TFC’s verification toolkit is the winner of 2021 Tseng ShuPa Journalism Award in the Media Literacy category

Hui-An Ho

Taiwan FactCheck Center (TFC)＇s verification toolkit has won the Tseng ShuPa Journalism Award in the “Media Literacy” category. The toolkit, which contains the latest digital verification tools along with tutorial materials, aims at empowering the general public. 

It is worthy to note that some of the multimedia tutorial videos in this now-award-winning toolkit were produced with the support of the Coronavirus Fact-Checking Grants program. In 2020 April, TFC received $50,000 from Facebook and International Fact-Checking Network to combat misinformation through multimedia. 

“Our fact-checkers have compiled the new digital tool and skills they use in their daily work, transformed them into light, interesting tutorial videos, into this verification toolkit. We aim at arming our audiences with these tools against misinformation, and hopefully, this toolkit will bring us closer too.” Summer Chen, the Editor in Chief of TFC, said in the awards ceremony on October 27. 

Image: The team behind TFC’s award-winning verification toolkit. From left: Summer Chen, Ginny Chang, Lillian Liou, Andy Chen, and Mary Ma. (Taiwan FactCheck Center)

Furthermore, the podcast co-produced by TFC and Mirror Voice also made it to the final shortlist for the media literacy category with its episode 5 in season 2. The podcast was started in 2020 and is towards the end of its third season. It is also part of TFC’s effort to reach broader audiences.

Established in 1975, the Tseng ShuPa Journalism Award is considered one of Taiwan’s most reputable journalism awards. The new category for media literacy was added this year. It received 34 applications, and among them, five finalists were selected, including TFC’s verification toolkit and podcast. 

Image: The glass award trophy of the 2021 Tseng ShuPa Journalism Award in the Media Literacy category. (Taiwan FactCheck Center)