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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 – Amul consistently shares distinctive cartoons addressing contemporary issues on social media In this regard a picture circulating claims that Amul has recently introduced a...
New Delhi Vishvas News A picture has gone viral on social media with the false claim that McDonald’s has released a new logo based on the theme of beef Sharing this image several social media...
New Delhi Vishvas News An infographic is going viral on social media platforms with claims that the largest cow slaughterhouse in Asia is named Alkabir The claim suggests that the owners of this...
New Delhi Vishvas News The consecration ceremony for Ram Lalla at the grand Ram temple in Ayodhya is scheduled to take place on January 22 next year In connection with this event a video...
New Delhi Vishvas News – Following the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP has declared Mohan Yadav as the new Chief Minister of the state A viral video on social...
New Delhi Vishvas News – After the results of the assembly elections in five states including Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh a series of political meetings are currently underway to designate the...
New Delhi Vishvas News – Certain images are circulating on social media accompanied by the claims that they represent the official pictures documenting the construction of the Egyptian pyramid...
New Delhi Vishvas News Australia emerged victorious against India securing their sixth title in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 held at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad Gujarat Prime...
Vishvas News New Delhi A video featuring actress Rashmika Mandanna has gone viral on social media sparking various reactions from netizens This video is being widely shared on multiple social...
New Delhi Vishvas News The Misinformation Combat Alliance MCA has launched the Fact Checking Network FCN This independent initiative seeks to establish self governing standards and best...
New Delhi Vishvas News Amid the fervour of the assembly elections in five states including Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan a video clip featuring former Madhya Pradesh Chief...
New Delhi Vishvas News After the Israel Hamas conflict a video clip is going viral on social media in which a woman can be seen crying and narrating her ordeal outside a hospital It is being...
New Delhi Vishvas News –The claim of the death of Indian economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen is false The fake news was shared by a fake account of Economist Claudia Goldin who received the...
New Delhi Vishvas News A picture of Rahul Gandhi which looks like an artwork is going viral on social media In the picture an emerging image of Rahul Gandhi is visible among the trees on the...
New Delhi Vishvas News After the recently concluded Gandhi Jayanti a collage featuring two distinct photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has gone viral on social media The claim...
New Delhi Vishvas Team – In context of the 18th G20 Summit held in New Delhi a picture is being widely circulated on social media platforms claiming that it is a picture installed by the Centre to...
