MisinfoCon
Trust, Verification, Fact Checking & Beyond.
Jennifer 8. Lee
Writer, @plympton, @upworthy, @awesomefood, @hackshackers, @newsdiffs. Past: @nytimes, @knightfdn, fortune cookies. jenny@jennifer8lee.com
Samantha Sunne
Journalism freelancer and trainer. @MisinfoCon editor, @HacksHackers organizer and @tools4reporters newsletter-er
Burt Herman
Entrepreneurial journalist finding meaning in the noise. Co-founder of Storify, Hacks/Hackers for journalists and technologists
Nevin_Thompson
CredCo Community Lead, Co-Editor of MisinfoCon Blog
Latest Posts
De-escalation: Easy in Theory. In Practice? Kinda Hard.
How do we, in practice, do the work around de-escalation, such as trying not to judge another’s anger or fear?
From “iffy” news to “spiffy” sources: Creating a comprehensive list of credible news sources
How can we turn Wikimedia into a tool for evaluating the credibility of news sites?
WikiConference North America 2023: Toronto meetup brings community together for first time since…
Four-day meetup in November focused on “recent changes”, and information reliability and credibility
How Crowds Can Save The Internet from Misinformation
There are billions of social media users. With News Detective, there are billions of potential factcheckers too.
Exploring the Weaponization of Open Source in Nigeria
In May 2023, WikiFact-Checkers organized an event where media professionals come together to host a fact-checking event on the…
Training media professionals to be “WikiFactCheckers”
The media is the focal point of any information ecosystem — without the media, there can be no effective information dissemination system.
Introducing the ‘Body Atlas’ project
Improving information across sexual and reproductive health on Wikipedia and across the internet.
The Human Body Project: Increasing the credibility of human anatomy and physiology information on…
Out of the 6000+ featured articles, only one related to anatomy or physiology has attained featured status so far.
Increasing research + output of credible information on climate change action
WikiCred collaboration will research and share how people can fight the climate crisis
Wiki-Cred Boot-Camp: Strengthening the Credibility of the Nigerian Information Ecosystem
The sheer availability of information online has led to info overload and an increase misinformation, making it difficult to determine what…
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