Our.News
Type of site | Factchecking |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 |
| Owner | Richard Zack |
| Founder(s) | Richard Zack, Neta Iser |
| Services | Crowdsourced Factchecking, Nutrition Labels for News, Newstrition |
| URL | https://our.news/ |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 2017 |
| Current status | Inactive |
Our.News was a fact-checking platform that provided "nutritional labels" combining automated and user-assigned scores to rate the reliability of news articles.[1]
The platform was available both as a browser extension for Google Chrome and Firefox, and a mobile app for iOS. The Labels were aimed to combat online misinformation,[2] providing a condensed breakdown of the background ingredients and information that make up any news article. This included info about the publisher, author, editor, third-party fact checks, article sources, AI article classifications, and public opinion ratings.[3][4][5]
The company's "Nutrition Labels for News" products were also branded as Newstrition.[6][7]
Richard Zack was the founder of the company[8] and served as chief executive officer.[8] Neta Iser was a Co-founder and held the position of Chief Data Scientist, and Jared McKiernan served as editor.
Since July 20, 2023, the website is inactive.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Our.News fights misinformation with a 'nutrition label' for news stories". TechCrunch. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ Mendoza-Moyers, Diego (2019-01-21). "Troy-based start-up aims to combat online misinformation". Times Union. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ "International Fact-Checking Day: eight resources for verifying information | Media news". www.journalism.co.uk. 2020-04-02. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ Boylan, Dan. "Twitter accounts suspected in spreading of 'fake news' in 2016 still active". The Washington Times. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ Hofacker, Cat. "Facebook, Twitter make moves to guard against misinformation in 2018 midterms and beyond". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ Britzky, Haley (9 October 2018). "Our.News tool joins dozens of other sites fighting "fake" news". Axios. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ "Newstrition". www.rand.org. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ a b "Richard Zack". Poynter Institute. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Our.News Archived 2020-06-02 at the Wayback Machine
- Newstrition Chrome Extension
- Newstrition Firefox Extension
- Newstrition on the Apple App Store
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