Áine Kerr
Manager, Journalism Partnerships
Facebook
Áine Kerr leads global journalism partnerships at Facebook, overseeing a team focused on building products, tools and services for journalists and also working to improve news literacy for news consumers. Previously, she spent five years at Storyful, where she served as head of content and political editor before being appointed managing editor in December 2011 at the time of the company’s acquisition by News Corporation. Prior to that, Áine spent over seven years working as a political correspondent and news reporter with The Irish Times, The Irish Independent and The Irish Examiner.
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Wrap-up session: our mission for helping audiences decode the news
Misinformation is not a new phenomenon, but in the Digital Age it has become easier to spread and share. Political lies have received the most attention recently, but misinformation abounds in other arenas including science, medicine, and more. Journalists have a duty to arm their audiences with tools to make critical judgments on what they […]