Acting Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) Ray Castillo met on February 13 with 20 Czech journalism students from all over the country, who are participating in a U.S. Embassy-sponsored “Tools and Tactics for Identifying Fake News and Propaganda” course organized by local Czech NGO Transitions.
As a follow-up to the successful Prague Tech Camp last year, Embassy Prague supported Transitions to design this skill-building workshop specifically for young Czech journalists, as well as aspiring print and online reporters. The project also includes a three month online course-component and a final workshop in Brno, the second largest city.
As part of the two-day training in Prague, participants are given a hands-on workshop using newly-acquired tools and resources as a means to identify disinformation, misinformation, and propaganda from any source.
