With trust in the media declining in many marketplaces, the practice of journalism has been become increasingly challenging throughout the world. In Central Europe the problem is further exacerbated b...
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Jaroslav Valuch
project manager Transitions
Jaroslav Valuch is a project manager at Transitions, a Prague-based media development organization, where he runs the organization's media literacy and disinformation initiatives, including Factczech.cz, which provides support to Czech journalists and students in the field of verification and fact-checking, as well as a program focused on senior citizens. He an experienced practitioner in the field of media literacy, social media activism, hate violence, hate speech, and communication with crisis-affected populations. He has worked with dozens of organizations and civic initiatives in Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. Since 2005 Jaroslav has been working closely with the One World in Schools Program of the People in Need organization on the implementation of media literacy into the educational curriculum.
Jaroslav is also a co-founder of the Institute for Social Inclusion where he oversees hate violence and extremism-related programs. He contributes to the Budapest Centre for Mass Atrocities Prevention as a senior researcher and recently led a nationwide communication campaign focused on monitoring, awareness-raising, and mapping of hate-motivated violence and hate speech organized by The Office of the Czech Government.
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