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As threats of environmental disasters increase around the world, Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network ([link removed]) (IFCN) will partner with Facebook to distribute $800,000 of grant funding to those working to combat false and misleading information about climate change. Fact-checkers, climate organizations and solution providers can receive up to $100,000 for innovative proposals and initiatives that reduce climate misinformation and help shape the future of accountability journalism, according to this announcement ([link removed]) . By the end of the grant duration, a number of your go-to news organizations will be better prepared to report accurate data about climate change.

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Take you on a summer adventure and inspire student journalists across the U.S.
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Poynter’s director of college programming Barbara Allen spent most of her summer on the open road, trekking across the country to work with student journalists at universities from Miami to Montana. She visited as many journalism schools as she could along the way in addition to the planned stops for this year’s Poynter College Media Project ([link removed]) , which gives five independent student media organizations the chance to work with Poynter to investigate an issue on campus for a full semester. She shares glimpses of her summer adventure and captures some serious journalism school spirit in this heartfelt piece that may spark some memories of your own college pride ([link removed]) .
Thanks to the Charles Koch Foundation, we can offer the Poynter College Media Project to the five selected schools free of charge.

Show you how 9/11 shaped — and turbocharged — today’s misinformation
The remains of the World Trade Center stands amid the debris following the terrorist attack on the building in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Alexandre Fuchs)
As Americans reflect on the profound impact of 9/11 twenty years after the attack, PolitiFact ([link removed]) reporter Bill McCarthy examines how the historic event and its aftermath became a turning point for seeding misinformation in this special report ([link removed]) . The piece explores how the unexpected tragedy seemed to defy explanation during a time when the country was just starting to use the internet. That combination fueled distrust in government, incited fears of real and perceived enemies, spawned various conspiracy theories and set the stage for today’s infodemic.
Thanks to individuals like you who value high-integrity journalism, Poynter and the Pulitzer Prize-winning PolitiFact can ensure you have the information you need to actively participate in democracy.

Invite you to celebrate the distinguished career of Lesley Stahl with us on Nov. 10
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Lesley Stahl ([link removed]) , award-winning broadcast journalist and “60 Minutes” correspondent for CBS News, will receive the Poynter Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism at our annual fundraising gala on Nov. 10. The virtual Celebration of Journalism ([link removed]) event will pay tribute to Stahl and include a conversation with her about journalism and its future. We’ll toast the First Amendment and enjoy an evening filled with special guest appearances and uplifting stories. Tickets and sponsorships are available at poynter.org/gala.
Event proceeds enable us to defend, preserve and advance journalism’s role in democracy as a global nonprofit organization. Thanks to our presenting sponsors HEARST and Red Apple Group. Contact Wendy Wallace, director of advancement, for sponsorship opportunities or visit poynter.org/gala-sponsorships.

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• Check out the Journalists Network on Generations’ feature on how MediaWise for Seniors is working to teach retirees how to tell fact from fiction online in the most recent issue of Generations Beat Online News ([link removed]) .
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