Olga Yurkova: Inside the fight against Russia's fake news empire
Olga Yurkova: Uprostřed boje proti ruskému impériu falešných zpráv
TED Fellow Olga Yurkova is a journalist and cofounder of StopFake.org, an independent Ukrainian organization that trains an international cohort of fact-checkers in an effort to curb propaganda and misinformation in the media. Full bio
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Sloviansk city in eastern Ukraine.
do východoukrajinského Slovjansku.
in Lenin Square.
na Leninově náměstí
the public crucifixion
to Russia's First TV channel.
příběh na Prvním kanále ruské televize.
pro-Russia militant in Donbass.
aktivním proruským bojovníkem v Donbasu.
from Russian propaganda and fake news
a falešnými zprávami již čtyři roky.
the only player in this space.
není jediným hráčem.
all around the world.
what is fake and what is real,
we get from the press and social media.
informací ze zpráv a sociálních médií.
rozhodnutí jsou nesprávná.
stop believing anyone at all
věřit úplně všemu a všem,
to populists in elections,
pro populisty ve volbách
špatné pouze pro novinařinu.
a celou společnost.
vojáci v neoznačených uniformách
with fake news about Ukraine.
falešných zpráv o Ukrajině.
to investigate this fake news.
tyto falešné zprávy.
check it with verifiable proof
prokazatelných důkazů,
and other strong evidence.
a podobné přesvědčivé důkazy.
we put it on our website.
být falešnou, dali jsme ji na náš web.
in all its phases.
we have millions of views,
máme miliony zhlédnutí.
all around the world.
lidi po celém světě.
more than 1,000 fakes about Ukraine.
falešných zpráv o Ukrajině.
as a result of a coup d'état.
k moci dostala vojenským převratem.
o nekvalitní žurnalistiku,
in information warfare,
zbraní v informační válce,
it's often automatic.
často reagujeme automaticky.
not be a part of fake news?
že nesdílíte falešné zprávy?
too emotional, too clickbait,
příliš emocionální nebo provokující,
Je to jednoduché.
license plates, experts and offers.
poznávací značky, experty a autory.
to stop this culture of fake news.
jak zastavit kulturu falešných zpráv.
is not only about fake news.
jen o falešném zpravodajství.
to rebuild trust,
jak tuto důvěru obnovit,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Olga Yurkova - Journalist, editorTED Fellow Olga Yurkova is a journalist and cofounder of StopFake.org, an independent Ukrainian organization that trains an international cohort of fact-checkers in an effort to curb propaganda and misinformation in the media.
Why you should listen
Olga Yurkova edits the Context and Opinions sections of StopFake.org. She teaches different audiences how propaganda works and how to identify fake news, consulting a range of organizations and public structures and collaborating with mainstream media as a journalist.
Yurkova explores propaganda methods and finds out new ways to overcome these new challenges. In June 2017, she and her colleagues Maarten Schenk and Jordy Nijenhuis launched a project called Forbidden Facts, which explains how fake news spreads online through clickbait headlines on Facebook that reach out to skeptical audiences.
Yurkova has 15 years of experience in journalism. She headed the local multimedia newsroom in Ternopil city for six years, becoming the market leader during that time. She then ran the Donbas and Crimea department at the national multimedia newsroom Nova Informacia for three years. She has been working as a new media trainer since 2012.
For fighting propaganda, Yurkova was included into the list of New Europe 100 and was named a TED Fellow in 2018.
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