Journalism, storytelling, and other forms of interactive media are critical to civic engagement in democracies. Here we track those media and journalism tech projects that directly relate to citizens working to shift power in society.
Nonprofit transparency-focused media outlet
We support Human Rights Defenders facing digital threats and work to strengthen local rapid response networks.
The Fairwork Foundation is a project that is working to set and measure standards in the platform economy.
CrossCheck is a collaborative journalism project that brings together newsrooms across France and beyond to accurately report false and misleading claims.
Enrich your stories with charts, maps and tables.
The Rules have developed a method and toolkit to help social movements bring about narrative and structural change. We call it Culture Hacking.
Chrome extension
Census Accelerate, an initiative within the innovation arm of the U.S. Census Bureau, has launched its first-ever video prize competition to reward the most engaging, impactful and informative videos...
Establishes New Jersey Civic Information Consortium; appropriates $20 million from General Fund and $1 million annually thereafter.
Maldita.es presenta la primera aplicación móvil capaz de avisarte cuando entras en una web con desinformación // a mobile application to fight against misinformation and promote transparency through t...
Internews, an international nonprofit organization, empowers people worldwide with the trustworthy, high-quality news and information they need to make informed decisions, participate in their communi...
Discover, stream, and share a constantly expanding mix of music from emerging and major artists around the world.
Bot Populi is an alternative media platform dedicated to looking at all things digital from a social justice and Global South perspective. It was founded in 2018 by seven global, digital justice organ...
Google Books Ngram Viewer
A game that puts you in the mindset of propagandists and agents promoting fake news, propaganda and hate-speech to help the user understand how fake news is made and promoted
Wilson Center Commons Lab: “In 2011, residents of Macon, Georgia received over $65,000 in free local currency—with a catch."
A card game for making suggestions on participatory budgeting
SecureDrop is an open-source whistleblower submission system that media organizations can use to securely accept documents from and communicate with anonymous sources.
To resist strategic misinformation, promote an informed society, and strengthen democratic discourse.
رسمیو(لیلاک سابق) موتور جستجوی اشخاص و شرکتها است که بر مبنای آگهیهای روزنامه رسمی کشور ایجاد شده است. رسمیو با تحلیل روزنامه رسمی کشور و ایجاد خروجی معنادار، دسترسی به اطلاعات شرکتهای ایرانی را را...
Welche Partei hat’s gesagt?
Investigate how weather and climate change are impacting our communities and environment.
Take back control of your ads. Keep your brand away from fake news, disinformation, and hate speech. Get an ad check.
NICAR expanded the Data Journalism listserv to a Spanish language version
Estimates probability of a twitter account being a bot
Get consumer fit by accessing data from 100 million sources and over 1.3 trillion individual posts.
great games for a great cause
Tella is a secure documentation app for Android, making it easier and safer to produce verifiable evidence and collect data in challenging environments
A dedicated section on Facebook that connects people to news and information about their community, called Today In.
Gauge the values, priorities, and prefrences of the crowd
White paper analysis of the Internet Research Agency’s (IRA) activities to influence US politics
OhmyNews (Korean: 오마이뉴스) is a South Korean online news website. It was founded by Oh Yeon Ho on 22 February 2000.
To provide research‐based techniques for engaging digital audiences in commercially viable and democratically beneficial ways.
A 10-week program for journalists of all levels to learn our community-centered reporting process while covering the South and West Sides
Voice of Kibera is a citizen reporting platform
The Digital News Innovation Fund (DNI Fund) is a European programme that's part of the Google News Initiative, an effort to help journalism thrive in the digital age.
To meet this need and help ensure fact-checkers can continue doing their important work, this new initiative will provide legal support including connecting fact-checkers with lawyers, establishing a...
The Center for Countering Digital Hate's primary goal is to disrupt alliances between hate actors and political parties actors in digital spaces.
Code to send out a daily tip sheet for fact checkers
Where will you zone for more homes? Get ready to negotiate!
The hottest news topics, the most credible stories - across the political spectrum.
Holds you Accountable! Macedonian fact-checking outlet
FactChecker.in is India’s first dedicated Fact Check initiative.
Digital Rights Monopoly is a game that reflects core digital rights issues affecting youth in marginalized regions, and offers pathways to build a healthier internet in local communities.
What’s the connection between a campaign issue and a vegetable? ProPublica President Richard Tofel reminded us this month. “For too many voters, as every editor in her or his darkest heart knows…
Welcome to the ORIGINAL channel of Resistencia, Venezuela Hasta los Tuétanos. It is an information room about the political, social, and economic situation that Venezuela is going through.
Totem is an online learning platform on using digital security tools and tactics effectively for journalists, activists, and trainers.
In the four years since fact-checkers around the world first gathered in London for the inaugural Global Fact-Checking Summit, a lot has happened
The Coral Project is an open source project helping publishers of all sizes build better communities around their journalism. Our main tool is Talk.