Civic Tech Field Guide
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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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Election SOS
Chicago, ILElection SOS offers training & resources for journalists, connecting them to best practices, resources and support around election coverage.
Media Viability Accelerator
Internews Network, 15th Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USAJoin 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.
The Midwest Newsroom
IowaThe Midwest Newsroom is a partnership among Iowa Public Radio, KCUR in Kansas City, Nebraska Public Media News, St. Louis Public Radio and NPR.
New York Focus
New York, USANew York Focus is a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom covering state and local politics in the Empire State. We aim to make government more transparent by publishing in-depth journalism that explains how the state really works.
Migravoice
India (Bhārat)Amplifying voices of migrants and refugees in European Media
Investigative Reporting Lab (IRL) Macedonia
North Macedonia (Severna Makedonija)The Investigative Reporting Laboratory (IRL) is a non-profit media organization whose reporting focuses on corruption, crime and good governance.
Skeptic Reader
Spain (España)Your personal bullshit🤌 detector for the Internet.
The Al Accountability Fellowships seek to support journalists working on in-depth AI accountability stories that examine governments' and corporations’ uses of predictive and surveillance technologies to guide decisions in policing, medicine, social welfare, the criminal justice system, hiring, and more.
From Hasan Piker to Logan Paul, this interactive display maps how online personalities on the right and the left are using their massive followings to influence the US election.
GCA Cybersecurity Toolkit for Journalists
United States of America (the)Free and effective tools you can use right now to take action to improve the cybersecurity and integrity of your newsroom.
The Google News Initiative Pre-launch Lab is a program supporting early stage entrepreneurs in journalism.
The Google News Initiative works with publishers and journalists to fight misinformation, share resources and build a diverse and innovative news ecosystem.
有据 (China Fact Check)
China (Zhong Guo)China's first independent fact-checker, verifying international news
Project Oasis is a research effort to map independent digital media organizations, news creators and publishers-in-exile across 68 countries.
In this monthly newsletter, this media nerd explores the opportunities that emerge in this disruptive moment for new models of civic media ventures.
Guidance for Policymakers, Civil Society, and Development Cooperation
Inside The Newsroom is home to the largest curated journalism jobs board and calendar in the world.
Peabody Global Impact Awards
Georgia (US state)The Global Impact Award recognizes media or organizations that have profoundly changed the world for the better.
CredoIQ
Brooklyn, NYTikTok Intelligence For US Politics
News Ambassadors
FloridaWhat might it sound like if a reporter in rural Missouri partnered with a reporter in New York City to together explore contentious issues and uplift common ground?
Unboxed City
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Art exhibition at MIT: critical explorations of ai and cities
The Tiny News Collective
CaliforniaOur mission is to support the voices historically excluded from media and media ownership.
Hack The Press
LondonHack The Press is a movement. We're not satisfied by the current situation of owned media, and we've taken Michael Jackson's song "Man In The Mirror" to heart.
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
219 W 40th StAt the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York, change is in our DNA.
Local Independent Online News (LION)
United States of America (the)Creating and supporting independent news entrepreneurs
Social Currant
Washington, DCWe help nonprofits, impact organizations & issue focused organizations collaborate with creators to reach audiences more effectively.
Legitimate provides journalists and publishers with the latest [AI] tools to enhance their work while helping audiences build trust and have context in the content they consume.
Turning Wikimedia into a news-site credibility tool
United States of America (the)My new WikiCred project is aimed at making Wikidata/Wikipedia a more effective indicator of news-site credibility.
AI Journalism Lab
CUNY Graduate CenterThis 3-month hybrid, tuition-free and highly participatory program invites journalists to explore generative AI through theory and practice, and add meaningfully to the conversation.
whopostedwhat.com is a non public Facebook keyword search for people who work in the public interest. It allows you to search keywords on specific dates. You are granted access because of your work. We do urge you to donate a small amount of money to keep the server running.
Bureau Local
LondonA collaborative, investigative network revealing stories that matter to communities across the UK
Collaborate is an open-source tool that newsrooms can use to enable multiple reporters to share a dataset.
The ComProp Navigator
University of Oxford, 1 St Giles', Oxford OX1 3JS, UKThis is an online resource guide for civil society groups looking to better deal with the problem of disinformation.
自由微博 (FreeWeibo.com)
China (Zhong Guo)自由微博 (FreeWeibo.com)，匿名和不受屏蔽的新浪微博搜索，于 2012 年 10 月 11 日由 GreatFire.org 建立。
American Journalism Project
Washington, DCWe are a venture philanthropy investing in and building digital nonprofit newsrooms that are governed by, are sustained by, and look like the public they serve.
OpenAI Partnership with American Journalism Project to support local news
United States of America (the)A new $5+ million partnership aims to explore ways the development of artificial intelligence (AI) can support a thriving, innovative local news field, and ensure local news organizations shape the future of this emerging technology.
Here we introduce StraightLines, a proof-of-concept tool developed by AOI’s Lucid Lens team, that automatically rewrites news headlines to reflect the content of articles in a more accurate, less sensational way.
Mission Metrics
Oakland, CaliforniaWhen founding The Oaklandside in 2020, we launched Mission Metrics, an innovative pilot program for reader feedback.
Impact Tracker
OhioThe IA Impact Tracker is a digital platform to help news organizations, funders, and other stakeholders understand the impact of journalism by defining, measuring, and tracking real world change.
The Audience Community of Practice is a group providing support for audience development news professionals.
The Statewide News Collective is a community for news organizations serving statewide audiences launched by The Lenfest Institute, RevLab at The Texas Tribune, and Spotlight PA.
#ISOJ
Austin, TX#GotaGoGama, which criticized Gotabaya's candidacy and highlighted human rights abuses.
Future of Journalism
University of Oxford, 1 St Giles', Oxford OX1 3JS, UKPodcast from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Engaged Cities is a community of practice for news organizations with engagement-first approaches to serving U.S. cities.
The Lenfest News Philanthropy Network is a community of practice designed to support and build capacity for fundraising and development professionals in journalism.
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