Google To Train Indian Journalists On Ways To Fight Fake News

Main Image
  • Like
  • Comment
  • Share

Google’s New Initiative has launched a campaign whereby it aims to train network of journalists across India. The extensive training programme will raise awareness against misinformation and provide new tools to journalists in their fight against fake news.

“The focus of the training will be fact-checking, online verification and digital hygiene for journalists, using a curriculum built by experts from First Draft, Storyful, AltNews, BoomLive, Factchecker.in, and DataLeads,” said Google.

Also Read: How To Send SMS From PC With Google Android Messages for Web

GNI Training Program: Dates, Location, and How to apply

The Google News Initiative is estimated to train 8000 journalists in English and six other Indian languages in the next one year. For this, the Network will select 200 journalists from cities across India, who will hone their skills in verification and training during 5-day train-the-trainer boot camps.

There will be three rounds of applications to become a Google-certified trainer. Here are the dates and locations for the Google training camps:

Language Date Location Application deadline
English July 30 – August 3 Gurugram June 30
Hindi August 20 -24 Gurugram July 15
Kannada August 27 – 31 Bengaluru July 15
Tamil September 17 – 22 Chennai July 15
Telugu November 19 – 22 Hyderabad September 15
Marathi December 3 – 7 Mumbai September 15
Bengali January 15 -19 Kolkata September 15

Also Read: How to identify Apps that are pushing pop-up ads on Android Phone?

Journalists or journalism professors who wish to attend the Google News Initiative programme can do so by applying here. Google said that the applications are considered on a rolling basis, with limited seats for each language.

Newsroom, press club or journalism colleges interested in joining and hosting one of these training programs for teams/ members/ students, can share their interests here.

Commenting on the new initiative, Irene Jay Liu, Google News Lab Lead, Asia-Pacific, said:

“Supporting trusted, authoritative media sources is a top priority for Google, which is why we are proud to collaborate with Internews, DataLeads and BoomLive to support journalists in their fight against misinformation in India. Our goal is to train more than 200 trainers, who will then train 8,000 journalists in six languages over the next year, making this Google’s largest training network in the world. When journalists and communities work together, armed with the online tools to verify information, they can build a bulwark of trusted media to fight the tide of misinformation.

Ashish KumarAshish Kumar
He is Journalism graduate, sports lover, and a passionate reader. Just like others his eyes is also filled with dreams and believes that one day those dreams will come true. Cheers!

Related Articles

ImageHere’s When The New iPad Air And iPad Pro Models Could Arrive

Apple recently launched the new M3 MacBook Air models via press release. At the same time, there was chatter about the new iPad Air and iPad Pro models, but the company didn’t release these products. However, according to a new report, the iPad maker is gearing up to release the new models soon. And it …

ImageHow To Check Live Trains Status on Google Maps in simple steps?

Google Maps has continually added a bunch of features on its platform for years. In 2019, it introduced three features targeted towards public transport wherein you can check out the bus travel timings in 10 cities, real-time status of trains in India as well as suggestions to commute using other modes of transport if that’s …

ImageHow To Check Live Train Running Status on Google Maps

Google Maps has become a staple in terms of navigation maps in India and abroad offering great features, travel modes, and more. You can find a route to your destination on foot, car, bikes, public transport, ferries, and more without any hassle. Cut to now, there’s a new feature that users across iOS and Android …

ImageReddit reportedly struck a $60mn deal to sell your data to Google for AI training

You must have used Microsoft Copilot, Google Bard (now Gemini), or OpenAI ChatGPT. All these are examples of generative AI based on large language models trained on troves of data. In the latest development, Google has partnered with Reddit to get access to its treasure of data for AI training. The agreement is estimated to …

ImageGoogle Confirms Pixel 8a Ahead Of The Launch In A Rather Unusual Way

Google is famous for spoiling its smartphones months before the official launch. In recent years, the flagship smartphone lineup and the company’s smartwatch have been leaked ahead of launch, not just in renders or schematics but also in decent-quality photos or videos. For the Pixel 8a, the company’s upcoming smartphone, leaks started to surface online …

Discuss

Be the first to leave a comment.