CheckCon Conference, our first outing
On April 20-22nd, 2017, we came together as the Newsroom on our first ‘job’, covering the CheckCon conference in Beirut….
Newsroom Posts Categorised as #CheckCon Report
CheckCon Report: Open Source Investigations Workshop
CheckCon’s second day held a workshop on open source investigation. It covered mechanisms that facilitates investigators’ job for verifying sources…
Fact-Checking Video Narratives Of Conflict
Online videos are an open source for investigation in Syria and Iraq’s war! “Through videos, we can challenge governmental claims…
CheckCon Report: Ben Hassine: “Is There Even A ‘We’ After Arab Uprisings?”
Author: Fatima Bassam Commenting on digital rights in the Arab region, Tunisian human rights advocate, writer, and lawyer Wafa Ben-Hassine…
CheckCon Report: “Disagreement Helps Keep Us Honest”
The Check conference taking place on Friday the 21st of April and Saturday the 22nd, was introduced by Ed Bice…
CheckCon report: Maher : Transparency & accountability are antidotes to fake news
Katherine Maher, the executive director of Wikimedia Foundation was the keynote speaker of CheckCon 2017 held at Beirut Digital District….