In uncertain times, being prepared against disinformation matters more than ever. The Age of Disinformation is a new resource series that gives Canadian magazine professionals practical tools, strategies and best practices to combat disinformation and misinformation.
Magazines Canada commissioned a whitepaper to explore the disinformation threats confronting Canadian magazines and the opportunities to insulate the industry. The resulting whitepaper, You Cannot Afford to Ignore the Disinformation…
By Kaleigh Rogers Disinformation has caused a disintegration in an already declining level of trust in journalism. In this Hotsheet, disinformation reporter Kaleigh Rogers explains how magazines can build bridges…
By Dominik Grau, Managing Director, BeuthVerlag GmbH Algorithms shape how we consume content and the way content or services are recommended to us. In this Hotsheet, international expert Dominic Grau…
Looking to international best practices, Magazines Canada commissioned the case study Verificado and the 2018 Mexican Election on the collaborative fact-checking initiative that saw 90 newsrooms come together to fight…
Faktisk: Norway’s Fact-Checking Cooperative is about the fact-checking initiative, Faktisk.no from Norway. This website was launched as a collaborative effort between media rivals Dagbladet, one of Norway’s largest newspapers, VG…
By Daniel Funke, Staff Writer at PolitiFact Sometimes, the best defence against disinformation is getting the facts right. In this Hotsheet, Politifact’s Daniel Funke offers tips and tools for magazine…
By Fergus Bell, CEO of FATHM Sharing false visuals is the last thing publishers want to share—it could harm their credibility and the trust their audience has in them. In…
Sorting Truth from Fiction with Social Media Tools: Learn how to track coordinated disinformation campaign with a new tool that instantly detects the use of fake accounts in this webinar with Pik-Mai Hui, Marc McCarty and Valentin Pentchev from Indiana University’s Observatory on Social Media.
As society struggles with an overload of disinformation and misinformation, magazines find themselves in a unique position because of their abiding commitment to the integrity of information and communication.