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TU Dortmund University is involved in GADMO with two institutions: the Institute of Journalism (IJ) and the Faculty of Statistics. The IJ is Germany's leading institute for university-based journalism education. Hundreds of graduates of the IJ work as journalists in Germany's media, many of them in management positions. Through numerous research projects in communication and journalism studies, the IJ also enriches both academic and public debates. Together with the Faculty of Statistics, the only independent statistics faculty in the German-speaking world, the IJ has founded the Dortmund Center for Data-based Media Analysis (DoCMA). DoCMA is an interdisciplinary research project in which huge amounts of text are analysed with the help of algorithms. The Institute of Journalism at TU Dortmund University is responsible for overall coordination of GADMO.
Fact Checks - Partners
The German Press Agency (dpa) was founded in 1949 and is one of the world's leading independent news agencies. dpa supplies media outlets, companies and other organizations with editorial content, including text, photos, videos, graphics, audio and other formats. As an international agency, dpa reports in seven languages. The company has around 1,000 journalists in 150 locations in Germany and abroad. Its shareholders are 174 German media companies. The dpa editorial staff works according to the principles outlined in the dpa statute: independently from ideologies, commercial purposes or governments. dpa has an independent fact-checking department that currently produces more than 1800 fact checks per year in three languages. The team of around 30 fact checkers is certified by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) and covers six countries - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands. We reach a broad and diverse audience through our work for Facebook, WhatsApp and TikTok.
CORRECTIV was founded in 2014 and is the first donation-funded research centre in Germany. As a multi-award-winning medium, CORRECTIV stands for investigative journalism. The editorial team brings systematic abuses to light and aims to initiate change. With independent research and fact-checks, it creates the informative foundation for debates and opinion-forming and strengthens a democratic and open civil society. CORRECTIV.Faktencheck is an independent editorial team of the non-profit research centre CORRECTIV. The team campaigns against disinformation on the internet, publishes fact-checks and trains people how to protect themselves from fake news.
AFP is a leading global news agency, providing 24/7 fast, comprehensive and verified coverage of world news across all fields. With 2,400 staff representing 100 different nationalities, AFP covers the world in six languages, with a unique quality of multimedia storytelling spanning video, text, photos and graphics. Since 2017, AFP has built up the world's largest digital investigation network, with almost 130 journalists covering 85 countries to date. These specialised journalists are a reference in the fight against disinformation and publish in 26 languages on the factcheck.afp.com website.
The APA – Austria Press Agency is the national news agency and the leading Austrian information service provider. It is owned by 12 Austrian daily newspapers and the Austrian national television broadcasting network ORF. APA fulfils its duties independently of state, government and parties, according to the principles of reliability, speed and balance, as well as avoiding one-sidedness or partisanship. APA-Faktencheck is IFCN signatory since 2021.
Research - Partner
With about 1,400 employees, the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology is Austria’s largest non-university research institute and a highly specialised research and development partner for industry. AIT provides research and technological development to realize basic innovations for the next generation of infrastructure related technologies in several fields. At the Center for Digital Safety & Security over 200 experts are developing state-of-the-art information and communication technologies to ensure that our systems are highly secure and reliable in the context of comprehensive digitization and global networking.
Technical Partner
Athens Technology Center, a tech expert on fighting disinformation. ATC coordinates the SOMA project, operating the European observatory against disinformation. ATC will set-up and operate a secure online platform supporting the detection and analysis of disinformation campaigns.
AFP is a leading global news agency, providing 24/7 fast, comprehensive and verified coverage of world news across all fields. With 2,400 staff representing 100 different nationalities, AFP covers the world in six languages, with a unique quality of multimedia storytelling spanning video, text, photos and graphics. Since 2017, AFP has built up the world's largest digital investigation network, with almost 130 journalists covering 85 countries to date. These specialised journalists are a reference in the fight against disinformation and publish in 24 languages on the factcheck.afp.com website.
With about 1,400 employees, the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology is Austria’s largest non-university research institute and a highly specialised research and development partner for industry. AIT provides research and technological development to realize basic innovations for the next generation of infrastructure related technologies in several fields. At the Center for Digital Safety & Security over 200 experts are developing state-of-the-art information and communication technologies to ensure that our systems are highly secure and reliable in the context of comprehensive digitization and global networking.
The APA – Austria Press Agency is the national news agency and the leading Austrian information service provider. It is owned by 12 Austrian daily newspapers and the Austrian national television broadcasting network ORF. APA fulfils its duties independently of state, government and parties, according to the principles of reliability, speed and balance, as well as avoiding one-sidedness or partisanship. APA-Faktencheck is IFCN signatory since 2021.
CORRECTIV was founded in 2014 and is the first donation-funded research centre in Germany. As a multi-award-winning medium, CORRECTIV stands for investigative journalism. The editorial team brings systematic abuses to light and aims to initiate change. With independent research and fact-checks, it creates the informative foundation for debates and opinion-forming and strengthens a democratic and open civil society. CORRECTIV.Faktencheck is an independent editorial team of the non-profit research centre CORRECTIV. The team campaigns against disinformation on the internet, publishes fact-checks and trains people how to protect themselves from fake news.
The German Press Agency (dpa) was founded in 1949 and is one of the world's leading independent news agencies. dpa supplies media outlets, companies and other organizations with editorial content, including text, photos, videos, graphics, audio and other formats. As an international agency, dpa reports in seven languages. The company has around 1,000 journalists in 150 locations in Germany and abroad. Its shareholders are 174 German media companies. The dpa editorial staff works according to the principles outlined in the dpa statute: independently from ideologies, commercial purposes or governments. dpa has an independent fact-checking department that currently produces more than 1800 fact checks per year in three languages. The team of around 30 fact checkers is certified by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) and covers six countries - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands. We reach a broad and diverse audience through our work for Facebook, WhatsApp and TikTok.
TU Dortmund University is involved in GADMO with two institutions: the Institute of Journalism (IJ) and the Faculty of Statistics. The IJ is Germany's leading institute for university-based journalism education. Hundreds of graduates of the IJ work as journalists in Germany's media, many of them in management positions. Through numerous research projects in communication and journalism studies, the IJ also enriches both academic and public debates. Together with the Faculty of Statistics, the only independent statistics faculty in the German-speaking world, the IJ has founded the Dortmund Center for Data-based Media Analysis (DoCMA). DoCMA is an interdisciplinary research project in which huge amounts of text are analysed with the help of algorithms. The Institute of Journalism at TU Dortmund University is responsible for overall coordination of GADMO.
