Alexander Pleijter
Assistant professor
- Name
- Dr. A.R.J. Pleijter
- Telephone
- 071 5276551
- a.r.j.pleijter@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Alexander Pleijter is an expert in online journalism and fact checking. He researches the impact of new media on the way journalists work and how new technology can better journalism. He is also co-ordinator of Niewscheckers, the (Dutch) factcheck project of Universiteit Leiden.
News
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Nieuwscheckers win Mr. K.J. Cath Prize and thank Donald Trump -
Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Our university world knows no borders’ -
European support for Dutch-Flemish project in the fight against disinformation -
FactRank: new tool brings automatic fact-checking a step closer -
‘I can’t spend all day giving tutorials now the kids are at home’ -
Science & Cinema: Leiden researchers at the Leiden International Film Festival -
3 October University: big science for small people -
Fact-checking from the local council to the European Parliament -
‘A logical step from medieval literature to fact-checking’ -
Crowdfunding for Nieuwscheckers a huge success: ‘Fact checking matters more than ever’
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Students help Facebook in battle against fake news
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News checkers: a thorn in the side...
Assistant professor
- Faculty of Humanities
- Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
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