"The International Center for Journalists' (ICFJ) Disarming Disinformation initiative is a three-year program, supported by the Scripps Howard Foundation, that aims to slow the spread of disinformation through multiple programs such as investigative journalism, capacity building and media literacy education. ICFJ partnered with MediaWise from the Poynter Institute to develop and deliver media literacy programming. The media literacy training of trainers program accepted global participants for two different cohorts."
"She started her career as a reporter for Convoca, a Peruvian-based investigative journalism organization, digging into the Panama Papers as part of an international coalition of journalists. Later, Ascarza transitioned into education at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, where she helped the next generation of reporters learn the craft. But it wasn't until the public health crisis - and the mistrust that fueled Peru's anti-vaccine movement - that she realized how central the fight against falsehoods had become."
"At Salad con lupa, a newsroom focused on public health, she saw firsthand how dangerous misinformation could be. Training with Chequeado and MediaWise introduced her to the concept of media literacy as a tool for teachers and entire communities. Through the International Center for Journalists' Disarming Disinformation initiative, she turned that idea into action, reaching more than 150 people - from students to community leaders - with skills to spot and"
ICFJ's Disarming Disinformation is a three-year, Scripps Howard Foundation–supported initiative that slows disinformation through investigative journalism, capacity building and media literacy education. ICFJ partnered with MediaWise to develop and deliver media literacy programming and ran a training-of-trainers program with two global cohorts. The program has trained 27 trainers who have reached over 3,200 people. Lucero Ascarza, a former Convoca reporter who investigated the Panama Papers and later taught journalism at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, confronted COVID-19-era misinformation in classrooms and public health reporting. At Salad con lupa and through partnerships with Chequeado and MediaWise she trained more than 150 people to spot and counter misinformation.
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