The logo of Tegna’s fact-checking division Verify. (Courtesy image)
Local television broadcaster Tegna has laid off nearly two dozen journalists who worked on the company’s national fact-checking team.
The layoffs impact reporters, producers, social media editors and writers who worked on Verify, the broadcaster’s initiative to restore trust in the institution of TV journalism by fact-checking misinformation that spreads on social media and other parts of the Internet.
The initiative originally launched at a handful of Tegna-owned local TV stations in 2015 before rolling out more broadly across Tegna’s footprint of local ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox outlets. A national team was established to help produce news articles and videos that aired during local TV newscasts and were distributed via Tegna-owned websites.
On Monday, the website for the national Verify initiative was updated to direct viewers to local Tegna-owned television stations, where the franchise will continue.
“Over the last several years,...
Local television broadcaster Tegna has laid off nearly two dozen journalists who worked on the company’s national fact-checking team.
The layoffs impact reporters, producers, social media editors and writers who worked on Verify, the broadcaster’s initiative to restore trust in the institution of TV journalism by fact-checking misinformation that spreads on social media and other parts of the Internet.
The initiative originally launched at a handful of Tegna-owned local TV stations in 2015 before rolling out more broadly across Tegna’s footprint of local ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox outlets. A national team was established to help produce news articles and videos that aired during local TV newscasts and were distributed via Tegna-owned websites.
On Monday, the website for the national Verify initiative was updated to direct viewers to local Tegna-owned television stations, where the franchise will continue.
“Over the last several years,...
- 2/4/2025
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
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