Reality Check: Fact or Fake

Reality Check: Fact or Fake

On Wednesday 28 May, we are organising an evening with journalists and fact-finders Eric Smit (Follow the Money) and Nina Zeelen (Cracking the Frame) about truth seeking in times of alternative facts and disinformation.

Eric Smit is co-founder of Follow the Money, where he also served as co-editor-in-chief until the end of 2023. Follow the Money is a platform for radically independent investigative journalism, with a clear mission: uncovering the truth in service of society. Whether it's about healthcare, the housing market, or politics — they are your watchdog. Eric Smit enjoys writing about white-collar criminals and their accomplices — because they undermine a just and open society.

Nina Zeelen is a journalist who is dedicated to challenging dominant narratives and breaking the frames through which we understand economic, political, and social realities. She does this through various social media outlets such as her instagram account @crackingtheframe and on Bluesky

Eeva Liukku is initiator, co-founder, and editor-in-chief of Vers Beton - an independent journalistic editorial team that publishes in-depth stories, opinion pieces, essays, interviews, and investigative journalism for a headstrong and honest Rotterdam. Vers Beton aims to stimulate urban debate about Rotterdam through journalistic productions in the broadest sense of the word.

Wednesday 28 May 2025

18:30 - 19:00 Doors open
19:00 - 19:20 Welcome by Independent School for the City and introduction by Eeva Liukku (Vers Beton)
19:20 - 20:00 Presentation by Eric Smit, co-founder of Follow the Money.
20:00 - 20:30 Cracking the Frame with Nina Zeelen
20:30 - 21:00 A conversation with Eric Smit, Nina Zeelen and Eeva Liukku.
21:00 Drinks at the bar

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