AI and Fact-Checking – my Webinar Series on YouTube

A hands-on bootcamp for journalists covering the climate crisis and tackling disinformation with verification and investigative skills

Robert Bourgoing/5 October 2026

From October 2025 to May 2026, I led a series of ten online training sessions for journalists across the Asia-Pacific region as part of Terra Asia, an initiative of the French CFI Media Development Agency in partnership with the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD). Participants included journalists and public information officers from Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Malaysia, Mauritius, India, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

The full series is now available on YouTube.

Designed as a hands-on programme for journalists covering the climate crisis and tackling disinformation, the 10-part Terra Asia eTraining series moves from artificial intelligence to fact-checking, visual verification, geolocation and open-source investigation.

The methods are relevant to anyone who needs to search for, verify or investigate online information, including educators, trainers, researchers, NGOs and communications professionals.

The 10 webinars

Terra Asia Webinar 01: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence for Journalists
How generative AI works, where it helps, where it fails, and how journalists can use it effectively.
Terra Asia Webinar 02: Advanced Uses of Artificial Intelligence for Journalists
More advanced applications of AI for research, analysis, brainstorming and newsroom workflows.
Terra Asia Webinar 03: Cognitive Biases & the Fact-Checker’s Toolbox
How cognitive biases shape the way we process information, together with core fact-checking methods and tools.
Terra Asia Webinar 04: Fact-Checking Photos – part 1
Reverse image search, source tracing and the basic principles of visual verification.
Terra Asia Webinar 05: Fact-Checking Photos – part 2
More advanced techniques for analysing images, identifying misleading uses and extracting useful clues.
Terra Asia Webinar 06: Fact-Checking Videos
How to trace videos to their source, analyse keyframes and verify footage circulating online.
Terra Asia Webinar 07: Geolocating Photos and Videos
How to use visual clues such as buildings, landscapes, road signs and shadows to determine location.
Terra Asia Webinar 08: Advanced Geolocation Techniques
Combining maps, satellite views, Street View and open-source research to solve more complex cases.
Terra Asia Webinar 09: Fact-Checking Websites
How to investigate websites, identify who may be behind them and assess their credibility.
Terra Asia Webinar 10: Using AI for Fact-Checking
How AI can support verification and investigation, while recognising where its own output still needs to be checked.