Angie Holan

Director, International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter Online

Fact-checking, journalism, libraries. Email [email protected]

Articles

TruthAfrica: The surprising Poland-Africa alliance fighting disinformation

1 month ago | poynter.org | Angie Holan

It wasn’t long ago that fact-checkers in Poland noticed a surge of online misinformation about Africa — anti-science claims about vaccines, anticolonialist claims involving Russia and anti-immigrant claims about refugees. The Polish Ministry for Foreign Affairs noticed it, too, and sought to fund independent journalism projects to do some debunking and fact-checking.
Will the future of fact-checking flourish or founder? 2025 marks a new turning point

2 months ago | poynter.org | Angie Holan

Every year on April 2, fact-checkers celebrate International Fact-Checking Day. Usually it’s a time for celebration, fun, even for a little irreverence. This year, for example, the British actor Stephen Fry is giving fact-checkers a shout-out and asking people to think before they share. But this year’s fact-checking day also marks a very serious moment for the fact-checking community.
OPINION: The case for facts

2 months ago | factcheckhub.com | FactCheck Hub |Angie Holan

Verifiable evidence remains journalism’s foundation, despite mounting attacks on the press, WRITES . Picture a world where evidence doesn’t matter, where the loudest voices win, and where calling out falsehoods is seen as an act of bias. Welcome to 2025. Donald Trump — the most fact-checked presidential candidate in history, because he’s spoken the most falsehoods — won the White House again.
Opinion | The case for facts: Preserving reality itself - Editor and Publisher

Feb 11, 2025 | editorandpublisher.com | Angie Holan

Posted Tuesday, February 11, 2025 9:43 am Picture a world where evidence doesn’t matter, where the loudest voices win, and where calling out falsehoods is seen as an act of bias. Welcome to 2025.
The case for facts: Preserving reality itself

Feb 10, 2025 | poynter.org | Angie Holan

Picture a world where evidence doesn’t matter, where the loudest voices win, and where calling out falsehoods is seen as an act of bias. Welcome to 2025. Donald Trump — the most fact-checked presidential candidate in history, because he’s spoken the most falsehoods — won the White House again. The social media company Meta, which owns Facebook, ended its third-party fact-checking program, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg claiming that fact-checkers are biased.
FactSpace West Africa, 19 others get 2024 ENGAGE grant from IFCN

Jan 29, 2025 | factcheckhub.com | Fatimah Quadri |Angie Holan

The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the Poynter Institute, has awarded $2 million for the 2024 ENGAGE grant to 20 fact-checking organisations to reduce the harm of misinformation globally. This was disclosed via a statement signed by the IFCN director, Angie Holan, on January 28, 2025. Each of the 20 fact-checking organisations will get a total sum of $100,000 each.
Africa’s fact-checking community shows its growing strength in collaboration, investigations

Dec 5, 2024 | poynter.org | Angie Holan

Accra, Ghana — The violent dispute in northern Ghana was intensely local. As the report described it, it was a “sporadic ethnic conflict between the Kusasis and Mamprusis over rights to the Bawku chieftaincy skin (throne).” What concerned fact-checking journalists from across Africa was that the violence was being spurred and coordinated via social media. “For over two years, a violent inter-ethnic and chieftaincy conflict has had Bawku in a chokehold.
IFCN awards 2024 GROW grants to 20 organisations

Oct 25, 2024 | africacheck.org | Fatimah Quadri |Angie Holan

The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the Poynter Institute, has awarded $50,000 each from the 2024 GROW grant to 20 fact-checking organisations globally to counter misinformation. These initiatives aim to empower local communities, create sustainable fact-checking models, and leverage AI, videos, and social media to reach broader audiences. This was disclosed via a statement signed by the director of the IFCN, Angie Holan, on October 21, 2024.
IFCN awards 2024 GROW grants to 20 organisations

Oct 24, 2024 | factcheckhub.com | Fatimah Quadri |Angie Holan

The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the Poynter Institute, has awarded $50,000 each from the 2024 GROW grant to 20 fact-checking organisations globally to counter misinformation. These initiatives aim to empower local communities, create sustainable fact-checking models, and leverage AI, videos, and social media to reach broader audiences. This was disclosed via a statement signed by the director of the IFCN, Angie Holan, on October 21, 2024.
Yes, debate moderators should fact-check the presidential candidates

Sep 6, 2024 | poynter.org | Angie Holan

Clearly, the presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump in June was one of the most consequential in presidential history. It directly resulted in Biden’s departure from the race and the ascendance of Kamala Harris to the Democratic nomination. But it had another notable feature: a noticeable lack of fact-checking.