Verify breaking news online
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As used during
Verificado
and
Electionland
Structure your investigation
Set key questions for each investigation, ensuring consistent and accurate newsgathering amongst your team.
Gather your community online
Quickly build a team and see their work with a visible activity log. All key activity in Check can also be sent directly to your team's Slack.
Streamline common tasks
Work more efficiently with bot helpers, like links to help you quickly conduct a reverse image search on any attached media
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“When we’re verifying user generated content, it’s very important to be clear and transparent. What’s great about Check is that it lets us show every step we’ve taken along the way.”
— Eliot Higgins,
“Check helped me be more aware of fake news and to practise all the verification steps we learnt in the course.”
— Zoe Lau, Student,
“Check was the essential tool for organising all of the social newsgathering for verification during Electionland.”
— Fergus Bell,
Our History
Check was founded in 2011 as Checkdesk, and in 2016, the product acquired its new name. The Check project has worked to build online tools, support independent journalists, and develop media literacy training resources that aim to improve the investigative quality of citizen journalism and help limit the rapid spread of rumors and misinformation online.
In addition to building software, we run workshops and panels, and we contributed to the European Journalism Centre’s Verification Handbook, edited by Craig Silverman, with case studies and an Arabic language translation.
Supporters & Partners
Check partners with the following media organizations. Please get in touch if you would like to be a media partner.
