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About: Abhishek Parashar is working as an Associate Editor at Jagran New Media and is associated with Vishvas News as a Fact-Checker. He has around 9 years of experience in digital media. His total experience in journalism is more than 12 years. He has previously worked with Press Trust of India (PTI-Bhasha), Business Standard (Hindi), The Economic Times, Catch News (Rajsthan Patrika), and News Nation Digital. Abhishek is a certified Google News Initiative (GNI) fact-checking and news verification trainer. He has been working as a trainer at ‘Sack ke Sathi’ which is the media literacy campaign against fake news/misinformation. He has expertise in data analysis and has spent half of his career as a business journalist.
Qualification: Postgraduate in Journalism and Mass Communication from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), New Delhi. Graduate in Journalism and Mass Communication from Delhi University.
Certification: •Training of Trainers - Decoding the Misinformation and Disinformation for Senior Citizens, MICA.
•Certificate of Completion - Deepfake Basics, Great Learning Academy
•Certificate of Completion - Leadership and Management, Great Learning Academy
•Certificate of Completion - Verifying Climate Claims, AFP
•Certificate of Completion - Fact-Checking Fundamentals with IFCN
•Certificate of Completion - Tackling disinformation during elections, AFP
•Introduction to Digital Journalism By Reuters.
•Pursuing Financial Markets from Yale.
•CrowdTangle For Instagram: How To Use City To Make Your IG Pop and First Draft Training
•Vaccine Insight Flexible Learning Course, First Draft
•Attended several other workshops on fact-checking and MIL organised by IFCN, GNI, Facebook, Crowdtangle, and ICFJ.
•Certificate of Completion - Tackling disinformation during elections - Part 1, AFP
•GNI PollCheck’s Digital Investigation Accelerator, GNI
•Completed the Google News Initiative India Training Network recertification program 2023, GNI
•He has also completed the Data Journalism, Verification, Election, and Introduction to Machine Learning courses in the Google News Training Centre.
•JournalismAI, Polis
•Attended Exploring the Impact of AI in Journalism, Svran Apeejay Journalism Foundation (SAJF).
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New Delhi Vishvas News After the Haryana and Jammu Kashmir assembly election results a video clip of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going viral on social media Amidst Congress raising concerns...
New Delhi Vishvas News A message going viral on social media has claimed that the Supreme Court SC has ordered the setting up of an ‘All India Tax Payers Organisation’ and without the consent...
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New Delhi Vishvas News Amidst political instability in Bangladesh reports of violence against minorities especially Hindus have emerged from the former ruling party Awami League In this...
New Delhi Vishvas News Many social media users are sharing a video featuring Alphabet Inc CEO Sundar Pichai in which he can be seen promoting an investment platform ‘Google Invest’ The video...
New Delhi Vishvas News A video viral on social media claims that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS has openly ‘opposed’ the caste census suggesting it can threaten the unity and integrity of...
New Delhi Vishvas News A picture of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is going viral on social media It shows him with three children and a woman with the claim that the picture shows the Leader of...
New Delhi Vishvas News Amid the political turmoil and violence in Bangladesh a video clip featuring an injured child is circulating on social media with claims that it depicts a Hindu family...
New Delhi Vishvas News Amidst ongoing violence in Bangladesh a video is circulating on social media showing security personnel moving through an airport The video is being shared with the claim...
New Delhi Vishvas News A video clip of a deadly attack on a person with a sharp weapon is being shared on different social media platforms claiming that the accused in this gruesome incident...
New Delhi Vishvas News – As Budget 24 was presented in the Parliament on July 23 a video of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman travelling in Delhi Metro is going viral on social media It is...
SARAJEVO Bosnia and Herzegovina Vishvas News At the 11th annual Global Fact meeting 127 fact checking organisations from 80 countries convened to issue the ‘Sarajevo Statement ’ emphasising...
New Delhi Vishvas News A video circulating on social media shows a group of Sikhs insulting the Indian Constitution and the National Flag The viral post claims that the incident took place in...
New Delhi Visvas News A viral post on social media about Prime Minister Narendra Modi has claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP has expanded the Margdarshak Mandal and included Narendra...
New Delhi Vishvas News Amid the scorching heat in the country a debate has erupted over the ever increasing heat climate change and other environmental issues after Dr Kuldeep Srivastava head...
New Delhi Vishvas News – Amidst the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections a picture of Rahul Gandhi is going viral on social media It is being claimed that the book he referred to as a copy of the Indian...
