CBS Newshas hiredRhona Tarrantto serve as executive editor ofCBS News Confirmed, its new verification and fact-checking initiative.
The connection announced CBS News Confirmed last year as a venture to identify IA generated deepfakes and misinformation.
Journalists in the unit use data and technology to verify and fact-check videos and reports.
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She oversaw all editorial output in North America and set standards and protocols for open-source investigations and visual verification.
She also researched disinformation and AI during two Berkman Klein Center fellowships at Harvard University in 2020 and 2021.
She previously worked at WNYC Radio in New York and at RTE Radio and Television in Dublin.
