Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Thursday Poynter webinar to share covid-19 data and fact-checking resources for reporters, discuss reporting pitfalls

The Poynter Institute will host a free 30-minute webinar at 2 p.m. ET Thursday, April 16, to help journalists cover covid-19 as accurately as possible. Click here to get more information or register.

Senior multimedia reporter Alex Mahadevan will share data sources your newsroom can use immediately for reporting and fact-checking, tools and resources to help you interpret pandemic data, and advice on how to avoid common pitfalls in reporting covid-19 data.

One resource you can use (and which the webinar will likely highlight) is the #CoronaVirusFacts Alliance, a Poynter-led group of more than 100 fact-checkers from all over the world that publishes a frequently updated searchable database of covid-19 fact-checks.

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