Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) announces global newsroom teaching program

 "I raise up my voice, not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard."

 - Malala Yousafzai

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Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) announces global newsroom teaching program

In partnership with the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), the program will offer capacity-building skills to newsrooms from 20 nations.