The Scripps Howard Foundation has announced a $3.8 million grant to the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) in support of the Disarming Disinformation project.

Operating under ICFJ’s Pamela Howard Forum for Global Crisis Reporting, the three-year project aims to empower thousands of journalists and journalism students—including those from the Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland and Arizona State University—to fight disinformation in the news media. To produce and share resources such as case studies on the solutions revealed by the research and any lessons learned, the project will provide training on topics such as fact checking and verification and digital security, and fund research into tools that combat disinformation and enable journalists worldwide to collaborate on investigations into misinformation and disinformation campaigns.

“Journalists face an uphill battle with inaccurate and false information spreading at an alarming rate,” said Liz Carter, president and CEO of the Scripps Howard Fund and Scripps Howard Foundation. “This approach will not only help journalists detect misinformation and disinformation but will also expose them to practical solutions to combat this issue, which is undermining trust in journalism across the globe.”

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