Guest lecture by Joscha Weber: Fact-checking - mindset, possibilities, tools

The lecture takes place as part of the module Research and Verification for the degree programmes Technical Journalismand Visual Technology Communication, but is open to all interested parties. Based on the mindset of journalists, whose professional self-image includes the verification of information, Joscha Weber shows possibilities and tools for professionals to expose fakes.

He himself developed and moderates the fact-checking video formats for online, TV and social media at Deutsche Welle. He is also a trainer for fact-checking and digital research. He has already trained journalists and students in Moldova, Taiwan, Indonesia, Albania and Germany on verification in training courses, workshops and lectures. He previously studied communication, politics and history in Münster and Aix-en-Provence, worked for WDR and dpa, among others, completed a traineeship at DW and headed the digital section of the DW sports desk for eight years.