Claire Wardle

Disinformation goes to Hollywood: four lessons from journalism

Stories told by entertainment producers go beyond “just the facts.” They transport audiences into whole other worlds, which is central to narrative persuasion.

The role of cable television news in amplifying Trump’s tweets about election integrity

First Draft's latest research takes a look at how cable news amplified Trump's messaging on Twitter

Closed Groups, Messaging Apps and Online Ads

Understanding Information disorder

Introducing an SMS course to prepare for US election misinformation

Learn how to protect yourself and your community from misinformation with our free two-week text message course.

Too much coronavirus information? We’ll help you separate the helpful from the harmful

Our guide to navigating the infodemic will explain how misinformation spreads and give you practical tips for verifying content online.

PAI and First Draft launch Research Fellowship on media manipulation

The Partnership on AI (PAI) and First Draft are launching a Research Fellowship to investigate tactics for communicating video manipulations to the public.

Closed groups, messaging apps and online ads: The new battlegrounds of disinformation

While there is now more awareness around the online tactics of deception, new frontiers in digital spaces continue to open up, writes First Draft co-founder Claire Wardle in this extract from our Essential Guide.

Information disorder: 'The techniques we saw in 2016 have evolved'

'We are increasingly seeing the weaponisation of context,' says First Draft US director and co-founder Claire Wardle in the third of a new series of guides addressing trust and truth in the digital age.

5 Lessons for Reporting in an Age of Disinformation

Agents of disinformation use anonymous online spaces to seed rumors and fabricated content, hoping to eventually reach professional news outlets. How can journalists protect themselves from being manipulated?

Information Disorder: The Definitional Toolbox

Definitions matter. These tools will give you the words you need to talk about information disorder.

La recherche sur les journalistes et les lecteurs de CrossCheck suggère un impact positif pour le projet

Des entrevues approfondies et des sondages ont révélé que la collaboration était crédible et enseignait des techniques de vérification

One year on, we’re still not recognizing the complexity of information disorder online

Our report for the Council of Europe provides a new definitional framework for information disorder, overviews current responses and summarizes key academic studies

10 questions to ask before covering misinformation

When, how and why do we report on rumors and fabricated content?

#WahlCheck17: Monitoring the German election

Using similar techniques to ones employed in our UK election project, we will monitor online conversations in real-time with Correctiv.org

Fake News – Es ist kompliziert.

Um das aktuelle Informations-Ökosystem besser zu verstehen, müssen wir die folgenden drei Aspekte genauer aufschlüsseln

Fake news, la complexité de la désinformation

Pour comprendre le système actuel de l’information, nous devons considérer trois éléments

Noticias falsas. Es complicado.

Para entender el actual ecosistema de información, debemos descomponer tres elementos.

Another Tool to Fight Misinformation: Our Academic Partner Network

Today we are excited to announce the beginning of our Academic Partner Network with 32 Schools and Departments from around the world.

Research: “A Field Guide to Fake News”

We're excited to announce support for new research which will investigate the misinformation ecosystem across Europe based on the technological Infrastructure of 'fake news' sites.

Fake news. It's complicated.

To understand the misinformation ecosystem, here's a break down of the types of fake content, content creators motivations and how it's being disseminated

Launching our new Chrome extension NewsCheck

NewsCheck is a Chrome extension that prompts you to work through a verification checklist and then allows others to see how you authenticated an image or video. See how the tool works and how you can integrate the checklist into your workflows.

First Draft prepares for a big year ahead with the support of 40 new partners

Claire Wardle leads research and projects for the First Draft Partner Network. Here she outlines an action plan for 2017

Timeline: Key moments in the fake news debate

The First Draft timeline of the fake news debate surrounding the 2016 US presidential election

Claire Wardle joins First Draft full time

Claire explains how she will build a research agenda and establish First Draft as a non-profit in the US

Download this new guide to approaching social sources

First Draft's debut handbook establishes standards for using eyewitness media

How did news organisations handle the Philando Castile Facebook Live video?

New research shows how 23 news organisations dealt with graphic footage livestreamed on Facebook after Philando Castile was shot by a police officer

Journalists are losing key tools to changes in social media tech

With Topsy, Google Real-Time Search, RSS feeds for social platforms and Google Reader all gone, what are some alternatives for newsgathering which get results?

[M|D]isinformation Reading List

A list of non-academic readings related to different aspects of the "fake news" debate, covering the impact of advertising, its role in the US election, the growing awareness of disinformation campaigns aimed at upcoming European elections, and some of the psychological theories that help explain why our brains can be so easily fooled.

Too little too late: The horror of Paris proves the media need to debunk rumours in real time

If news organisations don’t start fighting false information as it happens we risk losing our audience to the lies

7/7: Comparing the use of eyewitness media 10 years on

The London bombings was one of the first stories where eyewitness media was integrated into mainstream news. What has changed?