Faktograf

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

Faktograf is a verified member of the European Fact-Checking Standards Network and the International Fact-Checking Network, as well as the 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 a monthly newsletter that were produced by 11 journalists (FTE 10,16): 

Pod povećalom/Focused provides deep dive reporting and analysis of important issues (January 1 – December 31, 2023: 100 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 – December 31, 2023: 537 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 – December 31, 2023: 92 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. 50 articles published in this manner provided answers to 40% of all the audiences’ questions.

F-zin is a thematic newsletter published on a monthly basis (12 in 2023). 

In 2023 Faktograf registered 20 relevant threats to our journalists’ safety and there were 122 hateful articles against Faktograf identified on fringe online media. 

At the end of 2023 Faktograf’s team was made of 15 people (Impressum here), organised so that the editorial freedoms and responsibilities are guaranteed by the newsroom’s Statute (accessible here).