First Draft is sharing skills, insights and tools to support reporters and the wider public in response to disinformation. Each week, we host webinars for communities around the world, during different time zones and in multiple languages.

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Browse our playlists

• English playlist (23 webinars)
• Spanish playlist (9 webinars)
• French, Italian and Portugeuse playlist (6 webinars)

Understand information disorder

• The psychology of misinformation | Tommy Shane (First Draft), Briony-Swire Thompson (Northeastern University), Gordon Pennycook (University of Regina) and Nadia Brashier (Harvard) — August 27, 2020
• How communities can help ensure quality information is shared widely during the pandemic | Dr. Claire Wardle (First Draft) and Laura Garcia (First Draft) — April 22, 2020

Find stories on social media

• How to find stories by newsgathering and monitoring the social web | Lydia Morrish (First Draft) and Seb Cubbon (First Draft) — March 20, 2020
• How journalists can monitor TikTok to inform their reporting | Laura Garcia (First Draft) — April 30, 2020
• Using WhatsApp to find Covid-19 stories | Dr. Claire Wardle ( First Draft) Rory Smith (First Draft), Victoria Kwan (First Draft) and Fabricio Benevenuto (Federal University of Minas Gerais) — July 2 & 16, 2020
• How to include global voices in your reporting – Part 1: India and South East Asia | Ali Abbas Ahmadi (First Draft), Anne Kruger (First Draft), Chrisanthi Giotis (Centre for Media Transition) — April 30, 2020
• Reporting on coronavirus: Including global voices in your reporting – Part 2: Africa | Lee (AfricaCheck), Peter Cunliffe-Jones (IFCN/AfricaCheck) and Marie Bohner (First Draft) — June 18, 2020 
• Using Facebook Ad Library | Maddy Webb (First Draft) and Laura Garcia (First Draft) — May 21, 2020
• Inauthentic & coordinated online activity | Seb Cubbon (First Draft), Carlotta Dotto (First Draft) & Alastair Reid (First Draft) — June 4, 2020
• Coronavirus: Tracking the infodemic across social media | Led by Aimee Rhinehart (First Draft) and editorial team — August 20, 2020

Scrape and analyse social data

• Basic computational methods for tracking coronavirus trends | Rory Smith (First Draft|) joined by Dr. Claire Wardle — April 20, 2020

Verify on the go

• Verification on the go: How to use your phone to verify online material | Laura Garcia (First Draft) — July 28, 2020

Report effectively

• Reporting challenges around coronavirus | Dr. Claire Wardle (First Draft) and Ms. Anh Do (LA Times) — March 20, 2020
• Ethical questions around covering coronavirus | Dr. Claire Wardle (First Draft) and Victoria Kwan (First Draft) — May 14,  2020
• The importance of headlines, images and data visualisations | Anne Kruger (First Draft) — March 26, 2020

Stay safe and well

• Online information disorder: building up resilience against vicarious trauma | Marie Bohner (First Draft), Sam Dubberley (Amnesty International), Pearlé Nwaezeigwe,(Rated-R project) & Gülin Çavuş (Teyit) — September 24, 2020
• Mental wellness and vicarious trauma | Sam Dubberley (Amnesty International) and Victoria Kwan (First Draft) — April 9, 2020
• Privacy and security tips for journalists & researchers | Dr. Claire Wardle (First Draft) & Chris Dufour — May 7, 2020 

Get ahead of US election misinformation

• Claire Wardle in conversation with Vanita Gupta | Dr. Claire Wardle (First Draft) and Vanita Gupta (civilrights.org) — August 4, 2020
• How local newsrooms confront misinformation | Dr. Claire Wardle (First Draft), Christine Stapelton (Palm Beach Post), Dee Hall (Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism), Katlyn Alo Alapati (Outlier Media), Nicole Vap (KUSA-TV/TEGNA), Shana Black (First Draft Fellow), Nancy Watzman (Local News Fellowship) — August 6, 2020
• Election Reporting in Unprecedented Times in partnership with Electionland | – Dr. Claire Wardle (First Draft), Jessica Huseman (ProPublica) Tammy Patrick (Democracy Fund) — August 5, 2020
• Misinformation in Black and Latinx communities | – Aaron Foley (Craig J Newmark J School), Joan Donovan (Shorenstein Center), Jacobo Licona (Equis Labs), Jacquelyn Mason (First Draft) — August 6, 2020
• Upending reliable sources: discerning who to quote and how | Dr. Claire Wardle (First Draft), Geraldine Cols Azocar (Univision NY), Ivan Oransky (Retraction Watch), Jason Puckett (TEGNA), Kelly McBride (Poynter), Max Siegelbaum (Documented) — August 6, 2020
• Finding your next story in social media political ads | (Anna Massoglia (Responsive Politics), Jeremy B. Merril, Laura Edelson (NYU Tandon School of Engineering) — August 5, 2020
• Verification in your pocket: investigative tips for on-the-go reporting | Laura Garcia (First Draft), Shaydanay Urbani (First Draft), Maddy Webb (First Draft) — August 5, 2020