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Mark FrankelJuly 10, 2018

The promises and pitfalls of reporting within chat apps and other semi-open platforms: A journalist’s guide

News organizations’ audiences are increasingly moving from public social media to closed or semi-closed platforms like WhatsApp, Discord, and Facebook Groups. But there are still opportunities for good reporting on the communities we cover.

Mevan BabakarJune 6, 2018

Can crowdsourcing scale fact-checking up, up, up? Probably not, and here’s why

“We foolishly thought that harnessing the crowd was going to require fewer human resources, when in fact it required, at least at the micro level, more.”

Haris DedovicMay 30, 2018

How an online satire magazine in Bosnia and Herzegovina ends up reporting the news and fact-checking its peers

“The other day there was big news in Bosnia. They said a Hooters had opened up in Sarajevo…But we didn’t even get the chance to mock the sexist business model of the place — first we had to correct the facts. Which is, that it wasn’t a real Hooters at all.”

Laura Hazard OwenMay 23, 2018

From Bible study to Google: How some Christian conservatives fact-check the news and end up confirming their existing beliefs

“I think that when people go to Google, they think about Google weighing facts instead of ranking results.”

Laura Hazard OwenMay 18, 2018

Can signing a “pro-truth pledge” actually change people’s behavior online?

Plus: Fake audio on WhatsApp in India, and do paywalls lead to increased polarization?

Google News gets an update, with more AI-driven curation, more labeling, more reader controls (fingers crossed for no AI flops)

Laura Hazard OwenApril 27, 2018

Explainers are tedious. Fact-checks can feel partisan. Is there a third way?

Plus: Problems with the First Amendment, fact-checking the fact-checkers, and how partisan newspapers’ circulations change depending on who’s in power.

Christine SchmidtApril 18, 2018

Truth Goggles are back! And ready for the next era of fact-checking

“Why can’t we use the Cambridge Analytica [method] for good, to help people actually know good things?”

Denise-Marie OrdwayApril 17, 2018

Fact-checking the network: The most interesting digital and social media research of early 2018

Journalist’s Resource sifts through the academic journals so you don’t have to. Here’s their latest roundup, including research into fake news, audience analytics, populism, VR, and fact-checking.

Laura Hazard OwenApril 6, 2018

“A place of clashing priorities, mistrust, and suspicion”: Guess what this refers to

Hint: Facebook is involved. Plus: Sketchy government efforts against fake news (or “fake news”) in India and Malaysia.

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