Vera Files

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Vera Files
FormationMarch 2008; 13 years ago (2008-03)
FoundersEllen Tordesillas
Luz Rimban
Booma Cruz
Jennifer Santiago
Yvonne Chua
Chit Estella
President
Ellen Tordesillas
AffiliationsInternational Fact-Checking Network
Websiteverafiles.org

Vera Files (stylized as VERA Files) is a non-profit online news organization in the Philippines. It was founded in March 2008 by veteran Filipino journalists, focusing on investigative journalism and in-depth reporting of Philippine social issues.

The organizations specializes in producing "research-intensive and in-depth reports in multiple formats, and the training and mentoring of journalists, students and civil society organizations, especially those whose opportunities for capacity building are scarce."[1]

It released its first story—an exposé on a controversial agreement involving disputed territory—on March 9, 2008. The story was written by Yvonne T. Chua and Ellen Tordesillas and published by GMA News Online and Malaya.[2]

In 2017, Vera Files became the first news organization in the Philippines to be a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter.[3]

In April 2018, social media company Facebook tapped Vera Files and news website Rappler to be part of its third-party fact-checking program in the Philippines.[4][5] The program aims to help Facebook flag or identify false news stories shared by people on its social media platform. Facebook Pages that share false news stories repeatedly will also be seen less on people's news feeds. The program, according to Vera File's announcement, “is in line with Facebook’s three-part framework to improve the quality and authenticity of stories in the News Feed.”[4]


VERA Files (& Rappler) is also funded by the National Endowment for Democracy,[6] an organization created by the United States Congress,[7] as well as funded by U.S. Congress & the White House.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "About - Vera Files". Vera Files. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  2. ^ "VERA FILES AT 10: 6 Philippine-occupied islands covered in Spratly agreements - Vera Files". Vera Files. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  3. ^ Bartolome, Jessica (October 4, 2017). "NUJP to Thinking Pinoy's RJ Nieto: No place in gov't for barefaced liars". GMA News and Public Affairs. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Vera Files joins Facebook's third-party fact-checking program in PH". Vera Files. April 13, 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  5. ^ Magsambol, Bonz (April 12, 2018). "Facebook partners with Rappler, Vera Files for fact-checking program". Rappler. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  6. ^ "PHILIPPINES 2020". National Endowment for Democracy. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  7. ^ "H.R.2915 - A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1984 and 1985 for the Department of State, the United States Information Agency, the Board for International Broadcasting, the Inter-American Foundation, and the Asia Foundation, to establish the National Endowment for Democracy, and for other purposes". United States Congress. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions". National Endowment for Democracy. Retrieved 7 August 2021.

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