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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.

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Los Desinformantes
chequeado.com/desinformantes

Los Desinformantes

Los desinformantes es una serie de investigaciones sobre diferentes actores que han desinformado durante la pandemia.

Argentina 🇦🇷
COVID Media Projects, Fight disinformation, Media
Hyperaudio
hyper.audio

Hyperaudio

A new way of looking at audio and video. Transcribe, translate, repurpose and share.

Translation tools, platforms, and communities, Translation and linguistic representation, Media
Justice Media co-Lab
bu.edu/cds-faculty/research-impact/labs/justice-media-co-lab

Justice Media co-Lab

The Justice Media co-Lab at Boston University provides the programmatic structure to train a new generation of computational investigative journalists equipped to leverage the power of computing and d...

Boston
Courses, Media, Engagement journalism
Narrative Change Lab
inspiritfoundation.org/grants-and-programs/narrative-change-lab

Narrative Change Lab

Inspirit Foundation program "to shift the Canadian narrative landscape for equity-seeking groups through pop culture."

Toronto
since 2020
Narrative tech, Media, Diversity & Inclusion
Reduced inequalities
Digital Patrakar Defence Clinic
patrakardefence.in

Digital Patrakar Defence Clinic

Legal advice, assistance, and representation to indian journalists. Pro bono.

New Delhi
Media, Pro bono and volunteer, Help out
Voice of San Diego
voiceofsandiego.org

Voice of San Diego

Launched in 2005, Voice of San Diego was the first digital, nonprofit news organization in the country to serve a local community.

San Diego, CA
since 2005
Media, Nonprofit newsrooms
The Texas Tribune
texastribune.org

The Texas Tribune

The Texas Tribune is the only member-supported, digital-first, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issu...

Austin, TX
Media, Nonprofit newsrooms
New Haven Independent
newhavenindependent.org

New Haven Independent

The New Haven Independent is produced in conjunction with the Online Journalism Project, a not-for-profit effort to promote professional-quality ​“stand-alone” and ​“hyperlocal” news sites on the Inte...

New Haven, CT
Media, Nonprofit newsrooms
MinnPost
minnpost.com

MinnPost

MinnPost is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces thoughtful, in-depth journalism about civic and cultural affairs impacting Minnesota.

Minneapolis
Media, Nonprofit newsrooms
Institute for Nonprofit News Index Annual Report
inn.org/research/inn-index

Institute for Nonprofit News Index Annual Report

The Index is the most comprehensive study of the state of nonprofit news.

Beverly Hills
Nonprofit newsrooms, Media, Fieldwide resources
reports
Digital Día de Muertos altar
latimes.com/projects/dia-de-muertos-altar-la-times-2022

Digital Día de Muertos altar

Honor your loved ones with a digital Día de Muertos altar by the Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles, CA
Media, Engagement journalism, Participatory memorials
Polit.ua
polit.ua

Polit.ua

Информационно-аналитический портал «Полит.ua» - создание конструктивной дискуссии по теме дня и рефлексия актуальных общественно значимых событий.

Kyiv
Media
BBC Media Action
bbc.co.uk/mediaaction

BBC Media Action

BBC Media Action is the BBC’s international charity - we believe in media and communication for good

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Media
Publica
apublica.org

Publica

Publica is Brazil’s first investigative reporting non-profit dedicated to exposing human rights violations and promoting open democracy.

Brazil (Brasil) 🇧🇷
Media, Nonprofit newsrooms
CGnet Swara
cgnetswara.org

CGnet Swara

CGNet Swara is a voice-based portal, freely accessible via mobile phone, that allows anyone to report and listen to stories of local interest

New Delhi
since 2004
Hyperlocal news and citizen media, Media
Centro Latinoamericano de Investigación Periodística (CLIP)
elclip.org

Centro Latinoamericano de Investigación Periodística (CLIP)

CLIP es una asociación sin ánimo de lucro, con sede en Costa Rica, y equipo latinoamericano, que realiza y coordina investigaciones periodísticas transfronterizas colaborativas y pone sus innovaciones...

Costa Rica 🇨🇷
Media, Investigative journalism tech
ThaiPublica
thaipublica.org

ThaiPublica

สำนักข่าวออนไลน์ไทยพับลิก้า ThaiPublica.org ก่อตั้งในเดือนกันยายน 2554 นำเสนอข่าวสืบสวนสอบสวน เน้นประเด็นตรวจสอบความโปร่งใสภาครัฐ ความโปร่งใสภาคเอกชน และการพัฒนาที่ยั่งยืน ดำเนินงานโดยทีมงานนักข่าวอาช...

