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Media & Journalism in MENA

Technology supporting independent media, fact-checking and investigative journalism.

Organizations

An independent Jordanian media platform producing investigative journalism and data-driven storytelling.

Africa's largest network of civic technology and data journalism labs, with initiatives reaching across North Africa.

A pioneering independent Tunisian media collective producing investigative, data-driven journalism on democracy, rights and accountability.

The leading network supporting investigative and accountability journalism across the Arab world, training reporters and fact-checkers.

Projects

A data-driven visual storytelling project using research and infographics to communicate issues of rights and justice in Palestine.

Tools

An open-source platform for crowdsourcing, mapping and verifying reports during crises, elections and campaigns.

An open-source tool by OCCRP for searching and cross-referencing large document and data sets in investigations.

An open-source whistleblower submission system that lets newsrooms receive documents and tips from sources securely and anonymously.

Resources

An Arabic-language digital-security platform by IWPR providing guides, news and training for journalists, activists and netizens.

Funding

An international non-profit supporting independent media and information integrity through sub-grants, training and programmes.

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