Kritika Goel

Editorial and Strategic Lead, DataLeads

Kritika is currently the Editorial and Strategic Lead at DataLeads. She is an award-winning fact-checker, editor, and writer, who has had the opportunity to work with several leading news organisations in India. In a career spanning almost a decade, Kritika has worn several hats. She started off as a television journalist but soon moved to explore the realms of digital media. Her work has focused on platform accountability, upholding information integrity, building trust and safety, and countering online misinformation and disinformation related to political campaigns, health, finance, and technology. Kritika has helped operationalise and scale-up two International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) certified fact-checking newsrooms. She has worked on promoting media and digital literacy among women, students, and young adults in India.

She conceptualised and produced an award-winning series, ‘Verify Kiya Kya?’, to make fact-checking simple and accessible. Kritika currently enjoys working at the intersection of technology, gender, and misinformation to make the digital world a safer and more informed space.