Our.News

Our. News is a fact-checking platform that provides "nutritional labels" combining automated and user-assigned scores to rate the reliability of news articles.[1]

Our.News
Type of site
Factchecking
Founded2016
OwnerRichard Zack
Founder(s)Richard Zack, Neta Iser
ServicesCrowdsourced Factchecking, Nutrition Labels for News, Newstrition
URLhttps://our.news/
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
Launched2017
Current statusActive

The platform is available both as a browser extension for Google Chrome and Firefox, and a mobile app for iOS. The Labels are aimed to combat online misinformation,[2] providing a condensed breakdown of the background ingredients and information that make up any news article. This includes info about the publisher, author, editor, third-party fact checks, article sources, AI article classifications, and public opinion ratings.[3][4][5]

The company's "Nutrition Labels for News" products are also branded as Newstrition.[6][7]

Richard Zack is the Founder[8] and serves as chief executive officer.[8] Neta Iser is a Co-founder and holds the position of Chief Data Scientist, and Jared McKiernan serves as Editor.

See also

References
  1. "Our.News fights misinformation with a 'nutrition label' for news stories". TechCrunch. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  2. Mendoza-Moyers, Diego (2019-01-21). "Troy-based start-up aims to combat online misinformation". Times Union. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  3. "International Fact-Checking Day: eight resources for verifying information | Media news". www.journalism.co.uk. 2020-04-02. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  4. Boylan, Dan. "Twitter accounts suspected in spreading of 'fake news' in 2016 still active". The Washington Times. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  5. Hofacker, Cat. "Facebook, Twitter make moves to guard against misinformation in 2018 midterms and beyond". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  6. Britzky, Haley (9 October 2018). "Our.News tool joins dozens of other sites fighting "fake" news". Axios. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  7. "Newstrition". www.rand.org. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  8. "Richard Zack". Poynter Institute. Retrieved December 22, 2020.


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