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Journalism Project Comprova Begins to Publish in Brazil
First journalism collaborative dedicated to tackling misinformation to use the WhatsApp Business API for managing communications with audiencesBy Claire Wardle and Aimee RinehartSão Paulo, August 6 —...
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Learn and Teach Verification Skills This Semester
Our online verification trainings are designed for newsrooms, journalism classrooms and the publicBy Grace GreasonThe July rescue of 12 Thai soccer players and their coach trapped in a cave attracted...
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Comprova wraps in Brazil
Throughout the 12-week collaborative verification project, 24 partners worked together to inform voters about inaccurate and misleading content circulating onlineBy Aimee Rinehart (Versão em português...
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In an age of misinformation, sustainable newsroom collaborations should...
The benefits for collaborative verification projects demonstrate that funders should be supporting newsrooms and fact-checkers to work together on a long-term basisBy Claire Wardle (Versão em português...
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What WhatsApp “API Access” Meant for Comprova
What WhatsApp “API access” meant for ComprovaThe collaborative journalism project was the first to have special access to one of Brazil’s most popular appsOnce users clicked on the “I have a question”...
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Waves of disinformation in the Brazilian elections
A coalition of 24 media outlets verified and debunked 147 rumors circulating online during the presidential elections in OctoberBy Sérgio Lüdtke, (Versão em português brasileiro)Misinformation in the...
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How collaborative journalism worked with Comprova
Days of training, lots of sticky notes and karaoke were some of the building blocks of the Brazilian election projectComprovadores at the bootcamp in May. Photo: Juliana FarinhaBy Sérgio Lüdtke (Versão...
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5 Lessons for Reporting in an Age of Disinformation
Agents of disinformation use anonymous online spaces to seed rumors and fabricated content, hoping to eventually reach professional news outlets. How can journalists protect themselves from being...
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First Draft opens offices in London and New York to combat information...
We are recruiting for editorial, research, training and digital production positions to support collaborative verification throughout the world in 2019We are building on our pioneering work around...
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First Draft opens offices in London and New York to combat information...
We are thrilled to announce that First Draft is expanding: We are planning election projects in Argentina, Australia, Canada, Indonesia, South Africa, Spain and Uruguay, plus a cross-border project to...
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Introducing Footnotes: A place for ideas
First Draft director and co-founder, Claire Wardle, introduces our revamped Medium publication as the organisation turns five years old.In the summer of 2015, First Draft published its first Medium...
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The difference between the facts and the truth
First Draft’s head of policy and impact, Tommy Shane, explores how different ways of knowing can create vulnerabilities online.Continue reading on First Draft Footnotes »
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The questions we need to ask before the next infodemic
First Draft’s head of policy and impact, Tommy Shane, explores what questions we need to ask to provide better information during the next pandemic.“Covid-19 is neither the first nor the last health...
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Searching for the misinformation ‘twilight zone’
First Draft’s head of policy and impact, Tommy Shane, explores how our technology affects what misinformation we do and don’t see.“The ocean twilight zone is a layer of water that stretches around the...
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Identifying ‘data deficits’ can pre-empt the spread of disinformation
First Draft’s research analyst, Seb Cubbon, explores how data deficits get exploited by disinformation actors, and how we can get ahead of them.Until very recently, mRNA (messenger ribonucleic Acid)...
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Finding misinformation with ‘rumor cues’
First Draft’s head of impact and policy, Tommy Shane, explores how keywords related to rumor can help us understand and respond to dangerous activities online.If you’re a reporter, getting your queries...
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We need to know more about political ads. But can transparency be a trap?
First Draft researchers Madelyn Webb and Bethan John explore the complexities and contradictions of calls for increased transparency around online advertising.Image: First Draft IllustrationAs...
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How to improve our analysis of ‘coordinated inauthentic behavior’
First Draft researchers Carlotta Dotto and Seb Cubbon, along with Stefano Cresci, Serena Tardelli and Leonardo Nizzoli from the Institute of Informatics and Telematics of Pisa, explore new approaches...
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Update from First Draft
Today we are announcing that First Draft is closing its doors to make way for the next chapter — its mission will continue at the newly launched Information Futures Lab, an initiative from Brown’s...
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