Faktograf

Faktograf – Association for the Informed Public is a non-profit association that publishes Faktograf.hr – an online media outlet specialised in fact-checking in Croatia.

Faktograf is a verified member of the International Fact-Checking Network, active participant in the establishment of the European Fact-Checking Standards Network and founding member of SEE Check – the network of 6 fact-checkers in South East Europe.

Faktograf is registered as an electronic publication with the Agency for Electronic Media in Croatia.

Faktograf is interested in public policies relevant for misinformation and disinformation, transparency and access to data and knowledge, good governance and democracy, as well as an enabling environment for viable journalism in the public interest, and as such is registered in the Transparency Register under ID 521295644592-54.

Faktograf is a signatory of the Code of Practice on Disinformation since June 15 2022.

Faktograf.hr has four specific sections and these are their production data:

• Pod povećalom/Focused provides deep dive reporting and analysis of important issues
  • January 1-31, 2023: 6 articles
  • August 1, 2022 – January 31, 2023: 47 articles
• Razotkriveno/Exposed publishes debunks of misinformation being shared and disinformation being spread on social networks (through Meta’s Third Party Fact-Checking programme)
  • January 1-31, 2023: 41 articles
  • August 1, 2022 – January 31, 2023: 248 articles
• Ocjena točnosti/Accuracy check is dedicated to fact-checking and holding politicians and other stakeholders of public interest accountable for their public statements,
  • January 1-31, 2023: 9 articles
  • August 1, 2022 – January 31, 2023: 47 articles
• Pitali ste/You asked provides our readers with articles on topics and issues they demand to know more about – from fact-checking political statements to debunking current crises.

In the last 6 months (August 1, 2022 – January 31, 2023) Faktograf registered 7 relevant threats to our journalists’ safety.

Regarding the data on the reach of Faktograf.hr website, we have access to Google Analytics data from August 1, 2022 to December 12, 2022 showing:

• Page Views: 542,300
• Users: 342,973
• Country – Croatia: 267,724
• Language:
  • hr-hr: 134,553 (39.23% of Total)
  • hr: 62,183 (18.13% of Total)

On December 19 2022 we stopped using Google Analytics in order to comply with the GDPR and started testing potential GDPR friendly tools to be able to use them for future reporting.

At the beginning of 2023 Faktograf’s team was made of 14 people (Impressum here), organised so that the editorial freedoms and responsibilities are guaranteed by the newsroom’s Statute (accessible here).