The FactShala Ambassador Programme has announced its Malayalam language video series along with Malayala Manorama to empower the audience with essential media literacy skills. FactShala ambassador Jayant Mammen Mathew,  Executive Editor & Director, Malayala Manorama, will foster critical thinking and responsible citizenship. Factshala Ambassador Programme is an initiative created through a partnership between DataLEADS and MediaWise with support from the Google News Initiative.

It’s a collective of 250 journalists, media educators, fact-checkers, non-profit workers, and community radio stations who are on a mission to empower people in Non-Metro cities and rural areas, youth, and students with the skills required to critically analyze online information and spot misinformation.

MediaWise, an initiative of the Poynter Institute, empowers people with digital media literacy tools to identify misinformation.