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Reporting on coronavirus: How to use WhatsApp to find stories and communities

How can you use WhatsApp in your reporting, and what practical and ethical issues should you consider?

Covering coronavirus: Privacy and security tips for journalists

Insights from First Draft's session on best practices and good habits to protect yourself during online investigations into coronavirus misinformation

Ethical questions for covering coronavirus online: Key takeaways for journalists

First Draft's co-founder and US director and ethics and standards editor share their advice.

When it comes to scientific information, WhatsApp users in Argentina are not fools

A new study suggests audiences in the country are often comfortable differentiating between factual and misleading information on the messaging platform.

2017: A Year in Mis- and Disinformation

20 articles that illustrate how the fight against information disorder changed in 2017

Listen: How to adapt the newsroom to work with closed networks

In the latest Storyful podcast, the newsroom discusses how WhatsApp and WeChat affect social news gathering

Navigating eyewitness news amid closed networks

How WhatsApp and similar networks are challenging newsgatherers when it comes to verification of eyewitness content, by Storyful News Editor Joe Galvin