#electionland

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Trouble Voting? We Want To Hear From You.

HuffPost is partnering with ProPublica’s Electionland project as part of a reporting collaboration to write about access to the ballot box in the 2018 elections. And we need you to alert us to problems at the polls so we can investigate them.

No tip is too small: We’re interested in long lines at polling places, as well as voters receiving incorrect information about voting. Are you missing from the voting rolls? Tell us about it. Did a voting machine glitch on you? We want to know about that, too.

Learn more about how you can share your story here.

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How Newsrooms are Rethinking Midterms Coverage

While reporting on the 2018 midterm elections in July, NPR reporter Asma Khalid went to Georgia to talk to African-American …

I spoke with NiemanReports about how Electionland is doubling down on its collaborative approach to cover the midterm elections. We're partnering with more than 100 news organizations around the country to cover voting problems in real time.

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How Newsrooms are Rethinking Midterms Coverage

While reporting on the 2018 midterm elections in July, NPR reporter Asma Khalid went to Georgia to talk to African-American …

I spoke with Nieman Reports about how Electionland is doubling down on its collaborative approach to cover the midterm elections. We're partnering with more than 100 news organizations around the country to cover voting problems in real time.

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Fransa basını seçimler yaklaşırken yalan habere karşı birleşti

Fransadaki pek çok farklı basın kuruluşu tarafından ortaklaşa hayata geçirilen doğrulama projesi Crosscheck, seçmenlere internette gördükleri içeriklerin hangilerine güvenecekleri konusunda yardımcı olacak. Geçtiğimiz aylarda, farklı medya kuruluşlarının ve grupların bir araya gelmesiyle ortaya çıkan CrossCheck, sosyal medya akışlarında, web aramalarında ve internette haber yayınlayan sitelerdeki içerikleri inceleyerek, nelere güvenebilecekleri konusunda halka yardımcı olmak isteyen bir doğrulama platformu. Facebook da ayrıca CrossChecki destekleyerek doğrulama süreçlerini, araçlar ve metinlerle açıklayarak seçimleri takip edenlere konuyla ilgili güncel ve onaylanmış, tartışmalı bilgileri sunacak. CrossCheck medya ve teknoloji alanındaki uzmanları bir araya getirerek yanlış iddiaları, efsaneleri ve hurafeleri ortaya çıkaracak. Hangi haberin yanlışlandığını, yanlış yönlendirdiğini ya da kafa karıştırıcı olduğunu raporlayacak. Fransadaki seçimler projenin ana odak noktası olacak, Fransanın pek çok farklı yerindeki organizasyonlardan gazeteciler birlikte çalışarak internette dolaşan fotoğraf, video, caps ve ya haber metni gibi farklı içerikleri doğrulayacaklar. Halkın bu platforma katılımı teşvik edilerek soru sormaları ve şüpheli sitelerin, içeriklerin CrossCheckin incelemesi için iletilmesi sağlanacak. Bu soruların hepsi listelenecek ve CrossCheckin web sitesinden cevaplanacak. Fransadaki ulusal ve yerel haber kuruluşlarının desteğiyle tasarlanan CrossCheck, Eylül 2016da First Draft Partner Ağı toplantısında yeni fikirlerle geliştirildi. 17 haber kuruluşu bu projeye katıldı; AFP, , , France Tlvisions,, , La Provence, , , , , , , , , ve katılımcılar arasında. Her basın kuruluşu katkı sunacak, kaynaklarını ve bölgesel birikimlerini aktararak doğrulama sürecini güçlendirip hızlandıracak. Böylelikle ülkenin her yerindeki yurttaşlara ulaşıldığından emin olunmuş olacak. CrossCheck partnerleri, özellikle bazı uluslararası haber kuruluşları, bu raporları kendi haberlerinde, makalelerinde, programlarında kullanacak. in deneyimlerinden yararlanılacak. Electionland, First Draft ve Google News Labin kolektif öğrenme ve deneyim süreçlerinin Fransadaki seçimlerde yararlı olacağı düşünülüyor. Electionlandte olduğu gibi, seçilen öğrenciler eğitim alarak önde gelen basın kuruluşlarının teknolojilerini ve gelişkin arama tekniklerini kullanacak. CrossCheck, CFJ ve Science Po Gazetecilik Okulundan gönüllüleri davet ederek bu işin bir parçası haline getirecek. CrossCheck editörleri her iddiayı özetleyecek ve içerik girerek web sitesinde paylaşılabilir rapor kartını canlı bir akış içerisinde yayınlayacak. Bu akış AFP tarafından tekrar gözden geçirilecek. First Draftın partnerlerinden yanlış bilgi ekosistemini Avrupadaki diğer seçimleri de dhil ederek daha geniş bir araştırma yöntemiyle ele alıp kalıplar ve davranışları ortaya koyan bir haritalandırma yapacak. Bellingcat tarafından yapılacak raporlar ve grafikler CrossCheck sitesinde görülebilecek. CrossCheck 27 Şubatta yayında olacak. Kaynak:First Draft NewsÇeviri:Gülin Çavuş Fransa basını seçimler yaklaşırken yalan habere karşı birleşti Kaynak: teyit.org

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ProPublica Is Seeking Fellows for Its Electionland Project

by ProPublica | Articles and Investigations - ProPublica | March 5th 2018

by ProPublica

We are looking for data and reporting fellows to join one of America’s most innovative (and fun) investigative newsrooms to work on covering the 2018 election. You won’t be covering the horse race — you’ll be covering voting itself: voting rights, election integrity, cyber security of election systems, etc. And you’ll be helping journalists across the country cover it, too.

