Edwin Mesa
Award-Winning Storyteller | Bilingual News Editor, Fact-Checker and Communications Strategist. Specialized in politics, immigration, emergency preparedness and recovery, sustainability, and environmental justice.
- Role
- Spanish News Editor - Fact-checker at Lead Stories
- Location
- Atlanta, GA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Edwin Mesa
I don’t just verify facts; I protect the integrity of the world’s most trusted…
Experience
Spanish News Editor - Fact-checker
Jul 2024 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US
Evaluating and investigating viral online stories, emphasizing debunking misinformation through research, source verification, and precise reporting to fight against the dissemination of false or misleading information on trending topics in politics, elections, immigration, health, medicine, technology, and science.Lead Stories is a certified member of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), a verified member of the European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN), and partners with the most important social networks. Research, assigned, and debunked stories using official, primary, and secondary credible sources for the US 2024 presidential election. Vetting of Images and audio for AI alteration, confronting doubtful information with legal sources and official accounts through interviews and requests for information. Substantiation of investigations and stories through peer-reviewed studies, official court documents, press releases, and phone interviews. Coverage and debunking of stories about new policies in immigration Assigning, substantiating, and copy editing stories for fact-checkers in Spanish under strict deadlines from the EFCSN and Lead Stories policies. Writing stories and finding sources under tight deadlines to stop the spread of misinformation and disinformation.
Education
Universidad Central (CO)
Communications / journalism, Broadcast Journalism
1997 — 2002
Skills
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- Editing
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- Public Relations
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- Consulting
- Cabinetry
- Television
- Broadcast
- Avid
- Blogging
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