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Opinion | Will the future of fact-checking flourish or founder? 2025 marks a new turning point

Now is the time for action to protect the work that holds the line on reality

April 2, 2025

Angie Drobnic Holan

Financial pressures and harassment are among top concerns for fact-checkers worldwide, report finds

‘State of the Fact-checkers’ 2024 was released for International Fact-Checking Day on April 2

April 2, 2025

Maria Ramirez Uribe

Opinion | A pioneer in nonprofit investigative journalism hits the end of its life cycle

The Center for Public Integrity blazed a trail for nonprofit newsrooms. Three decades later, it couldn’t survive the path it cleared.

April 2, 2025

Investigating disinformation narratives webinar announced by IFCN

The free webinar is a gift to journalists and the global fact-checking community in honor of International Fact-Checking Day

April 2, 2025

GlobalFact 12 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, opens registration for June conference

GlobalFact to welcome more than 300 fact-checkers from 80 countries

April 2, 2025

The International Fact-Checking Network

MediaWise’s Teen Fact-Checking Network expands across Europe

Known as TFCN Europe, the peer-to-peer fact-checking and media literacy initiative will now be operating in six European Union countries

April 2, 2025

On International Fact-Checking Day, PolitiFact explains the truth in Trump’s tariffs agenda

April 2 is Intl. Fact-Checking Day and Trump’s ‘liberation day.’ PolitiFact’s editor explains why we dig into policy arguments in search of truth.

April 2, 2025

Fact-checkers face intimidation in Eastern Europe as USAID cuts embolden authoritarian tactics

Trump administration's USAID claims give political cover for a crackdown on independent media overseas

April 2, 2025

Concerned about press freedom? Here are some things you can do about it.

Democracy needs a free press, and a free press needs support — here’s how everyday people can help defend it.

April 1, 2025

Amaris Castillo

Opinion | The latest White House-press corps kerfuffle is over who sits where — and a whole lot more

It’s not just about seating charts. It’s about the White House asserting power over an independent press.

April 1, 2025

Anonymous X account shares falsehoods to Elon Musk, top US officials. What we know about ‘Amuse’

Amuse built a massive following by pushing false claims, earning attention from Elon Musk, RFK Jr. and other high-profile conservatives

April 1, 2025

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