Email Outreach to Neil Brown, Baybars Orsek and the International Fact-Checking Network, Jan. 2, 2020

In January 2020 we renewed our efforts to obtain a reply from the International Fact-Checking Network or the Poynter Institute addressing various problems with the IFCN’s efforts to ensure fact checker accountability.

We hoped inquiring after the various holidays might find IFCN or Poynter officials less busy and more likely to respond.

We obtained automated replies from Poynter Institute President Neil Brown and IFCN Director Baybars Orsek, both saying they would be out of the office until Jan. 6, 2020.

We sent another copy of the email message on Jan. 6, 2020 and received no reply from any of the designated recipients.