62 Ram 5 seperate 3 Rd. Bangkhen, Bangkok 10220 Thailand
since 2004
Watchdogging and transparency, Advocacy tech, Media
Pinpoint
journaliststudio.google.com/pinpoint/about

Pinpoint

Explore and analyze large collections of documents. By Google Journalist Studio.

Mountain View, CA
Artificial Intelligence, Media, Research tools
Google
Institute for Nonprofit News
inn.org

Institute for Nonprofit News

Supporting Mission-Driven Journalism

Beverly Hills
since 2009
Journalism, Media, Nonprofit newsrooms
Detect Fakes
detectfakes.kellogg.northwestern.edu

Detect Fakes

See for yourself how accurately you can identify AI-generated images

Northwestern University, Campus Drive, Evanston, IL
Fight disinformation, Deepfakes, Prebunking and inoculation
Democracy and Freedom Watch
dfwatch.net

Democracy and Freedom Watch

Democracy & Freedom Watch is an independent news service reporting on democracy and freedom in the Republic of Georgia. It is published by Journalists for the Future, a non-governmental organization r...

Office no. 21, 2. floor, Kostava Stret 47/47, Tblisi, Georgia
since 2011
Media, Watchdogging and transparency
Groundviews
groundviews.org

Groundviews

Groundviews is a citizens journalism website based in Sri Lanka which uses a range of genres and media to highlight alternative perspectives on governance, human rights, the arts and literature, peace...

Colombo, Sri Lanka
since 1996
Media and social media analysis, Citizen Engagement, Hyperlocal news and citizen media
democracy, human rights, peace
Centro de Periodismo Investigativo De Puerto Rico
periodismoinvestigativo.com

Centro de Periodismo Investigativo De Puerto Rico

El CPI reconoce que el requisito fundamental para una verdadera democracia es que la ciudadanía esté bien informada y que existan entidades independientes con la capacidad de fiscalizar los poderes qu...

San Juan, Puerto Rico
since 2008
Media, Investigative journalism tech
Investigative Reporting Project Italy (IRPI)
irpi.eu

Investigative Reporting Project Italy (IRPI)

Investigative Reporting Project Italy (IRPI) is an organization focused on developing and promoting various forms of investigative journalism through collaboration with journalists, activists, and cit...

Florence
since 2012
Investigative journalism tech, Media
Save
open-archive.org/save

Save

Save (Share Archive Verify Encrypt) by OpenArchive enables you to safely preserve, organize, and share your mobile media. Designed with and for newsrooms, human rights defenders, and archivists, Save...

Archives, Media, Digital security and privacy
apps
Publi Ou Fake
internetlab.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/guia_Desinfo.-V.1909.pdf

Publi Ou Fake

Uma cartilha em que trazemos ferramentas para que profissionais da área de marketing e publicidade possam navegar melhor e com mais confiança frente às complexidades da relação entre publicidade e des...

Brazil (Brasil) 🇧🇷
Fight disinformation, Media, Building in the private sector
guides, reports
Quid.
quid.id

Quid.

Um laboratório de comunicação e mobilização para causas, com foco no desenvolvimento de ações e campanhas baseadas em dados e na compreensão profunda de nichos de audiência, cultura digital contemporâ...

Brazil (Brasil) 🇧🇷
Media, Public Relations and amplification
DemCast
demcast.com

DemCast

The Digital Hub for Pro-Democracy Advocates

United States of America 🇺🇸
Creators and Influencers, Media, Organize campaigns
Forum on Information & Democracy
informationdemocracy.org

Forum on Information & Democracy

Providing democratic safeguards to the global communication and information space

Paris
Govtech, Partner networks and coalitions, Media
Mixer
mixer.media

Mixer

a new organisation dedicated to supporting journalism in Europe

Central and Eastern Europe
Media, Nonprofit newsrooms, Journalism
The Newsroom
thenewsroom.ai

The Newsroom

We cut out noise and bring perspective to the news through AI

Lisbon
since 2020
Media, Filter bubble poppers
apps, history
WhatsApp archiver
tattle.co.in/products/whatsapp-archiver

WhatsApp archiver

The WhatsApp archiver consolidates chat files exported from different WhatsApp conversations into one database

India (Bhārat) 🇮🇳
Civic data, Archives, Messaging app analysis
US Media Ownership database
projects.iq.harvard.edu/futureofmedia/us-media-index

US Media Ownership database

Harvard Future of Media Project datasets of media ownership in the US from 2021

Civic data, Media, Media and social media analysis
Info/tegrity Resources
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VVM4Rd2SJKDGjBtehDmiG6Ni6zd3-vx-8SW7bVw1HCQ/edit#gid=0

