Mass Media Foundation in partnership with the Representative Office of the Foundation Friedrich Ebert in Uzbekistan has launched trainings for journalists and bloggers on the practical skills of fact-checking since August 2.

Mass Media Foundation in partnership with the Representative Office of the Foundation Friedrich Ebert in Uzbekistan has launched trainings for journalists and bloggers on the practical skills of fact-checking since August 2.

The fact that the topic is relevant is evidenced by the fact that more than five people applied for one place of the participant.

Modern society needs critical thinking skills more than ever. And in the first place comes the ability to access high-quality and verified information. In order to quickly check the ever-increasing flow of data, you need not only effective tools, but also a well-honed skill in using them. That is what the trainings are aimed at.

Director of the Mass Media Fund Nozima Davletova drew attention to this in her welcoming speech at the opening of the first training.

— The mission of a journalist is to find and spread the truth. And for this, he must be unbiased and armed with modern tools to search for it.

Head of the Representative Office of the Foundation F.Ebert in Uzbekistan, Bakhrom Rajabov paid special attention to the fact that the organized trainings are aimed primarily at the practice of using the existing arsenal of tools, and the expected effect is to improve the quality of the content of national media that guard the interests of society and the state.