MIT offers fact-checking workshop [US]

Posted on Aug 28, 2019 in Information Integrity

Journalists interested in fact-checking with a focus on science can apply for a free workshop at MIT.

The Knight Science Journalism program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is accepting applications for a fact-checking workshop, which will take place Nov. 9 and 10 in Dedham, Massachusetts.

The workshop is part of a project to improve fact-checking in science journalism, funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

Participants will receive travel, accommodations and meals.

The deadline is Sept. 9.