Social media has led to low trust in the news organisations, thanks to the ability for disinformation to spread like wildfire.
However, publishers can improve public opinion by ensuring the content they share and publish is fact-checked and verified properly - and there are a number of tools out there to help you do just that.
Check out this article by Ella Wilks-Harper, a contributor at Reuters Community, who details seven go-to tools for verification.
Among them are reverse image search engines, exif data explorations and mapping tools - meaning you can attack the content from all angles, before pushing it out to your audience.
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