Info/tegrity Resources

NDI's Google Sheet of guides, trainings, and reports on digital disinformation

Civic tech catalogs, Media, Fight disinformation
PolétikaRD Chequeos
poletikard.com/poletikachequea/chequeos

PolétikaRD Chequeos

Fact-checking in the Dominican Republic

C. Josefa Perdomo 160 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Media, Fight disinformation, Factchecking
Viral Spiral
tattle.co.in/products/viral-spiral

Viral Spiral

Viral Spiral is an adaptive digital card game about sharing news on the Internet. The game reflects the ways and reasons misinformation is shared, letting players experience first hand the temptation...

India (Bhārat) 🇮🇳
Media, Fight disinformation, Games and gamification
factchecking-sites-scraper
github.com/tattle-made/factchecking-sites-scraper

factchecking-sites-scraper

One of Tattle's goals is to make stories fact-checking content circulated on chat apps and social media more accessible to mobile first users

India (Bhārat) 🇮🇳
Media, Fight disinformation, Civic data
Crowdsourcing Aid: A Case Study of the Information Chaos During India's Second Covid-19 Wave
tattle.co.in/articles/covid-whatsapp-public-groups

Crowdsourcing Aid: A Case Study of the Information Chaos During India's Second Covid-19 Wave

A research paper

India (Bhārat) 🇮🇳
Peer-reviewed research, Fight disinformation, Media
WhatsApp
Kosh
tattle.co.in/products/kosh

Kosh

Archive containing content scraped from all the different sources- the Tattle Jod telegram bot, Fact-checking sites, social media and chat apps.

India (Bhārat) 🇮🇳
Media, Fight disinformation, Factchecking
Desgrabador
chequeabot.chequeado.com/desgrabador

Desgrabador

Voy a extraer por vos los subtítulos generados automáticamente por Youtube.

Argentina 🇦🇷
Media, Fight disinformation, Artificial Intelligence
videos, YouTube
JusticeAI
benetech.org/lab/ethical-ai-to-promote-justice

JusticeAI

JusticeAI is an open source platform and suite of tools that strategically apply machine learning, computer vision, and metadata analysis to sort, identify, and analyze digital media.

Palo Alto
Artificial Intelligence, Media, Digital security and privacy
Peace, justice, and strong institutions, peace
Armando.info
armando.info

Armando.info

Armando.info es una comunidad de periodistas nacida en Venezuela al calor de la crisis y la censura de sus medios

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 🇻🇪
Media, Nonprofit newsrooms
Kloop
kloop.kg

Kloop

Non-profit news site serving Kyrgyzstan, including election monitoring

Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 (Kyrgyz Republic)
since 2007
Media, Nonprofit newsrooms
Coda Story
codastory.com

Coda Story

Coda Story reports on major currents shaping our world from disinformation to authoritarian technologies to the war on science. Coda stays on these stories to reveal why they matter, how they are conn...

Media, Ethical tech and responsible tech
Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows
ned.org/fellowships/reagan-fascell-democracy-fellows-program

Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows

The Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program hosts democracy activists, scholars, and journalists for five-month fellowships, bringing fresh insights and perspectives to Washington, DC.

Washington, DC
Fellowships, Media
Chequeador
chequeador.chequeado.com

Chequeador

El Chequeador es una plataforma educativa diseñada por el equipo de Chequeado para el desarrollo de cursos virtuales sobre Alfabetización Mediática e Informacional, desinformación, fact checking y otr...

Argentina 🇦🇷
Media, Fight disinformation
trainings
Chequeo Colectivo
chequeado.com/colectivo

Chequeo Colectivo

Es una plataforma abierta para verificar contenidos a pedido de la comunidad.

Argentina 🇦🇷
Media, Fight disinformation, Factchecking
WhatsApp Third Party Fact-Checkers
meedan.com/programs/whatsapp-3pfc

WhatsApp Third Party Fact-Checkers

End-to-end fact-checking on the WhatsApp Business API organized by Meedan

San Francisco
Fight disinformation, Media, Factchecking
WhatsApp
Logically
logically.ai

Logically

Logically works to tackle the individual, institutional, and societal harms caused by misleading and deceptive online discourse.

London
Media, Fight disinformation
Wikirumours
wikirumours.org

Wikirumours

WikiRumours is a web-based database which enables geographically distributed teams to collaborate asynchronously on monitoring, verifying, and countering the spread of harmful rumours and misinformati...

Canada 🇨🇦
Media, Fight disinformation, Archives
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