Our.News Explained

Our.News
Type:Factchecking
Founded:2016
Owner:Richard Zack
Founder:Richard Zack, Neta Iser
Services:Crowdsourced Factchecking, Nutrition Labels for News, Newstrition
Url:https://our.news/
Commercial:Yes
Registration:Optional
Launch Date:2017
Current Status:Inactive

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

The platform was available both as a browser extension for Google Chrome and Firefox, and a mobile app for iOS. The Labels were aimed to combat online misinformation,[2] providing a condensed breakdown of the background ingredients and information that make up any news article. This included 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 were also branded as Newstrition.[6] [7]

Richard Zack was the founder of the company[8] and served as chief executive officer. Neta Iser was a Co-founder and held the position of Chief Data Scientist, and Jared McKiernan served as editor.

Since July 20, 2023, the website is inactive.

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Notes and References

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