Are we winning the COVID-19 disinformation war?

Covid-19 Pandemic continues to influence journalism, the broader information ecosystem and future health care. As part of the Temasek Foundation WAN-IFRA Journalism Programme we are offering webinars to journalists to identify emerging trends and help stay current when reporting.

The Disinformation War

Each new wave of Covid brings fresh attempts to mislead, deceive and/or control the narrative. This webinar will explore the strategies being used to clean the information ecosystem and tools to equip journalists and newsrooms for the ongoing battle for truth.

Some questions we will put to the panelists:

• Who are the main sources on bad information on science and heath in your patch?
• How does your newsroom decide which disinformation to fact check or call out?
• The problem is bigger than newsrooms. What strategies do you recommend for tackling the wider challenge?