First Draft’s APAC team started preparing for this year’s federal election last October with a series of misinformation training and simulations for over 130 journalists and media practitioners from 18 national and regional mastheads. Members of the collaborative project, dubbed CrossCheck Australia: election watch, were briefed on our findings on election narratives, trends and tactics.But our pre-election research was energised by four dedicated interns (funded by Meta Australia) from UTS journalism and law. Here’s what they learned about information disorder and what it means to their journalism practice:
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