Train the Trainer Utrecht

On Thursday January 24 and Friday January 25, we will welcome you all to the EUFACTCHECK Bootcamp in Utrecht. We will take the final step to our project’s highest level: factchecking the European Parliamentary Elections in May this year.

Thursday afternoon we have two renowned speakers, Julie Posetti and Jenni Sargent, sharing experiences and perspectives from academia and industry. In the evening we meet in the historic centre of Utrecht for a EUfactcheck-network dinner.

Friday we will take you through the whole process of factchecking the elections: from sources on European topics to actual factchecking using our publication schedule and in the end publication on EUfactcheck.eu. And of course you will have time to practise all the steps yourself.

Please find all information in the overview. If you any have questions, don’t hesitate to contact us.

Carien Touwen: carien.touwen@hu.nl +31 6 14241315
Nadia Vissers: nadia.vissers@ap.be

Programme

24 January 2019: Keynotes

14.00-14.30 Registration

14.30-15.00 Welcome

15.00-15.45 Opening keynote: Julie Posetti
Julie Posetti is head of the Journalism Innovation Project at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Oxford University and author of two UNESCO publications: Protecting Journalism Sources in the Digital Age and Journalism, ‘Fake News’ and Disinformation. She will give context to the EUfactcheck project by sharing her insights and experience and provide tips for education.

15.45-16.00 Break and late-comers registration

16.00-16.45 Second keynote: Jenni Sargent
Jenni Sargent is managing director of First Draft, set up in 2015 to provide guidance and training for journalists in social newsgathering and verification. In February 2017 she started the online verification collaboration initiative CrossCheck. In her keynote she will give tips and tricks from previous experiences and will introduce the new European CrossCheck-project.

16:45-17:00 Q&A and closing remarks

19.00-21.30 EUfactcheck-Evens Foundation dinner (See map: Djakarta Indonesian Restaurant, Lucasbolwerk 19, 3512 EH, Utrecht)

25 January 2019: Instruction and Workshops

9:00- 9:45 Collaboration EUfactcheck & CrossCheck (Jenni Sargent)

10.00-10.45

Track A. European Elections: themes and sources
An interactive tutorial on the Europe Union, its institutions, major themes and expected political issues, supported by the presentation of the EUfactcheck database (student resources).

Track B. EUfactcheck Organisation & Communication
Everything you need to know about the organisation of the EUfactcheck, the roles and responsibilities, legal issues, the publication schedule, deadlines, communication and online support.

11.00-11.45

Track A. EUfactcheck Organisation & Communication or
Track B. European Elections: themes and sources

12.00-13.00 Lunch

13.00-13.45

Track A + B: EUfactcheck Methodology & Publication
Instruction of the flowchart, formats for checks and blogs, how to publish on the website and technical support. In a workshop everybody will practise EUfactchecking on real cases, from flowchart to publication.

14.00-14.45

Track A + B: Work shop EUfactchecking in practice

15.00-16.00 Wrap up and closing remarks
Eufactcheck-website registration

16.00-17.00 Drinks

Locations & directions

Address Bootcamp:
HU Applied Sciences University,
Institute for Media
Heidelberglaan 15, 3584 CS, Utrecht

Address EJTA-Evens Foundation dinner:
Djakarta Indonesian Restaurant,
Lucasbolwerk 19, 3512 EH, Utrecht

Directions:
The Institute for Media in the building on Heidelberglaan 15 can be best reached using public transport. Bus 12 leaves Central Station every 5-10 minutes and take about 15-20 minutes to get to campus. When you are staying in town you can pick up a bus somewhere near to your hotel.
Please use: https://9292.nl/en to find out which bus and where to get on.
You can also download the app for OV9292