Katie Sanders
Editor in Chief
Politifact
About Me
Katie Sanders is the editor-in-chief of PolitiFact at Poynter. Katie oversees PolitiFact’s nonprofit fact-checking newsroom and leads its partnerships with local and national news organizations and tech platforms. She regularly teaches fact-checking techniques to journalists, social media influencers and students from around the world. She is a past president and board member of the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors and previously worked at the Tampa Bay Times as a political reporter. Katie is a graduate of the University of Florida, where she majored in English and journalism.
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The New Information Gods: From Fact-Checking to Reality-Checking
The information landscape is undergoing a seismic shift. Declining trust in traditional media, fragmented sources, and weakened social platform moderation have created fertile ground for misinformation. In this era, discerning truth from fiction is more critical than ever. As traditional gatekeepers falter, the burden of critical evaluation shifts to individuals. How can we navigate this information war, what new tools and skills are needed and what role does AI play in both the problem and the solution?