Research & Verification for Digital Journalism Course
Master research and verification skills for digital journalism. Learn to vet entities, track public money, analyse data, and debunk images, videos, and documents so you can publish solid investigations and trustworthy stories in fast-paced online spaces. This course equips you with tools to ensure every finding is accurate, documented, and reproducible.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Gain key research and verification skills to probe claims, validate entities, and scrutinise public finance and procurement data confidently. This short course teaches cross-checking datasets, verifying digital content, evaluating sources, and creating clear evidence chains, ensuring published findings are spot-on, well-backed, and fully reproducible in quick online settings.
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Develop skills
- Investigative scoping: turn viral claims into precise, checkable questions quickly.
- Entity checks: confirm companies, NGOs, and individuals using global registries.
- Public money tracking: trace budgets, contracts, and payments to actual recipients.
- Data verification: clean, match, and analyse datasets to uncover financial anomalies.
- Digital forensics: verify images, videos, and documents to debunk misinformation.
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