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Fighting back fake news & disinformation

– Mo ves to fight “Fake News” and Other Information Disorders in 2018

– Fake news: 7 types of mis- and disinformation (Part 1)

–Be a savvy news consumer. Here are 6 tips for identifying fake news (Part 2)

-Fact-checking day is every day. Here are 8 tips on how you can stand up for facts

-The day after: thoughts on the Senate Hearing on Fake News (Part 1)

-The day after: thoughts on the Senate Hearing on Fake News (Part 2)

–7 types of mis- and disinformation

-Tools and strategies to determine fake news, half-truths, from real news

Dealing with trolls

Counter speech is hard for a lot of us

Meet the 8 common troll strategies

HOW TO: deal with trolls and be aware of the “nasty effect”

How to negate the influence of trolls In our kids

Positive engagement in the era of trolls

Internet Trolls: Why they never really went away… at all

“Best Story:” Award for Data Journalism PH 2015

Blog Watch receives the “Best Story” Award for the First Data Journalism PH 2015 from the Open Knowledge Foundation and Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism “Aid Monitoring: Citizens’ Initial Efforts in the Wake of Typhoon Yolanda” . Forbes Philippines also garnered the same award.

Blog Watch receives the “Best Story” Award for the First Data Journalism PH 2015 from the Open Knowledge Foundation and Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism for their story on “Aid Monitoring: Citizens’ Initial Efforts in the Wake of Typhoon Yolanda” . Forbes Philippines also received the same award.

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Earthquake safety

– Earthquake Safety Guide

– Is your house sitting on top of the East Valley Fault or West Valley Fault line?

– Self-check for earthquake safety of concrete hollow blocks houses in the PH

– Earthquake Preparedness guide