AFP’s fact-check service debunks misinformation spread online. Here are some of our recent fact-checks: 1. Troops in Washington A video viewed tens of thousands of times on social media claims to show then-US president Donald Trump on a surprise [...]
Press freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Thursday called on Egypt to release two journalists who disappeared about two weeks ago on charges including “spreading false news”. Photojournalist Hamdi al-Zaeem and online editor Ahmed [...]
About The Peter Mackler Award
The Peter Mackler Award honors reporters and editors who have demonstrated a commitment to fairness, accuracy and speaking truth to power, and a matching commitment to asserting the right to publish or air that story in countries where independent media is under threat.
