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Media Organizations
We partner with local and national media outlets, both nonprofit and for-profit, producing content in Spanish in the United States. Currently we have over 60 media organizations in our network of partners, including digital outlets, newspapers, local radio stations, and television channels.
How does Factchequeado’s partnership with media organizations work? Our media partners can republish all of the content we create, for free. Twice a week, our partners receive around 20 text, video and audio stories from us via email.
In addition, our partners have access to all of Factchequeado’s educational materials, as well as the trainings we offer on a regular basis. Our goal is to support our partners as they enhance the skills they need to identify and counter mis- and disinformation.
In exchange, our media partners participate in a weekly virtual meeting we call El Cafecito (or Coffee Chat, in English). This call is a collaborative editorial meeting where our media and other partners help us listen to the Hispanic and Latino communities they serve around the United States. During these calls and via other communication channels, our partners share the informational needs of their audiences with us, allowing us to work together to address those needs before mis- and disinformation takes hold.
How can you join Factchequeado's network of media partners? Contact Factchequeado’s Media Partnerships Manager Natalie Van Hoozer at [email protected] to explore possibilities for collaboration.
Civil Society and Community Organizations
We partner with civil society and community organizations to share our expert knowledge, help more people understand how misinformation works in Spanish in the United States, and co-design effective intervention strategies to reach the communities that need us the most.
How do we work with these partners? We monitor the topics and content that Latino communities consume. At the same time, our community partners inform us about the issues concerning them and the communities with which they work.
With this dynamic, we quickly gather information about the mis- and disinformation circulating in these communities, allowing us to efficiently create even more articles debunking false information and explaining complex topics for Latino communities.
Moreover, our civil society and community partners are key in promoting Factchequeado's WhatsApp chatbot. Sharing our WhatsApp service with these partners ensures that a greater number of people in Hispanic and Latino communities around the United States receive verified information on the platforms they use the most.
How can you join Factchequeado's network of civil society and community partners? Contact Factchequeado’s Communications, Community Engagement, and Partnerships Manager Paula Bukowinski at [email protected].
Universities and Research Organizations
We partner with institutions including universities and research organizations to analyze how mis- and disinformation operates. We also work with these organizations to further research on Spanish-language mis- and disinformation. We work together to produce evidence of what works and what doesn't with fact-checking, identifying actors who systematically produce mis- and disinformation, and adjusting our fact-checking accordingly. Our network of community and academic partners includes over 40 organizations.
How do we work with these partners? We contribute to the academic side of the fact-checking industry through training interns, collaborating on research (by providing data and consulting as experts), and producing informative, educational content to promote media literacy. Collaboratively, with our network of institutional partners, we further research and training to combat mis- and disinformation on key topics such as:
Health: Through the American Pediatrics Association, we provide training to pediatricians working in communities with a high Hispanic population. This training allows these professionals to recognize and address mis- and disinformation circulating online and in clinics, which can cause confusion among patients. We also secured funding from ABIM (American Board of Internal Medicine) and NICHM (National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation) to develop resources including videos, English-language translations, and reports aimed at addressing challenges specific to the field of health.
Elections: We collaborate with organizations including PEN America, Issue One, GALEO, and the Brennan Center for Justice to detect and counter mis- and disinformation narratives in Spanish that could affect members of Latino communities voting in the 2024 presidential elections.
Education: With the support of the Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI), we created a bilingual guide with strategies for reporters covering Latino and Spanish-speaking communities to combat mis- and disinformation.
Joint media literacy campaigns, fact-checking, and efforts to combat mis- and disinformation.
Media literacy and training programs to incorporate fact-checking into community-centered education and outreach efforts.
Educational resources such as guides, toolkits, and infographics to educate communities on mis- and disinformation and media literacy.
Events, webinars, community meetings, and workshops on key topics including media literacy and the impact of mis- and disinformation.
How to use reliable sources for journalism and research. Our academic and community partners contribute high-quality content to Factchequeado and republish our research in their networks. Additionally, they are part of a network of sources and experts frequently consulted by Factchequeado’s reporting and education teams.
How can you join Factchequeado's network of partner universities and research organizations? Contact Factchequeado’s Communications, Community Engagement, and Partnerships Manager Paula Bukowinski at [email protected].
Individuals
Become a Fact-aliado (Fact-ally, in English)! We all have valuable knowledge that can help in the fight against mis- and disinformation. Are you an expert in cooking, or even in video games? Do you know a lot about the law? Do you have health expertise? Share your knowledge with us, and together we’ll tackle the mis- and disinformation aiming to harm Latino communities.
Through our platform and social networks, we’ve built a community of over 2 million Latinos and Hispanics living in the United States. These community members receive our content and share it with their friends, family and wider networks to end the spread of mis- and disinformation. They also consult us daily to know how accurate the information they come across is.
How can I become a Fact-aliado (Fact-ally)? Have you received or found suspicious information? Send it to our WhatsApp chatbot: +1 (646) 873-6087, which is completely free. We’ll help you verify it and let you know right away if we’ve already fact-checked it on our website. Send our chatbot videos, images, audios, or suspicious texts. Our chatbot will share our fact-checks with you, which you can then send along to your friends, family and wider network.
You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok, as well as recommend us to friends and acquaintances. You can also contact Factchequeado’s Social Media Manager Olivia Rivarola at [email protected] to propose ideas for social media content or collaborations.
