Introducing VERITI – the future of authentic journalism

The truth is out there – but how can we find it?

This is a question that plagues many who engage with today’s news media landscape. ‘Fake news’ and misinformation can be found on all corners of the Internet. From growing distrust in traditional media broadcasters and publishers to lack of access and suppression of news in certain parts of the world, it is increasingly difficult to know where to go for and how to access reliable, trustworthy news sources.

Our project, VERITI, aims to design a collaborative platform that facilitates news co-creation all around the world, including in countries where citizens have limited personal and press freedoms. Bringing citizen journalists and Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) researchers together with established media makers on a digital platform, our team and project partners at VPRO hope to facilitate a new way to uncover stories and make the news safely and widely collaborative.

Our team is highly multidisciplinary, with a broad variety of career backgrounds and expertise:

Naz Mirsharifi – Architecture and community engagement

Amir Ghamdideh – Geographic information systems

Gabriel Obodai Torgbor-Ashong (OB) – Journalism and development studies

Izzy Lyndon-James – Digital media and communications

Together with our Transformation Owner Andrea and partners at VPRO, we are hard at work bringing VERITI to life. You can read on to learn more about each phase or ‘Sprint’ in our project development, and how we are working towards a better future for authentic journalism around the world.

FINAL PROJECT VIDEO