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.
RAND collection of Tools That Fight Disinformation Online
Profiles 82 tools for fighting disinfo
UNESCO Audio resources to counter disinformation
To contribute to countering disinformation on COVID-19 and promoting healthy behaviours, UNESCO has produced a series of audio messages that can be freely used by radio stations from around the world.
Chequeado's WhatsApp bot
Latin American fact-checking organization's Whatsapp bot to make it easier for people to ask for fact-checks
Disinfo Database
EU vs Disinfo's database of over 12,000 samples of pro-Kremlin disinformation
Disinformation Toolkit
A guide by InterAction written for civil society organizations
Balance Your Media Diet
Wired magazine blurb on media diets as nutrition in 2009
Um guia da dieta de mídia digital brasileira
Como os brasileiros usam a internet? Como é seu comportamento na hora de buscar informações na rede? O InternetLab manterá um guia com indicadores sobre como anda a dieta de mídia dos brasileiros e br...
Interactive Media Bias Chart
A chart of thousands of media sources based on source reliability and surveys of perceived political biases
The Propagandists' Playbook: How Conservative Elites Manipulate Search and Threaten Democracy
How Conservative Elites Manipulate Search and Threaten Democracy, by Francesca Bolla Tripodi
The Empower Rangers
The Empower Rangers es una creación animada pensada y ejecutada por RedesAyuda y el primero, de un grupo de ellos, es el Empower Ranger Azul.
Ellinika Hoaxes
Τα «ellinikahoaxes.gr» είναι ο μοναδικός ελληνικός ιστότοπος κατά της παραπληροφόρησης και η μοναδική συντονισμένη προσπάθεια κατάρριψης αναληθών δημοσιευμάτων στο ελληνικό διαδίκτυο. Εργαλεία μας, η...
Instituto Prensa y Sociedad Venezuela
Somos una organización no gubernamental que trabajaba en la promoción, defensa y formación en libertad de expresión, periodismo de investigación y derecho a la información, con la aspiración de contri...
InfoNile
InfoNile is a cross-border group of geojournalists with a mission to uncover critical stories on water issues in the Nile River Basin through data-based multimedia storytelling.
Cazadores de Fake News
Somos una comunidad crowdsourcing que monitorea la desinformación difundidas en cadenas de WhatsApp y redes sociales entre venezolanos. Nuestro centro de operaciones es un grupo de Telegram abierto en...
The Continent
The Continent is an award-winning African newspaper, designed to be read and shared on WhatsApp.
The Demography Project TikTok
IDADI is our flagship data journalism project, in collaboration with The Infographics Studio, to disseminate, visualize and democratize official data on TikTok to allow Kenyans participate in decision...
OpenWeb
Powering comments sections
Why We Need to Change the Way We Write About Africa
A storyteller’s guide to reframing Africa
Countering QAnon: Understanding the Role of Human Trafficking in the Disinformation-Extremist Nexus
A February 2021 report by Polaris, The Soufan Group, and Limbik
Brown Information Futures Lab
Our lab is where technology, innovation, policy and community meet, one pilot at a time.
Global Disinformation Lab at UT Austin
The Global DisInformation Lab (GDIL) was established in 2020 at the University of Texas at Austin to encourage collaborative interdisciplinary academic research on the global circulation of misinforma...
Information Futures Lab Fellows Program
The Information Futures Fellowship is a novel opportunity for practitioners in public health, healthcare, community organizations, media, policy, design and other fields who are actively working on re...
The Listening Post Collective Playbook
As part of the Listening Post Collective’s commitment to developing civic media + power-building resources, we’ve launched a free, self-paced, digital learning platform that guides you through launchi...
Survive the Century
You are the senior editor of the world’s most popular and trusted news organization. You have the enviable power to set the news agenda, and thereby shift the zeitgeist.
Persuasive Games
We design, build, and distribute videogames for persuasion, instruction, and activism
UNC Center for Innovation & Sustainability in Local Media
CISLM will grow a more equitable and sustainable future for local news, the journalists who make it and the communities that need it.
Troll Tracker / Twoops Tracker
Track the trolls & sock-puppets poisoning our democracies
African Network of Centres for Investigative Reporting iLAB
ANCIR partners with investigative newsrooms to produce data-driven investigative reports using social network analysis, entity analysis and open source intelligence.
A.N.C.I.R. Misinfo
A project investigating the stories and the data behind fake news in Africa
OSINT Framework
OSINT framework focused on gathering information from free tools or resources. The intention is to help people find free OSINT resources.
African Digital Democracy Observatory Resident Fellows
The African Digital Democracy Observatory (ADDO) is offering a series of seed grants and additional technical support for targeted research into how both state-affiliated and other lobbyist groups use...
OSINT Techniques
Resources for Open Source Intelligence and Social Media Investigations.
Panama Papers
The Panama Papers is an unprecedented investigation that reveals the offshore links of some of the globe’s most prominent figures.
African Digital Democracy Observatory
ADDO is a coalition of investigative analysis + forensic research organisations that monitor how digital tools and civic technologies impact on the rights of African citizens
afriLEAKS
Securely share information with Africa's finest journalists BLOW THE WHISTLE
The Baltimore Banner
Baltimore news coverage, including politics, business, entertainment, food, and events. In-depth investigation and thoughtful opinion on the Baltimore region.
Global Disinformation Index research on Disinfo Ads
An ongoing series of reports about ad-funded disinformation
Disinformation Pathways and Effects: Case Studies from Five African Countries
Interviews with 90 respondents
Lighthouse Reports
Pioneering Collaborative Journalism
Newspack
WordPress For News Organizations
News Leaders Association Awards
RECOGNIZING EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM
Iraqi Journalism Rights Defense Association الجمعية العراقية للدفاع عن حقوق الصحفيين
منشور الزميل عادل فاخر
News Leaders Association
NLA advances the cause of quality professional journalism, and welcomes news leaders, academics and others.
Investigating Religious Freedom training
Code for Africa partnered with the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and Ayin Network to offer a combination of training, professional mentorship and story grants to journalists in Nigeria a...
In the Name of Religion
An initiative from Code for Africa and ICFJ for Journalists to Help Citizens Overcome Barriers to Religious Freedom
International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
Journalists in ICFJ's unparalleled network produce news reports that lead to better governments, economies and societies.
Demtech Navigator
This is an online resource guide for civil society groups looking to better deal with the problem of disinformation. Let us know your concerns and we will suggest resources, curated by civil society p...
CongoCheck
Congo Check est un média spécialisé dans la vérification des faits ou factchecking. Congo Check est un projet de l'ASBL/ONG Initiative des fact-chechekers du Congo, IFC.
Communalytic
Communalytic is a computational social science research tool for studying online communities and discourse.
Comprova
Comprova brings together journalists from 28 different Brazilian media companies to identify and explain rumors, fabricated content and manipulation tactics that might influence the 2018 presidential...