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Vaccines and misinformation: get the support you need

First Draft is responding to the threat of vaccine hesitancy with a range of resources for reporters, researchers, policymakers and communication specialists.

Protect yourself from deception: a free two-week text course

Take our course on how to protect yourself and your community from misinformation.

US 2020 Dashboard: Live insights on disinformation

Our dashboard offers daily insights for an at-a-glance snapshot on what our investigative research team sees online.

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The Covid-19 and other vaccines: Where we’re failing to provide the right information

Our analysis of the most influential online vaccine conversations revealed an environment cluttered with a confusing patchwork of harmful narratives and data deficits related to vaccines in general and the Covid-19 vaccine in particular.

Under the surface: Covid-19 vaccine narratives, misinformation and data deficits on social media

Research report: Competing vaccine narratives across English, Spanish and Francophone social media

First Draft and the World Health Organization come together to tackle health disinformation

First Draft and the World Health Organization come together to tackle health disinformation

Projects & resources

First Draft's Essential Guide to...

In our Essential Guides to reporting on disinformation, we cover news gathering, verification, responsible reporting, online safety, digital ads and more.

US 2020 Spotify Soundcheck Toolkit

First Draft is proud to collaborate with Spotify on a pioneering new toolkit, aimed at helping podcasters avoid the pitfalls of disinformation around the US election.

Tracking the infodemic

Our editorial series ‘Tracking the infodemic’' explored key issues for disinformation following the pandemic.