Reuters has employed that Stephanie Burnett as digital verification editor, based mostly in Amsterdam.

Burnett will lead the Reuters Reality Examine workforce in its efforts to sort out misinformation.

“Combatting the unfold of misinformation is important to Reuters mission to offer entry to trusted, correct and unbiased data,” mentioned Jane Barrett, international editor for media information technique at Reuters, in a press release. “Stephanie’s wealth of expertise in verification and fact-checking will assist Reuters to additional that mission, and we’re thrilled to have her lead the Reuters Reality Examine workforce.”

Beforehand, Burnett was a senior editor with Germany’s worldwide public broadcaster Deutsche Welle, the place she commissioned and edited information options and fact-check articles. She additionally developed and led coaching on requirements and fact-checking for digital editors.

Previous to DW, Burnett was head of the digital English information service at Euronews’ headquarters in France. She was additionally the bureau chief for Storyful information company’s Australia workplace, the place she established and scaled up editorial operations for the Sydney newsroom. Burnett has additionally labored as a journalist in Hong Kong, reporting from the Asia bureaus of Storyful and Time.

She has a grasp’s diploma in journalism from the College of Hong Kong.

First launched in 2020, Reuters Reality Examine companions with main expertise platforms on initiatives to fight misinformation, together with fact-checking of social media content material in nations on 4 continents and in 5 languages.