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Joscha Weber founded DW's fact-checking team in 2020 and has headed it ever since. He moderates the fact-checking video formats for online, TV and social media and developed DW's fact-checking formats. He is also a trainer for fact-checking and digital research. In trainings, workshops and lectures he has already trained journalists and students in Moldova, Uzbekistan, Morocco, Cambodia and Germany in fact-checking. Previously, he studied communication, politics and history in Münster and Aix-en-Provence, worked for German regional broadcaster WDR and the German Press Agency dpa, among others, completed a traineeship at DW and headed the digital section of DW's sports editorial department for eight years.

Joscha Weber

Events

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LVR LandesMuseum

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Festival ticket required

How can we effectively combat disinformation?

With Caroline Lindekamp, Joscha Weber, Rachel Baig and Kian Badrnejad

"On every social media platform, we encounter a plethora of false information, propaganda, and fakes. With the rise of AI applications, the question of what is authentic and what is not has become more pressing than ever. Journalism must provide constructive answers in this scenario - but how? How effective are fact-checks, explainers for improving media literacy, and preventive measures?