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About: Ashish is a Fact-checker with Vishvas News, with over 20 years of experience in Digital and Print Media. He has previously worked with TV18 Group in Mumbai and the Dainik Bhaskar Group in Bhopal. He has extensive experience in digital journalism and was part of the teams at bhaskar.com and India Today Group’s website, Lallantop. Ashish also serves as a trainer for fact-checking and media literacy initiatives. In his capacity as a trainer for Vishvas News’ media literacy campaign ‘Sach Ke Sathi,’ he imparts training sessions across various cities in the country. He specialises in political fact-checks and handling social media. In addition to scrutinising political content, Ashish dedicates his expertise to investigating misinformation surrounding social issues.

Qualification: Ashish holds a postgraduate degree in Journalism from Makhanlal Chaturvedi National Journalism University, Bhopal and is a graduate of Rajasthan University, Jaipur.

Certification:
•Attended the OSINT Masterclass on the Special Workshop on Fact-checking and Geolocation.
•Represented Vishvas News at the Global Fact 10 Summit held in South Korea.
•Completed a course on Tackling disinformation during elections by AFP
•Engaged in Poll Check training conducted by GNI and Data Lead in Rajasthan.
•Certificate of Completion -Deepfake Basics by Great Learning Academy
•Certificate of Completion – Leadership and Management by Great Learning Academy
•Certificate of Completion -Verifying Climate Claims by AFP
•Attended a special webinar on Data Verification, Tools and Approaches to collect and analyse data efficiently and accurately.
•Attended a special webinar on developing collaboration and new tools to combat misinformation
•Attended several other workshops on fact-checking and MIL (Media and Information Literacy) organised by IFCN, GNI, Facebook, Crowdtangle, and ICFJ.
•Completed the full Google News Initiative (GNI) Digital Growth Program Advertising Revenue curriculum.
•“Tracking Digital Deception: OSINT Tools and Techniques” by Poynter.
•“Evolution from Core Python to Generative AI” by Great Learning.
•“How a Doctorate in AI & Machine Learning Can Drive Business Impact” by Great Learning.
•“Health Disclaimers and Streaming Services” webinar by Medianama.
•“AI for Digital Readiness and Advancement (ADiRA)” Training Workshop by DataLEADS.

correction:

1: July 29, 2018
Vishvas News noticed a strike on Vishvas News Facebook Page on 29th July at 8.30 PM. It happened because Vishvas News Team member (Emp ID: PN0043) mistakenly rated our own story in Facebook dashboard. He had submitted Vishvas News’ fact-checked reference article in related content category. As a result, Vishvas News’s Facebook page received a strike. Later, the rating was corrected by him.
This was the story which was by mistake rated as false – https://www.vishvasnews.com/health/fact-check-post-claiming-caripill-cures-dengue-in-48-hours-is-misleading-2/

2: June 4
Team Vishvas News Member (Employee ID PN0043) had done an article in which it was wrongly mentioned that Congress MLA has been suspended by the party. The story was corrected with the correct information and a disclaimer on that was also put in the story.
https://www.vishvasnews.com/politics/fact-check-aditi-singh-a-suspeneded-mla-from-congress-did-not-join-bjp-with-5-mlas-viral-post-is-fake/

3: May 7
Another Team member (Employee ID PN0058) had done a story on a viral video which claimed that it was Rishi Kapoor's last video in which he was listening and praising a young man in the hospital where the actor was admitted. Once the story was done, the first team member (Employee ID PN0043), while rating the video in Facebook dashboard, had rated it with the option - 'Video only'. Later, the rating was changed to the option - 'Video with Text Together'.
https://www.vishvasnews.com/urdu/viral/fact-check-no-this-not-the-last-video-of-rishi-kapoor-viral-claim-is-fake/

4: May 31
The story done by team member (Employee ID PN0043) was updated on May 31 to remove an unnecessary paragraph which was not required in the story.
https://www.vishvasnews.com/politics/fact-check-nepals-old-photo-goes-viral-in-the-name-of-india-this-photo-has-no-relation-with-lockdown/

5: December 18, 2020
The story done by team member (Employee ID PN0043) was updated on 18th Dec 2020 to remove an unnecessary paragraph which was not required in the story.
https://www.vishvasnews.com/politics/fake-order-of-tourism-ministry-viral/
https://www.vishvasnews.com/society/fact-check-no-corona-virus-in-fish-in-madhya-pradesh/

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