Eurovision News Spotlight is a collaborative network for fact-checking and open-source intelligence (OSINT) created by Eurovision News in collaboration with Members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Its primary purpose is to help public service media across Europe counter online falsehoods and misinformation.
Under the auspices of Eurovision News, Spotlight includes 29 EBU Members and partners and incorporates the Alliance for Facts project previously coordinated by Radio France with France Télévisions, France Médias Monde, TV5Monde and INA – effectively merging the two initiatives.
Key features of the Eurovision News Spotlight network include:
OSINT & fact-checking: Collaboration on cross-border fact-checking and OSINT investigations.
Resource-sharing: Participating Members have access to intelligence and information on tools and workflows to enhance their OSINT and fact-checking capabilities on a dedicated member-only platform.
Training & development: The network provides courses, tutorials and interactive discussions for Members – led by Eurovision News in collaboration with the EBU Academy – to expand their fact-checking and OSINT skills.
More broadly, the network produces materials to strengthen reporting across all EBU Members and raise public awareness of misinformation and ways to counter it.
The Spotlight network includes Eurovision News and public broadcasters:
ORF (Austria), RTBF (Belgium), VRT (Belgium), CBC / Radio-Canada (Canada), HRT (Croatia), Česká televize (Czech Republic), Yle (Finland), France Télévisions (France), Radio France (France), RFI (France), France 24 (France), Monte Carlo Doualiya (France), TV5MONDE (France, Belgium, Switzerland, Monaco, Canada), DW (Germany), ZDF (Germany), BR (Germany), WDR (Germany), RTÉ (Ireland), LRT (Lithuania), RTVE (Spain), 3CAT (Spain), Sveriges Radio (Sweden), SVT (Sweden), SRF (Switzerland), RTS (Switzerland), RSI (Switzerland), Swissinfo (Switzerland), BBC (United Kingdom).
Is your organisation interested in joining Eurovision News Spotlight?
To learn more about membership, resources, and collaboration, please contact:
Derek Bowler,
Head of Eurovision Social Newswire
ebuspotlight@pm.me
