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First Draft Live: Free workshops for journalists broadcast live online

In Collaboration with Guardian, The New York Times and AJ+

First Draft Live is a series of free workshops in social newsgathering and verification, livestreamed from newsrooms around the world.

At each event, members of the First Draft Coalition present tools and techniques for dealing with eyewitness media in news to an audience of invited journalists and online viewers.

After the success of our first two live workshops from the Guardian and The New York Times, the third in the series was at AJ+ in San Francisco on Thursday 14th July.

You can watch all the workshops from #FDLive3 at AJ+ here and check out the videos from previous events below.

Keep an eye on the First Draft Twitter and Facebook pages for announcements about future events.

Check out the videos from previous events below, and keep an eye on the First Draft Twitter and Facebook pages for an upcoming announcement about the next event.

Joe Galvin explains how Storyful set up their newsroom for breaking news

Claire Wardle discusses verification as a process, with tools and tips

Craig Silverman showcases the sources and types of fake news

Eliot Higgins demonstrates advanced geolocation techniques

Eliza Mackintosh discusses verification during terror attacks

Malachy Browne shows how verification can be used in investigations

Find out more about the trainers below, and follow First Draft on Twitter and Facebook to get the latest reads and resources in social newsgathering, verification, fakes and hoaxes.