MediaWise International Fact-Checking Day 2022

Celebrate International Fact-Checking Day with MediaWise. Whether you’re a teacher, an older adult, teen — or a teen’s parent — you can prepare to salute facts April 2, with these digital media literacy resources. Check out videos, WhatsApp courses and activities that will equip you with fact-checking skills to fight misinformation online.

As a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network, which is organizing the effort with global fact-checking organizations, MediaWise remains a staunch advocate for truth on social media. MediaWise celebrates facts every day. Now you can too.

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Instructors

  • Alexa Volland
    Former Youth Programming Manager, MediaWise
    Alexa Volland oversaw the MediaWise Teen Fact-Checking Network and the Campus Correspondent project — both national, virtual newsrooms made up of students that produce fact-checks...
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  • Heaven Taylor-Wynn
    Multimedia Reporter, MediaWise
    Heaven Taylor-Wynn is a digital journalist who joined MediaWise in 2019 shortly after graduating from the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications. The...
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  • Vanya Tsvetkova
    Former Interactive Learning Designer, MediaWise
    Vanya 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...
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  • Brittani Kollar
    Deputy Director, MediaWise
    Brittani 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...
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  • Alex Mahadevan
    MediaWise Director and Poynter Faculty
    Alex 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...
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