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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).
A news report shared on the Facebook page of Alt News archived link has claimed that Dainik Jagran through some of its reports tried to mislead the readers by giving a communal colour to certain...
New Delhi Vishvas News A video in which a frenzied mob can be seen attempting to set a man on fire after lynching him for alleged blasphemy in Pakistan’s Nankana district has gone viral on social...
New Delhi Vishvas News Prime Minister Narendra Modi who went to Mumbai for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s event and the inauguration of the new metro line on January 19 also...
New Delhi Vishvas News Many videos and photos related to the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria are going viral on the internet showing massive destruction in the country Similarly a video is...
New Delhi Vishvas News A screenshot of a news item published in a Hindi newspaper is going viral on social media with claims that a Muslim father in West Bengal married his daughter and...
A video clip from a Hindi news channel is going viral on social media through which it is being claimed that Pakistan’s flag was hoisted in Bihar’s Purnea on the occasion of Republic Day Vishvas...
New Delhi Vishvas News In a video that has gone viral on social media a frenzied mob can be seen razing down a building It is being claimed that this video is from Pakistan where a 100 year old...
New Delhi Vishvas News In a video going viral on social media amid Congress’ ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ Rahul Gandhi can be seen taking a round of a memorial while a cameraman films him It is being...
New Delhi Vishvas News For the past few days a trend of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech or some old videos going viral can be seen on social media Apart from Facebook users many of his...
New Delhi Vishvas News The manipulation of information and conveying it to people in the wrong context has a long history Technological advancement has not only made the tampering of information...
Vishvas News New Delhi It’s been six years since the government withdrew the Rs 1 000 currency note and introduced new currency notes including that of Rs 2 000 Initially the process to change...
New Delhi Vishvas News As Shah Rukh Khan’s new movie ‘Pathan’ is all set to hit the theatres next month a video clip is being circulated where he could be heard saying Pakistan’s victory in a...
New Delhi Vishvas News Many claims around Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Morbi visit are going viral on social media One among them claims that the district administration spent Rs 30 crore on...
Former Congress MLA Asif Mohammad Khan was recently arrested on charges of threatening and manhandling the police Now a video clip of his speech is going viral on social media claiming that while...
New Delhi Vishvas News After the arrest of Delhi’s Shraddha murder case accused Aftab Ameen Poonawalla several such posts are going viral on social media claiming that the accused Poonawalla...
New Delhi Vishvas News A video of Shaktikanta Das Governor the Reserve Bank of India RBI is going viral on social media He can be seen and heard talking about the measures to prevent digital...
New Delhi Vishvas News After the success of Indian athletes at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in Birmingham UK a post is going viral on social media claiming that Indian athlete Hima...
