ONA Weekly #539: Explore The Latest Tools And Best Practices For Fact-checking

Explore the latest tools and best practices for fact-checking

Mike Reilley, Senior Lecturer at the University of Illinois-Chicago and founder of Journalist’s Toolbox AI, is leading another highly practical training on Dec. 11. This RTDNA/Google News Initiative session will demonstrate ways to combat misinformation and disinformation with tools such as Google Fact-Check Explore, WatchFramebyFrame, Deepfake-o-meter and Rolli. This training is open to and free for the ONA community to access. Learn more and register now.

(More) Big change ahead for news products

Coming up in New York City: ONA is co-presenting a panel conversation during TVNewsCheck’s 11th annual NewsTECHForum to dive into the changes coming to UX and UI for news products. Rubina Madan Fillion, ONA board member and Associate Editorial Director of A.I. Initiatives at The New York Times, will moderate a discussion on how news product development is evolving alongside consumers’ changing habits and the mainstream adoption of AI-powered tools.

NewsTechForum is a one-day summit to be held Dec. 17 at the New York Hilton Midtown hotel in New York City. The session Rebooting the Digital Product Suite is happening 11-11:45 a.m. Registration is free for anyone who works in a newsroom or journalism support organization.

We’re hiring!

We’re looking for ONA’s next Executive Director/CEO to lead our community into a new phase of growth and strengthen our impact in the industry. This role is based anywhere within the U.S., with frequent travel to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions, and requires a creative and visionary strategist with strong experience leading major initiatives and teams.

Is that you? Is there a colleague you would recommend? Learn more about the position. We’re reviewing applications on a rolling basis and encourage all candidates to express their interest by Jan. 1, 2025, for the strongest consideration.

Mark your calendar

• Dec. 5: Simplify and Contextualize Your Audience Data with Metrics for News, with American Press Institute
• Dec. 10: AI Innovator Collaborative
• Dec. 11: Fact-Checking Tools and Best Practices
• Dec. 11: El futuro del SEO en medios ante la IA, con Clara Soteras, with the ONA Spain group (Virtual)
• Dec. 17: Rebooting the Digital Product Suite @ NewsTECHForum NEW!

Career opportunities

ONA’s Career Center is an excellent resource for jobs, fellowships and internships in digital journalism. Recent postings include:

• Executive Director/CEO, Online News Association Join the ONA team!
• News and Politics Writer, Texas Monthly NEW!
• Dean of the School of Communication and the Arts, Marist College NEW!
• Director of Development, The Fuller Project NEW!
• Senior Editor, Raw Story
• Nieman Fellowship, Harvard University Nieman Foundation for Journalism
• Managing Editor, Sojourners Online
• Regional Managing Editor, Gulf States Newsroom
• Communities Reporter, The Denton Record-Chronicle, KERA
• Director of Development, The Fuller Project
• Assistant Professor of Artificial Intelligence, UX/UI Design, and Data Visualization, Ohio University
• Chief Audience Officer, Rest of World
• Breaking News Reporter, The Texas Newsroom, KERA
• Environment and Energy Reporter, The Connecticut Mirror
• Audience Development Editor, Adirondack Explorer, Inc.
• Managing Editor/Planning & Audience Engagement, Lee Enterprises/Greensboro News & Record, Winston-Salem Journal
• Collaborations Project Manager, Institute for Nonprofit News
• Audience Development Editor, Adirondack Explorer
• Science Reporting Fellow, The Transmitter, Simons Foundation
• Higher Ed Media Fellowship for Early-Mid Career Journalists, The Institute for Citizens & Scholars
• National Investigative Reporter, HuffPost
• Science Writing Fellow, Quanta Magazine
• Fiscal Assistant III, College of Journalism & Communications Business Office, University of Florida

What we’re watching in AI tech

• Three experts discuss the rise of low-quality content and its implications for the profession, the news industry and the public sphere.
• OpenAI is funding Duke University to research ‘AI morality.’
• Artists leak OpenAI’s Sora Video Generator on Hugging Face.
• Building LLMs is probably not going to be a brilliant business.
• Creating an AI chatbot to speak to a country’s budget—here’s how a Filipino journalist did it.

Elsewhere on our radar

• Bystander Intervention: How to be an ally when you witness online abuse (free webinar on Dec. 4 with PEN America and Right To Be)
• Podcast Marketing 101 (free webinar on Dec. 4 with The Podglomerate and The Webby Awards)
• In a new information age, news outlets are partnering with public libraries
• The Atlantic’s Sarah Zhang on covering the science and emotion of being human