Google to train 8,000 Indian journalists on fact checking

Preparing workshops will be led in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi and Kannada in urban areas crosswise over India, Google India said in an announcement. 

Google to train 8,000 Indian journalists on fact checking

To watch writers from falling prey to false news stories, Google India on Tuesday said it will give preparing to 8,000 columnists in English and six other Indian dialects in the following multi year. 

For this, the Google News Initiative India Training Network will choose 200 writers from urban communities crosswise over India who will sharpen their abilities in check and preparing amid five-day prepare the-mentor training camps that will be sorted out for English and six other Indian dialects. 

This system of ensured mentors will then prepare more writers at two-day, one-day and half-day workshops sorted out by the Network. 

Preparing workshops will be directed in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi and Kannada in urban areas crosswise over India, Google India said in an announcement. 

The focal point of the preparation will be certainty checking, online confirmation and computerized cleanliness for columnists, utilizing an educational programs worked by specialists from First Draft, Storyful, AltNews, BoomLive, Factchecker.in and DataLeads. 

"Supporting trusted, legitimate media sources is a best need for Google, which is the reason we are glad to team up with Internews, DataLeads and BoomLive to help columnists in their battle against falsehood in India," said Irene Jay Liu, Google News Lab Lead, Asia-Pacific. 

"We will likely prepare in excess of 200 coaches, who will then prepare 8,000 columnists in six dialects throughout the following year, influencing this current Google's biggest preparing to arrange on the planet," Liu included.
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