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Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina \u2013 June 26, 2024 \u2013 <\/strong>Global Fact, the world\u2019s largest gathering of fact-checkers, has commenced in Sarajevo, bringing together over 500 media professionals and participants from more than 80 countries.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n This conference, organized by Poynter and the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), in partnership with Sarajevo-based organization \u201cWhy Not\u201d (\u201cZa\u0161to ne\u201d), is a significant event for those in journalism, fact-checking, academia, information technology, and media studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The keynote speaker for the opening session was Maria Ressa, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, who delivered an inspirational speech emphasizing the importance and power of facts and journalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFacts are the only anchor in our shared reality,\u201d Ressa highlighted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The opening remarks were delivered by Ferdi Ferhat \u00d6zsoy, deputy director at IFCN, Angie Drobnic Helan, IFCN director, Tijana Cvjeti\u0107anin, Head of Fact-Checking at \u201cWhy Not\u201d, and Adebayo Babajide, Deputy Head of EU Delegation to Bosnia-Herzegovina. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the next three days, Global Fact 2024 will feature more than 100 speakers from leading organizations in the fields of fact-checking and journalism. These speakers will tackle crucial contemporary topics such as global elections, artificial intelligence, fact-checking in war contexts, social networks, and the increasing attacks on fact-checkers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The conference will conclude with the GlobalFact Awards, which celebrate the outstanding achievements of fact-checkers worldwide. These awards honor individuals and organizations that have significantly contributed to the field of fact-checking, showcasing excellence in innovation, impact, and collaboration. This year, two of SEE Check\u2019s members, Krik and Faktograf, are among the finalists in different categories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina \u2013 June 26, 2024 \u2013 Global Fact, the world\u2019s largest gathering of fact-checkers, has commenced in Sarajevo, bringing together over 500 media professionals and participants from more than 80 countries.\u00a0 This conference, organized by Poynter and the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), in partnership with Sarajevo-based organization \u201cWhy Not\u201d (\u201cZa\u0161to ne\u201d), is a significant […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[317],"tags":[37,289,332,409,406,206],"class_list":["post-9581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bosnia-and-herzegovina","tag-fact-checking","tag-globalfact","tag-ifcn","tag-maria-ressa","tag-sarajevo"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9581"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9584,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9581\/revisions\/9584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}