About
MisinfoConMisinfoCon is a global movement focused on building solutions to online trust, verification, fact checking, and reader experience in the interest of addressing misinformation in all of its forms.
Note from the editor
MisinfoCon is a global movement focused on building solutions to online trust, verification, fact checking, and reader experience in the interest of addressing misinformation in all of its forms. MisinfoCon started as a large gathering at MIT in February 2017. That conference brought together ambassadors from technology platforms, news organizations, as well as experts in social science, media literacy, policy, advocacy and cybersecurity. Ever since then, MisinfoCon has focused on bringing people together in similar meetups, while facilitating online community and resource sharing. Subscribe to our newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cBO3UX
Editors
Jennifer 8. Lee
Writer, @plympton, @upworthy, @awesomefood, @hackshackers, @newsdiffs. Past: @nytimes, @knightfdn, fortune cookies. jenny@jennifer8lee.com
Samantha Sunne
Journalism freelancer and trainer. @MisinfoCon editor, @HacksHackers organizer and @tools4reporters newsletter-er
Burt Herman
Entrepreneurial journalist finding meaning in the noise. Co-founder of Storify, Hacks/Hackers for journalists and technologists
Writers
Meedan
Meedan builds digital tools for global journalism and translation. Developers of @check and @speakbridge.
Scott Yates
Founder of JournalList.net. Three startups. Former journalist. The d in "scodtt" stands for dot. Visit me at http://sco.tt/!
Credibility Coalition
CredCo supports a collaborative approach toward solving information disorder issues online through rigorous research, better standards & thoughtful application.
Glassbox
We’re Pepe & Noé — We are developing Glassbox, a WordPress plugin for news publishers to make article edits public after publication.
Reading together
We are an Art+Feminism research project addressing reliable source guidelines, and related content policies, on English, French & Spanish Wikipedias.
scite
scite combines deep learning with a network of experts to evaluate the veracity of scientific work
Simon Knight
I’m a lecturer/researcher @uts_ftdi interested in how people find, evaluate & use evidence.
Emelia May Hughes
Student at the University of Washington studying Informatics and Drawing & Painting. Currently at the Social Futures Lab working on the WikiUX project.
Piotr Przybyła
Does NLP. Needs to know why it works. Currently at IPI PAN, formerly with NaCTeM (UoM).
Automated Controversy Detection Inc
AuCoDe analyses misinformation and controversy and turns it into actionable intelligence
Global Voices
We call attention to the most interesting stories emerging from citizen media around the world. https://globalvoices.org
Harriet Kingaby
A speaker, thought leader and mentor accelerating solutions to information disorder. Co-chair of the Conscious Advertising Network.
The Society Library
A non-profit library of society’s ideas, ideologies, and world-views. Focusing on improving the relationship between people and information.
Lede New Orleans
Lede New Orleans equips creative professionals from underrepresented communities, age 18-25, with skills, tools and resources to transform local media.
RealityTeam
We fight the effects of disinformation by targeting the social media feeds of people who don’t see enough news. We make factual info, simple, visual and quick.