 24 walk you through what misinformation is, how it spreads and why it is sometimes hard to identify false information.
In the news
How digital media literacy training can help bridge conversations
A Q&A with MediaWise international training manager Brittani Kollar
June 17, 2022
Poynter’s MediaWise expands its digital media literacy program to help France slow the spread of misinformation
The free fact-checking course teaches French citizens how to separate fact from fiction on the internet and social media.
February 23, 2022
The Poynter Institute’s MediaWise announces international expansion of digital media literacy program to address global information disorder
The program will empower older adults in Brazil, Spain and Turkey to be more critical consumers of online content.
December 13, 2021
Ambassadors
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Alexandre CapronJournalist, France 24Alexandre Capron joined France 24 in 2012 and has been presenting the French version of the Observers program since 2016. A graduate of Sciences Po...Read More
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Pauline PaccardJournalist and Anchor, France 24Pauline Paccard has fifteen years of journalism experience under her belt. A graduate of Sciences Po Paris, she helped launch France 24 where she covered...Read More
Instructors
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Vanya TsvetkovaFormer Interactive Learning Designer, MediaWiseVanya Tsvetkova develops curricula in various formats to teach fact-checking and media literacy skills to audiences of all ages in the U.S. and abroad. Vanya...Read More
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Miriam ValverdeDeputy Editor, PolitiFactMiriam Valverde is a deputy editor at PolitiFact. Previously, she fact-checked claims about immigration, public policy, and COVID-19 as a PolitiFact staff writer. Miriam led...Read More
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Brittani KollarDeputy Director, MediaWiseBrittani Kollar is the deputy director of MediaWise, Poynter’s digital media literacy project that teaches people of all ages how to spot misinformation online. As...Read More
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Alex MahadevanMediaWise Director and Poynter FacultyAlex Mahadevan is faculty at Poynter and director of MediaWise, Poynter’s digital media literacy project that teaches people of all ages how to spot misinformation...Read More
