This workshop digs into examples of rumors and false claims spread on WhatsApp in Brasil to provide a guide to investigating and verifying content in messaging apps. Drawn from material in the new Ver...
Sergio Ludtke
Sérgio Lüdtke is editor-in-chief of the Comprova Project, a coalition of 24 media outlets to verify false content about public policies in Brazil.
As a researcher, he studies new media digital natives in Brazil. He is the academic coordinator of the Abraji courses (Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism) and coordinator of Atlas da Notícia, Projor’s initiative to map local news gaps in Brazil.
He holds a Masters in Journalistic Business Management from the IESE Business School of the University of Navarra and an MBA in Digital Marketing from the Fundação Getúlio Vargas. He has been a book editor, Internet and Innovation editor at Grupo RBS and editor of digital platforms of the magazine Época (Grupo Globo). He coordinated the Masters in Digital Journalism at IESE and the Digital Video Accelerator (Facebook/ICFJ).
Launching the new Verification Handbook for disinformation and media manipulation
The European Journalism Centre is releasing a new, free resource to help journalists investigate digital disinformation and media manipulation. This new edition of the celebrated Verification Handbook...