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.
An open-source tool for cleaning, transforming and enriching messy datasets, widely used by data journalists and researchers.
Resources
An Arabic-language digital-security platform by IWPR providing guides, news and training for journalists, activists and netizens.
A programme giving eligible nonprofits free access to Google products including Ad Grants, Workspace and the YouTube Nonprofit Program, available in 65+ countries.
Funding
An international non-profit supporting independent media and information integrity through sub-grants, training and programmes.