Media
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.
Japan Fact-check Center
Japan Fact-check Center (JFC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to fact-checking and promoting media information literacy
Volt Data Lab
O Volt Data Lab é uma organização que dá suporte ao jornalismo há mais de 10 anos, oferecendo consultoria, análise e serviços de tecnologia e jornalismo de dados para veículos de notícias e ONGs de to...
Legislatech
O Legislatech é uma ferramenta de clipping de órgãos públicos e da imprensa, com monitoramento em tempo real
Atlas da Notícia
O Atlas da Notícia é uma iniciativa para mapear veículos produtores de conteúdo jornalístico – especialmente de jornalismo local – no território brasileiro.
Civil Beat
Honolulu Civil Beat is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt news organization dedicated to cultivating an informed body of citizens, all striving to make Hawaiʻi a better place to live.
PollFinder.ai
PollFinder.ai leverages large language models to help newsrooms collect and organize both horserace and issue polls, enabling journalists to write stories that are informed by an up-to-date aggregatio...
Automatic Classifiers for Peace (ACfP)
The automatic classifiers for peace group is an open-source community of researchers, organisations and individuals that are interested in aiding social media analysis through the automatic classifica...
L.A. TACO Media Lab
USC Annenberg and L.A. TACO have developed a new course, “Bridging the Gap Between L.A. Influencers and Independent Journalists,” which will provide time and space for USC students to contribute to th...
Maatram
Journalism for Citizens
Vikalpa
Citizen journalism from Sri Lanka
Āhau
Āhau is a Whānau Data Platform that helps whānau-based communities (whānau, hapū, Iwi) capture, preserve, and share important information and histories into secure, whānau managed databases and server...
PEN America
PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide. We champion the freedom to write, recognizing the power of the word...
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press provides free legal support and legal resources, including training, direct legal representation, and reporting guides, to protect First Amendment free...
City Bus Manager
Build your own bus depot from scratch and create your personal bus routes in City Bus Manager.
CrossOver
Tracking the role of algorithms on the spread of disinformation
SynthID
A tool to watermark and identify content generated through AI
Poynter Journalism Prizes
10 prizes honor best in U.S. journalism, including accountability journalism and innovation in journalism
Adobe Content Authenticity Beta
Apply secure metadata with information about yourself and your content preferences, directly to your files with Content Credentials.
Papers, Please
“The concept was inspired by frequent trips through airport immigration and the realization that inspecting documents in a game setting might be fun"
The Best Amendment
It’s an unofficial NRA game that involves tactical shooting and four dimensional thinking.
Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN)
GIJN is an international association that supports the work of investigative journalists worldwide.
Anti-SLAPP
*SLAPP - Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation is a legal action taken to block public participation, including journalists and activists, in public debate. Their goal is to silence criticism...
Centre For Journalism Innovation & Development (CJID)
We break information barriers and strengthen African democracies through research and media innovation
ProPublica wanted to find more sources in the federal government. So it brought a truck.
Nieman Journalism Lab covered ProPublica's brilliant approach to getting government sources: parking one of those billboard trucks with an ad for their secure Signal number outside of government offic...
Thomson Reuters Labs
Working with external partners, Thomson Reuters Labs™ are active members of regional innovation ecosystems, delivering world-class solutions for customers.
CEE. AI Lab
Game-changing program for newsrooms with the tools and knowledge to harness AI for smarter, more efficient journalism.
TV Kitchen
TV Kitchen is an open source community making it easy to create, collect, and share tools to understand the impact of media. LEARN MORE READ THE DOCS
How news organizations are creating trust-based AI policies
No matter if your newsroom has an established AI policy or if you are just getting started, here are 5 key challenges to consider and 5 practical recommendations for establishing a trust-based AI poli...
Слідство.Інфо (Slidstvo.Info)
Award-winning independent investigative news agency in Ukraine
Lenfest Institute Communities of Practice
The Lenfest Institute is home to communities of practice serving various types of journalism professionals and organizations.
Data Cameroon
DataCameroon est un site d’information généraliste, spécialisé dans le Data journalisme et le journalisme d’investigation.
The 74
The 74 is a nonprofit news organization covering America’s education system from early childhood through college and career.
Make It Fair campaign
The UK news industry is calling on the government to ensure creatives are rewarded properly so as to ensure a sustainable future for AI and the creative industries.
Bridging Dictionary
[A] dynamic prototype from MIT’s Center for Constructive Communication that identifies how words common in American political discourse are used differently across the political divide
Vocem
We are a new social enterprise developing tools to strengthen place-based awareness and engagement.
Newsweek 'Trustworthy' poll
Newsweek has added a "Is this article trustworthy?" poll below its articles
Debunker Assistant
Debunker-Assistant is your go-to tool for debunking fake news online.
Google Daily Listen
"Google can turn your Discover feed into an AI-generated podcast" - The Verge
DATUM STIFTUNG für Journalismus und Demokratie
Die DATUM STIFTUNG für Journalismus und Demokratie leistet ganz konkrete und zielgerichtete Beiträge, um Qualität und Unabhängigkeit des Journalismus und damit seine Abwehrkräfte gegenüber autoritären...
Naskvoz
"Naskvoz" (meaning "seeing through" in Russian), analyzes news texts for emotional manipulation techniques and propaganda markers.
Dokopalsya!
Dokopalsya! (which playfully means "got to the bottom of it" in Russian), leverages large language models to serve as a rapid fact-checking assistant in Russian. When users share claims or news snippe...
PGP Monitoring Lab
PGP’s Monitoring Lab employs several commercially available media monitoring systems that collect and organize publicly available information sources.
Nieman Lab Predictions for Journalism 2025
Each year, we ask some of the smartest people in journalism and media what they think is coming in the next 12 months. At the end of a trying 2024, here’s what they had to say.
Nieman Lab
The Nieman Journalism Lab is an attempt to help journalism figure out its future in an Internet age.
Open Politics Project
The mission is to create an open-source data science and AI toolkit to analyse, summarise, and visualise political information.
L.A. TACO
The L.A. TACO empowers local journalism in Los Angeles through collaborative resource sharing, comprehensive training, and fostering open-source content production to amplify diverse voices and storie...
Austin Monitor
The Austin Monitor is the only nonpartisan local daily news source that exclusively covers the important issues and key decisions at the intersection between the local government and the community.&nb...
Tech Policy Press
A nonprofit media and community venture intended to provoke new ideas, debate and discussion at the intersection of technology and democracy.
Election SOS
Election SOS offers training & resources for journalists, connecting them to best practices, resources and support around election coverage.
Media Viability Accelerator
Join a free web-based platform that supports media to compete more effectively for audiences and revenues by learning from the performance of peers globally and participating in a marketplace of ideas...