Nearly 60% of Americans – including nearly equal shares of Republicans and Democrats – say they’re extremely or very worried that people or organizations seeking to influence the 2024 election will use AI to create and distribute fake or misleading information about the candidates and campaigns, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. This as trust in the media remains at record lows. In this environment, journalists must be able to take on fact-checking with authority and authenticity.

In the How to Fact-Check the 2024 Election online briefing, professor, author and JournalistsToolbox.ai founder Mike Reilley will showcase the best tools and practices. In this interactive webinar, we’ll explore ways to fight back against misinformation and disinformation during election coverage. We’ll use tools such as Google Fact-Check Explorer to track fact-checked images and stories and reverse image search and other Google tools to check election claims. We’ll break down doctored video and audio with WatchFramebyFrame and Deepfake-o-meter. We’ll also look at the innovative Rolliapp.com to track disinformation spreaders on social channels.

Participants get a handout with links to tools and exercise materials you can take to your newsroom.

Note: Prior to the training, set up a free Rolliapp.com “press pass” account as it takes a couple of days to get approved. Use the passcode JOURNOAI

This webinar is supported by RTDNA/Google News Initiative.