Projects
We pioneer techniques to support journalism and empower reporting that applies the latest standards and strategies to tackle information disorder.
Three ways we fight mis- and disinformation
Latest
First Draft launches US 2020 Local News Fellowship
The project will build capacity and encourage collaboration in local news ecosystems where disinformation is likely to flourish.
Year in Review: ‘We all are vulnerable to disinformation and we get played in different ways’
Kate Starbird is an Associate Professor at the University of Washington and co-founder of the UW Center for an Informed Public.
Year in Review: 'Journalists need to recognise they are a target of influence operations'
Renee DiResta, technical research manager at Stanford Internet Observatory, looks back at 2019.
Featured Projects
CrossCheck: Together, Now.
A global network connecting journalists, academics and technologists in response to the evolving challenges of information disorder.
Live Simulations
High intensity events preparing newsrooms from online threats
Standards Sessions
First Draft's Standards Sessions provide a space where senior journalists and editors can freely discuss ideas about how newsrooms should handle pressing ethics issues surrounding reporting in an age of disinformation.