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The Poynter-Google News Initiative Misinformation Student Fellowship is a program that places 10 student journalists in newsrooms around the country to focus on boosting misinformation resilience in local communities. The new program, created with support from GNI, aims to build on the success of the MediaWise Campus Correspondents program. Fellows will work on various projects aimed at curbing the spread of misinformation and promoting media and digital literacy at the community level.

The Campus Correspondents program was started in 2020, just prior to the last presidential election, as part of the MediaWise Voter Project. Since then, college students have taught thousands of their peers crucial digital media literacy skills in virtual and in-person workshops on college campuses across the United States.

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Poynter-Google News Initiative Misinformation Student Fellows

  • Chloe Nguyen
    Misinformation Student Fellow
    Chloe Nguyen, a fellow with WRAL News in North Carolina, is an Alice M. Baldwin Scholar and Nakayama Scholar from Duke University. A senior, she...
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  • Darius Osborne
    Misinformation Student Fellow
    Darius Osborne is a junior English major from Queens, N.Y., with a minor in film studies. He has been writing for about four years and...
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  • Joshua Picazo
    Misinformation Student Fellow
    Joshua Picazo, a fellow with the Bay City News in San Francisco, is majoring in media studies with a minor in journalism at the University...
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  • Kiden-Aloyse Smith
    Misinformation Student Fellow
    Kiden-Aloyse Smith, a fellow with the Mississippi Free Press, is a senior multimedia journalism and media studies major at Jackson State University. Kiden has worked...
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  • Marena Gallo
    Misinformation Student Fellow
    Marena Gallo, a fellow at The Dallas Morning News, is a senior at the University of Texas. Hailing from San Antonio, her journalism odyssey is...
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  • Ramiro A. Hernández
    Misinformation Student Fellow
    Ramiro A. Hernández (he/him/él), a fellow at La Esquina in Texas, is a first-generation graduate student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he...
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  • Shajaka Shelton
    Misinformation Student Fellow
    Shajaka Shelton, a fellow at The Washington Informer (D.C.), is a senior at Georgetown University studying English and Journalism. She is currently the editor of...
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  • Tyler Katzenberger
    Misinformation Student Fellow
    Tyler Katzenberger, a fellow at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, is a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he serves as managing editor for The...
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  • Tyuanna Williams
    Misinformation Student Fellow
    Tyuanna Williams, a fellow at YR Media in Oakland, Ca., is a senior at Claflin University, where she is the editor-in-chief of The Panther student...
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  • Victoria Rollins
    Misinformation Student Fellow
    Victoria Rollins, a fellow at the Kansas City Defender, is an 18-year-old published author and poet. She strives to use her voice as a catalyst...
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