On September 28, 2026, Proyecto Desconfío, a civic initiative dedicated to fighting misinformation and strengthening democratic resilience, announced an open call for journalists across Argentina to apply for a new training and mentorship program titled “EN CLAVE ELECTORAL: Tools to investigate and verify information ahead of 2027.” The name itself, which translates roughly to “In Electoral Key,” signals what this project is really about: unlocking the skills that journalists will need to navigate one of the most consequential and volatile periods in modern Argentine public life. This is not a distant academic exercise or a generic media seminar. It is…

There’s a story that sticks with you if you’ve ever spent time in South Africa. It’s about a politician at a dinner party, a glass of wine in hand, explaining to the people around the table that truth is really just a cocktail: half of it is reality, and the other half is whatever you need to tell the public to make your point land. It sounds cynical, but it also sounds familiar. Anyone who has watched South African politics knows that feeling of not getting the whole story, of suspecting that the person in the spotlight is massaging the…