We at the Institute for Nonprofit News support the release of Emmy-winning journalist Mario Guevara, who has been detained for more than 100 days for livestreaming law enforcement. #FreeMario freedomformario.com

VERDAD is tackling the blind spot in the fight against radio disinformation. The future of journalism requires us to invest in tools that protect facts, amplify local voices, and help journalists do their jobs. #VERDAD#FutureOfNews #JournalismTools #misinformation rjionline.org/news/verdad-...

For anyone feeling the weight of the world—here’s 8 lbs of pure unconditional love. Meet Benji.

I loved working with Rachel Jones from the @nationalpress.bsky.social and talikng to talk journalists about the new AI tool, VERDAD, and how it can monitor mis/disinformation in Spanish and ethnic radio stations. #MediaTech #AIforJournalism #FutureOfNews

I'm wrapping up my week at the #KnightMediaForum in Miami, where @fi2w.org alumni and collaborators @martinaguzman.bsky.social , @valeriafernandez.bsky.social, @maritzafelix.bsky.social, and Alfredo Corchado were showing up for immigrant journalism.

Damon Keith Center for Civil Rights releases Verdad.app, an AI tool to fight mis/disinformation. “If we are going to be effective in fighting for democracy, we must be ambitious about the tools we use to ensure democracy doesn't die behind closed doors.” giving.wayne.edu/story/damon-...

In Southwest Detroit, you’ll usually find a bustling main street with dozens of Latino-owned businesses. But on a recent weeknight, the barbershops, nail salons, restaurants, tiendas, and bakeries typically buzzing with life after long days of work and school felt eerily empty. @outliermedia.org

When Detroit journalist @martinaguzman.bsky.social learned that foreign agents bought airtime on U.S. stations, she looked for a tool that would monitor their broadcasts for misinformation. When she couldn’t find one, she built VERDAD.

Radio DJs, call-in guests, and, in some cases, commercials are spreading disinformation about immigration and immigration raids on Spanish language and ethnic radio stations in the U.S. Go to the Verdad.app, a new tool that monitors radio and podcasts, to find out what is being spread and where.

I was interviewed by @aprilbaerradio.bsky.social on @michiganpublic.bsky.social about VERDAD, the groundbreaking new tool that monitors disinformation on Spanish language radio. www.michiganpublic.org/show/statesi...

Reynolds Journalism Institute and I will host a webinar on how to use VERDAD, a groundbreaking new tool that monitors disinformation on Spanish language and Arabic radio in the United States. Join us. Spread the word. bit.ly/verdadrji

Disinformation is not just on social media; it has infiltrated Spanish-language radio in the U.S. 97% of Latinos listen to the radio weekly, making it the perfect place to spread disinformation. Journalists can go to VERDAD.app to monitor disinformation on Spanish-language radio.

Did you know Spanish-language radio often becomes a hotspot for disinformation? VERDAD is here to change that. This innovative tool monitors and tracks misleading narratives. Go to VERDAD.app #VERDAD #Disinformation #CommunityTruth

We created VERDAD, a free tool to help journalists investigate disinformation on Spanish-language radio. You would not believe what we are finding. rjionline.org/news/verdad-...

This is why the VERDAD.app is so important. It monitors disinformation on Spanish-language radio where Foreign actors spy and disinform. "Leaders of telecom companies were summoned to the White House amid growing alarm at the scope of a Chinese hack. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/u...

Misinformation is a global crisis. Led by JSK alum Martina Guzmán, VERDAD (Verifying and Exposing Radio Disinformation and Discourse) helps fight back by monitoring Spanish-language radio for false and harmful narratives. rjionline.org/news/verdad-...

How to groom a nation: By threatening Americans with violence, Trump was using the most patriarchal of scripts: bully them into submission; make them fawn. There is a gendered aspect to Trump’s return to power that we cannot ignore. open.substack.com/pub/emotiona...

1,400 global risk experts, the World Economic Forum named misinformation and disinformation as the most serious short-term threats to human development. VERDAD.app monitors mis and disinformation on Spanish-language radio.

@planetdetroit.bsky.social A fantastic organization that covers the environment in Detroit is looking for a full-time editor. planetdetroit.org/2024/11/plan...

Reporter like @desireeyepez.bsky.social doing the hard work of reporting how the Latino are a key demographic for persuasion or voter suppression efforts.

VERDAD, a new free-to-use tool that helps journalists investigate mis/disinformation spread on Spanish language radio. rjionline.org/news/verdad-...

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