For guides, tip sheets and more, visit Global Investigative Journalism Network GIJN.ORG & IRE.ORG
- Bellingcat’s Online Investigation Tool Kit
- Check
- Debunking Handbook
- Emergent
- FactCheck.org
- FactCheck.org How to spot fake news
- Field Guide to Fake News
- Google Fact Check (US & UK)
- News Verification Guide by Tom Trewinnard
- Poynter International Fact Checking Network and fact-check research database
- Snopes Field Guide to Fake News Sites and Hoax Purveyors
- Snopes
- Verification Handbook I, II & III
- Verification Training for Journalists free course via Firstdraftnews
- WikiTribune
GENERAL
Wolfram Alpha Searches web for authoritative answers to factual questions, historical weather data, much more
SOCIAL MEDIA SEARCHES
FACEBOOK:Facebook | Searchisback.com | Stalkscan.com
TWITTER: Followerwonk Analyze people’s followers by location, topic, more + first Tweet (free for limited searches) | Klout Analyze influence | Tweetdeck | Twicsy Search what Twitpix a user has posted | Twitter Advanced Search | Twitter search terms | Who tweeted it first? | $ Picodash Instagram and Twitter searches for photos, videos, users and locations | $ Trendsmap Mapping by words, hashtags, users
SOCIAL MEDIA MONITORING
AIDR platform Disaster-based
$ Ban.jo Location-based
$ Geofeedia Location-based
Ushahidi Crowd-sourcing software
VERIFYING IMAGES
Reveye — Chrome extension that combines reverse image search engines of TinEye, Google, Bing and others
TinEye Web image searcher – Drag an image or url into the search box and find out when it first appeared on the Web
Google Image Search (b&w works best)
Findexif.com Get the data from a photo that tells where/when/how it was taken
Free–ocr Reads, translates text in images
Jeffrey’s Exif Viewer Get the data from a photo that tells where/when/how it was taken
SunCalc Date/time shadow calcs
MAPS & LOCATION IMAGES
Flikr | free-ocr.com | Google Maps | Google Translate | Instantstreetview
NASA Earth Observatory | Wikimapia
PEOPLE BACKGROUNDING
Facebook | rchisback.com | Stalkscan.com
GeoSocial Footprint Check your social media footprint
Flickr Geo-located photos
Identify Combined web identity (Firefox)
$ Full Contact Info from Web on people who email you (Gmail)
Numberway Phone #s
Person Finder Finding family/friends in a disaster
Rapportive LinkedIn info on people who email you(Gmail)
SearchSystems.net Public records links
Spokeo People locators by name, address, phone
WebMii Profile search engine
WHOIS Website ownership
TRUTH-SQUADDING
CASE STUDIES
Finding Dylann Roof by Storyful
How Storyful verified crowd-sourced video of the Boston Bombing in real time by AJR
How to Debunk a Geopolitcal Rumor with Your Twitter Followers by Andy Carvin