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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The Coral Project is an open source project helping publishers of all sizes build better communities around their journalism. Our main tool is Talk.
PesaCheck
East AfricaPesaCheck is a fact-checking initiative to verify the financial and other statistical numbers quoted by public figures across East Africa, supported by International Budget Partnership, and Code for Africa affiliates in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
Totem is an online learning platform on using digital security tools and tactics effectively for journalists, activists, and trainers.
The Institute for Data, Democracy, and Politics
2121 I St NW, Washington, DC 20052, USATo understand digital media’s influence on national dialogue and opinion, and to develop sound solutions to disinformation.
ZenCity
Tel Aviv, IsraelHear from all of your residents and better connect to your community's heartbeat with Zencity, a cross-channel platform that takes civic engagement to the next level
In the four years since fact-checkers around the world first gathered in London for the inaugural Global Fact-Checking Summit, a lot has happened
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
1710 Rhode Island Ave NW, 11th floor Washington DC 20036 USAA U.S.-based nonprofit, we are both a small, resourceful newsroom with our own reporting team, as well as a global network of reporters and media organizations who work together to investigate the most important stories in the world.
Impact.jor
Brazil (Brasil)O Impacto.Jor é uma iniciativa para medir o impacto do jornalismo na vida das pessoas, através de um software criado para reportar e agregar impactos.
Weather or Not is a simple game designed to introduce the basics of forecast-based humanitarian decisions.
Trustable Technology mark
10969 Berlin, GermanyIt empowers consumers to make informed decisions & enables companies to prove their connected devices are trustworthy.
Colombia Check
ColombiaDigital, open and colaborative platform in which news and articles are fact-checked and published regularly for maintaining healthy debates and conversations in Colombia.
Hate speech: measures and counter-measures
96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB, UKMeasuring, analysing and countering online hate speech with advanced computational methods
Swayable
New York CitySwayable lets political campaigns and brands measure how content changes people’s minds. Campaigns using Swayable increase their impact on opinions by measuring persuasion, breaking down exactly which kinds of people respond to which content.
Mobile storytelling project at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Cast Your Vote teaches students how to evaluate what they hear politicians say, and to determine if they think they will keep their word in office.
The Revolution of Our Times
Hong KongAn Android game that provided users with an immersive role playing experience of the 2019 Hong Kong protests
RePresent
ConnecticutRePresent is a law game that provides self-represented parties in Connecticut with foundational advocacy experience.
The Markup
New York CityWe are a new publication illuminating how powerful institutions are using technology in ways that impact people and society.
Welcome to CiviClub. A community of people who think that being responsible with our society and our environment is not an obligation but a great opportunity.
Drone Journalism Lab Operations Manual
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, R Street, Lincoln, NE, USAThe Drone Journalism Lab's Operations Manual is here to help your news organization with using flying robots to report news.
Virtual temporary newsroom for student and citizen journalists
Digital Sherlocks 360/OS
RoundhouseChalk Farm Rd, Camden Town, London NW1 8EH, UK360/OS brings together journalists, activists, innovators, and leaders from around the world as part of our grassroots digital solidarity movement fighting for objective truth as a foundation of democracy.
From fake news to chaos! How bad are you? Get as many followers as you can.
The Good News Podcast is your daily reminder that not all news is bad, produced by Cards Against Humanity.
Hope
New York CityHope is the assistant for the resistance. It’s the tool that will help you keep track of the news, and let you know what you can do to have an impact.
Maidan Monitoring Information Center
Ukraine (Ukrayina)Maidan Monitoring Information Center is a non-government non-profit civic organization that cares for societal security in Ukraine, which is achieved through public dialogue, improving the culture of communication and reducing the level of violence in society.
Factmata
114 Whitechapel High St. London E1 7PTEmpowering everyone with a better understanding of content.
The New York Times beta Android app appears to be experimenting with a GoFundMe link to help readers touched by a story give back. Newspapers have run fundraising drives for local residents for years,...
HealthTools
KenyaHealthTools gives citizens localised answers to everyday health challenges via SMS and the web to help the mwananchi get the best medical care. Data is from reputable official sources, with additional crowd verification
Suffragetto game
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Players take on the role of suffragettes trying to occupy the House of Commons, or police officers trying to break up the protest.
A place to post an opinion you accept may be flawed, in an effort to understand other perspectives on the issue. Enter with a mindset for conversation, not debate.
Block By Block Minecraft participatory planning workshops
UN Habitat, Beirut, LebanonDid you know that you can use Minecraft for more than a simple fun? Learn about great Block by Block initiative for community participation in urban design.
Bury me, my Love tells Nour’s story as she flees Syria and tries to reach Europe. But why did the young woman decide to leave?
The Streetwyze app is the world’s first neighborhood navigator powered by local knowledge.
Stowarzyszenie Demagog
Katowice, PolandDemagog Association is Poland's first factchecking organization. It's main aim is the improvement of the quality of the public debate through unbiased and reliable information.
Create your own (fake) news empire by playing Fake It To Make It, a simulation-style, social-impact game about how fake news is created and distributed for a profit.
The Solutions Story Tracker® is a curated, database of rigorous reporting on responses to the world's most pressing social problems.
Northwestern University Local News Initiative
Northwestern University, Campus Drive, Evanston, IL, USAWith local journalism in crisis, Northwestern University has assembled a team of experts in digital innovation, audience understanding and business strategy. The goal: reinvent the relationship between news organizations and audiences to elevate enterprises that empower citizens.
Fora
68 Harrison Ave BostonHuman-Led + AI-Supported Listening
Block’hood is a city building simulator video game that focuses on ideas of ecology, interdependence and decay.
Flourish! Local economies game
8 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0DSWe made a board game to discuss local economic policy ideas.
Social Scraper
Ukraine (Ukrayina)Social Media Scraper is a tool helping journalists and watchdogs to keep politicians accountable for the statements they make in social media.
The Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life
Chapel Hill, NCThe impact of the digital information environment — especially the influence of social media
The news has always played an essential role in our lives, keeping us informed about the world and the issues we care about.
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