Electionland started in the run-up to the 2016 election. It was the largest collaborative journalism project ever to cover a single event. More than 1,100 journalists took part. This is your chance to be at t...

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Find that fireball! When journalist turns stalker - Storyful.

A woman is filming a thunderstorm when lightning strikes a tree metres from the camera. A fireball explodes, the woman jumps back, shouting “Oh shit!”. Video gold, a segment any local news network would love to broadcast. Judge for yourself: Initially, we had suspicions. Is this video a set-up? Or an old clip copied from elsewhere and reposted as new? Because if not, we knew this was something news organizations would be interested in. So we set about... Learn more

Storyful is a social marketing and news company that is known for discovering and verifying social news content. In this article, Storyful details the process of verifying the authenticity of a video of lightning striking a tree and creating a fireball. They used tools like Spokeo, WolframAlpha, White Pages, and Google Maps to find the person who posted the video and verify details like the weather on that particular day.

The title of the article, “When journalist turns stalker,” really resonated with me. My friends always come to me for help if they need to track someone down using the random bits of information they have. I have always found it fascinating that I can start with a tiny tidbit of information like someone’s first name and end up finding their mother’s maiden name and where they attended elementary school. Does that make me a stalker? Maybe, but isn’t that essentially what a journalist is?

On Election Day this past November, I was fortunate to be able to participate in Electionland, a project designed to track voting issues throughout the country in real time. Journalism schools at several universities, including mine at the University of Florida, joined ProPublica, the Google News Lab, WNYC News, Univision, the First Draft Coalition, and the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, among other partners, to find and authenticate voting issues throughout the United States. Students and professors at the journalism schools were tasked with searching social media to find and verify potential problems at polling places, using tools tools like TweetDeck, Dataminr, Facebook Signal and TinEye Reverse Image Search. We passed the information we found to New York to be verified by the team there, and then it was sent out to reporters. 

We essentially followed the same process as Storyful did to verify the fireball video. In a world where you can hardly go a day without hearing about #fakenews, it is so important to have the ability to quickly and accurately prove the authenticity of videos, pictures and sources. Fortunately, as Storyful and the Electionland project prove, the tools we, as journalists, need to do this are right at our fingertips. 

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Electionland student staff share their experiences

Name: Brittany Norton

Year: Junior

Why did you want to participate in Electionland? I just wanted to do my journalistic duty to cover one of the most controversial elections in history. I also thought it would be cool when people asked what I was doing during the election to say I was covering it with a bunch of other journalism students. 

What was a highlight of Electionland? A highlight was finding people sharing Glenn Legon’s piece “Double America.” I thought it was interesting why people chose this particular art piece to encourage voters because it definitely speaks to this election because of the double America and how divided we are as a nation right now. I’m really looking forward to covering the reactions as results come out. 

What’s your first political memory? I would say when I first starting paying attention to politics was my history class my junior year of high school because it made me realize how much of an impact politics does have on our nation despite the apathy some people have towards our government.

Name: Scott Greenstone

Year: Senior

Why did you want to participate in Electionland? As a journalism student, I didn't want to do something partisan, but as a human being, I wanted to do something that could make even a small difference. I felt like being a watchdog for our democracy was a way I could do that.

What was a highlight of Electionland? Probably all the social media from young people voting with their parents. The country is so divided that seeing generations doing something so central to our democracy together was heartwarming and made me hopeful. 

What’s your first political memory? Honestly, I grew up fairly apolitical, and I can barely remember who I voted for in 2012--I was that disengaged. Deciding to become a journalist has been a total 180 for me.

Name: Kaylee Tornay

Year: Senior

Why did you want to participate in Electionland? I wanted to be a part of this experience because it is so incredibly unique. Covering the whole election road since last summer has been an incredibly challenging and exciting and draining ordeal. And this is the culmination! How could I pass this up? History is being made, and I get a chance to be a part of the team writing the first draft.

What was a highlight of Electionland? I had the chance to speak in Spanish with a Californian woman who was having trouble getting her ballot accepted. That was a very scary and exhilarating part of the day!

What’s your first political memory? I don’t remember my first, but one of the most memorable was watching President Obama’s inauguration in eighth grade with my social studies class. I was getting over a cold and kept sniffling during his speech, but everyone thought I was crying! 

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8:00 p.m. latest Oregon reaction

@realDonaldTrump It's HAPPENING God Bless you Mr. Trump, you are a blessing. #MAGA

— THE_DEPLORABLE (@THE_KATZ) November 9, 2016

Ballot drop with my dad! Sad I didn't get a sticker. Vote for more stickers. #vote #ivoted

A photo posted by AmyGrace Maynard (@amygraaaace) on Nov 8, 2016 at 7:00pm PST

Everything I need for the night. Look to the right when I can. Look to the left to calm down. #imwithher #portland #ripcity #pdx pic.twitter.com/R6xIaAZB1a

— Sean Berwald (@sberwald) November 9, 2016

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A photo posted by High-Proof PDX (@highproofpdx) on Nov 8, 2016 at 6:59pm PST