HABEEB RAHMAN YP

Hailing from Malappuram, Kerala, Habeeb Rahman YP is a media researcher with special focus on Media Literacy and Online Misinformation. He is also a trainer of FactShala India Media Literacy Network, training the rural community to combat Misinformation. He also works with All India Radio News Calicut, Kerala as a casual New Reader-cum-Translator. He has five years of teaching experience in the field of Media and Communication, with specializations of Multimedia Production and Digital Journalism. He has conducted various training programmes on his specializations at different institutions across the country. Being the University Rank holder of MA Mass Communication in 2015 from Pondicherry University, He also assisted in various teaching and learning programmes in the academia. Apart from the academics, his passion towards journalism and multimedia while pursuing his doctoral research on Media Literacy and Online Misinformation always helps him contribute towards Fact-checking and data verification. He has also experienced with fact-checking tools and techniques throughout the tenure of working as FactShala trainer. He is also a freelance graphic designer.