Olga Yurkova: Inside the fight against Russia's fake news empire
Ольга Юркова: В центре борьбы с российской империей фейков
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.
город на Востоке Украины.
in Lenin Square.
собрали на площади Ленина.
the public crucifixion
to Russia's First TV channel.
в интервью российскому Первому каналу.
pro-Russia militant in Donbass.
пророссийским боевиком в Донбассе.
from Russian propaganda and fake news
пропаганды и фейковых новостей
the only player in this space.
игрок на этом поле.
all around the world.
what is fake and what is real,
что является фейком, а что — нет,
we get from the press and social media.
получаемых из СМИ и социальных медиа.
stop believing anyone at all
to populists in elections,
популистов в предвыборной гонке
не только вредят журналистике.
в форме без знаков различия
with fake news about Ukraine.
фейковые новости об Украине.
включая меня,
to investigate this fake news.
таких заведомо ложных новостей.
check it with verifiable proof
с помощью надёжных доказательств,
and other strong evidence.
и других убедительных свидетельств.
we put it on our website.
мы размещаем её на сайте.
это информационный хаб,
in all its phases.
во всех её проявлениях.
we have millions of views,
у нас миллионы просмотров,
all around the world.
проверяющих факты, по всему миру.
more than 1,000 fakes about Ukraine.
фейковых новостей,
это фашистское государство,
as a result of a coup d'état.
в результате государственного переворота.
не в плохой журналистике;
in information warfare,
в информационной войне.
it's often automatic.
мы часто автоматически
not be a part of fake news?
фейковых новостей?
too emotional, too clickbait,
эмоционально, провоцирует кликнуть,
источники новостей.
license plates, experts and offers.
автомобилей, экспертов и авторов.
to stop this culture of fake news.
эту культуру фейковых новостей.
is not only about fake news.
это не только фейковые новости.
to rebuild trust,
восстановить доверие,
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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