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Factchequeado is a non-partisan, non-profit organization closing the information gap in Spanish for more than 68 million Latinos . We expand access to verified, relevant content and strengthen Spanish-language media by fostering innovation, collaboration, and community-driven solutions.
In just three years, we have become the largest collaborative effort against disinformation in Spanish in the U.S., according to the BBC.
We act as a bridge, uniting journalists, media outlets, content creators, technologists, social leaders and grassroots organizations who once worked in silos. Together, we co-produce and distribute reliable, culturally relevant content — empowering communities with trustworthy information where they already are. Our work is grounded in active listening and continuous engagement with our audiences, ensuring that every piece of content responds to their real information needs and lived experiences.
Learn about our impact in 2024 by clicking here.
Mission
We empower citizens with high quality journalism, innovative civic technology, and educational tools and skills that sharpen their ability to think critically, better navigate information ecosystems, and engage meaningfully in public debate.
At the same time, we support Spanish-language media by fostering collaboration, building capacities and new workflows, and sharing resources and tech tools that help them to expand their reach and impact — and uplift their audiences.
Vision
Our vision is twofold: to transform the Spanish-language information ecosystem into one that is collaborative, resilient, and innovative, amplifying the voices historically excluded and to empower Latino communities to shape their own narratives through access to trusted, clear, and actionable information.
We envision well-informed, resilient Latino communities strengthened by trustworthy information that fuels social change and reinforces democracy.
Pillars
Collaboration: Build shared workflows, tools, and infrastructure to reinforce the Spanish-language media ecosystem, partnering with 135+ outlets and grassroots organizations across the country. Currently we serve 25 states and Puerto Rico.
Innovation: Conduct research on Latino news consumption and create diverse, audience-centered formats that deliver accurate, timely information on the platforms and channels where our communities are most engaged.
Civic Technology: Develop civic tech that deepen community engagement, strengthen digital resilience, and ensure Latino communities have access to timely, trustworthy information.
In parallel, we develop technological and AI solutions tailored to the needs of Spanish-speaking media, helping newsrooms streamline operations, expand reach, diversify revenue models, and produce higher-quality, community-centered journalism. Capacity Building: Train journalists, content creators, community leaders and trusted messengers to produce reliable content in Spanish and strengthen media and AI literacy within Latino communities.
Team
We are a multidisciplinary team of Latino journalists, technologists, educators, strategists, and community builders, combining a hyper-local approach with global knowledge and reach.
Backed by more than 20 years of experience from our co-founders Chequeado (Argentina) and Maldita.es (Spain) — pioneers in working with Spanish-language audiences — we believe journalism is a public good that must be transparent, collaborative, innovative, and impactful.
We are Latinos and we understand Latino communities: the challenges we face, the platforms we use, the formats we prefer and the information we need. We speak the same language. This familiarity allows us to bridge cultural gaps, ensuring that solutions are not only relevant but deeply connect with the communities we serve.
Partners
We build long-term, transformative collaborations to extend our impact with a growing network of 135+ allies in 25 states and Puerto Rico .
Content Sharing: Every week, partners freely republish 20–25 pieces of original content (articles, videos, audios).
Network Building: Our weekly El Cafecito meetings foster trust and collaboration across the network, providing a space to share audience insights, explore training opportunities, exchange tools, identify key topics to cover, and coordinate rapid responses to information gaps and disinformation campaigns.
Infrastructure and Tools: We co-create workflows, resources, and civic technology that strengthen the Spanish-language media ecosystem and support local outlets.
Training & Capacity Building: We equip journalists, content creators, and community leaders with skills, strategies, and civic technologies to produce and distribute accurate information, strengthening their role as trusted messengers.
Together, we amplify impact, strengthen Latino voices, and ensure Spanish-speaking communities have access to reliable, timely, and relevant information.
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Innovation
Through our Innovation Lab, we blend human expertise and technology to strengthen the Spanish-language media ecosystem.
Active Listening: Continuous research and real time community feedback shape our strategies.
Workflow Acceleration: We design and adapt tools that streamline news production processes and enhance the quality and impact of our content.
Social-First Strategy: Meet audiences where they are — on WhatsApp, social media, and other digital spaces— with formats designed to outsmart algorithms and capture attention.
We test, pilot, measure and share best practices across our entire network to ensure scalable, lasting impact.
Media Literacy
We empower the next generation of trusted messengers and our community with cutting-edge training and resources.
We train our community, journalists, media professionals, grassroots leaders, and researchers in the latest tools and strategies to address information gaps in Spanish. By providing culturally relevant, accessible, and community-driven AI and media literacy resources, we enable Latino communities to use technology responsibly, build digital resilience, and participate fully in civic and social life.
Impact
Learn about our impact in 2024 by clicking here.
We fill information gaps in Spanish. In 2024, we reached an audience of more than 3 million people in Latino communities in the United States through over 130 partners in 25 states and Puerto Rico.
Awards and Recognition
These recognitions illustrate Factchequeado's commitment with innovation, trust and accurate and reliable information, and highlight outstanding contributions from its leadership and team.
Fellowships
Factchequeado in Media
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We Encourage Systemic Changes and Celebrate All Achievements
More original and verified content in Spanish to close the gap, fill information gaps and empower Latino communities.
Factchequeado does not only produce quality content in Spanish, which is shared in its own communication channels, but it also shares it for free with over 100 allies to contribute to sustainability of local media that create content in Spanish and encourage more media organizations to be bilingual.
Since our launch, we have helped Yahoo en Español, El Tiempo Latino, Huella Zero, elToque.com, for example, to increase their production of verified content in Spanish, and several local NPR stations to increase their bilingual programs.
We also contributed with NGOs to explain better how Latinos consume information, so they would be more open to invest in translating content, producing bilingual materials and being more present in WhatsApp and social media, which is where Latino communities receive most of their information.
We encourage and celebrate, for example, the launch of Brennan Center in Spanish, the support of Pen America for the WhatsApp course in Spanish Fact-challenge, and Issue One’s decision to translate its content about election processes.
We inform the public debate and have become a source of authorized evidence and consultation on mis- and disinformation in languages other than English for media outlets all around the word, and academic and institutional spaces.
Transparency
Learn how we fill information gaps that affect Hispanic and Latino communities, and who supports us.
