JK News Today
Jammu, September 09:
Press Club of Jammu (PCJ) on Friday conducted a training programme for journalists and journalism students on fact-checking methods and tools.
Dr. Rakesh Goswami GNI India Training Network Trainer, professor, and Regional Director, Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Jammu conducted the training programme.
The training programme was aimed to combat fake news and misinformation. During the programme, participants were informed about tools for visual and verification.
Dr. Rakesh Goswami informed the journalists about methods, apps, and tools to be adopted to check facts of images, videos, and data received from different sources on social media or other means.
Participants were equipped with different tools and methodologies to deal with dis/misinformation in all its forms. Special attention was given to the different tools that journalists can use to verify different forms of information such as text, images, videos websites, locations, and social media accounts, among others.
In his opening remarks, Dr. Rakesh Goswami said misinformation, and disinformation are the bane of our society and have a huge cost.
“Technology has made it easier to create compelling, believable fake images. Posts that use text and visuals are more believed than textual disinformation. For the uninitiated, distinguishing between original and manipulated images is difficult. It is very important for all of us to learn about the tools and techniques of fact-checking”, he said.
He further said that in the era of technology, it has become more important than ever for journalists to provide the public with accurate information, considering the flood of false information on different platforms of social media.
Earlier two former presidents of the Press Club of Club Manu Shrivatsa and Ashwani Kumar welcomed Dr. Rakesh Goswami by presenting him with bouquets.
President of Press Club Jammu Sanjeev Pargal presented a memento on behalf of the club management to Dr. Goswami.
Columnist and writer Sunny Dua, in his vote thanks, said that journalists must be equipped with skills, knowledge, and tools in fact-checking. Therefore, there is no better time than now, to hold such training programmes.
Vice-president of Press Club Zorawar Singh Jamwal, secretary general Dinesh Manhotra, treasurer Channi Anand, Nishikant Khajuria, Kunal Shrivatsa, Vishal Bharat, Dinesh Mahajan, Govind Chouhan, Ajay Menia and Deepak Khajuria (all executive members of PCJ) were present in the training programme.
