Credibility Coalition
Credibility Coalition CredCon Austin TX 2018
credibilitycoalition.org/  (Images ©Steven Snow and Credibility Coalition).
CredCon is a technology and ideas hackathon brought to you by the Credibility Coalition and sponsored by the Facebook Journalism Project, Craig Newmark Philanthropies, Knight Foundation, Hacks/Hackers and the University of Texas at Austin, aims to address the challenge of reducing misinformation online and strengthening content credibility through interdisciplinary collaboration.
The event builds upon the highly popular MisinfoCon events that took place at MIT, and in London, Kyiv and Washington, DC. Our team was thrilled to host a diverse group of participants from a variety of backgrounds. We welcomed hackathon newcomers to the event, too - over 40% of CredCon Austin participants.
A collaborative environment filled with designers, journalists, developers, communicators, and advocates led to the development of 11 fascinating projects over the course of the weekend. Thanks to our sponsors, we have funding available for small catalyst microgrants so that CredCon Austin groups can continue working on their hackathon projects together.
What Participants Worked On
Building upon the successes of our previous MisinfoCon events in London, Kiev, DC, and Boston, we developed the program for CredCon in a way that focused more on the tangible impacts that individuals and organizations can make in the areas of media literacy, addressing misinformation, and communicating credible content to a variety of audiences through different channels.
CredCon prioritized diversity and representation, encouraging participants with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives to join us. Together, we began to address interdisciplinary and intersectional issues across the credibility movement.
Questions raised throughout the weekend included - What might a nutrition label for digital content look like? How do we create new scientific abstracts online that are more accessible to individuals outside of the scientific community? Can we create best practices for diversity and inclusion for the implementation of credibility indicator frameworks by platforms?
If you’re interested in hearing more about what happened at CredCon, one of our participants, Dr. Jennifer Jones, founder of Hacks/Hackers Scotland, created a mini-podcast series of the event - Stories of CredCon - highlighting CredCon participants’ experiences & what led them to working in the field of misinformation.
All of the conference notes, workshop details and notes have been compiled into a PubPub page, an open-access community publishing tool - check it out at this link: credcon.pubpub.org
Credibility Coalition CredCon Austin TX 2018
credibilitycoalition.org/  (Images ©Steven Snow and Credibility Coalition).
CredCon is a technology and ideas hackathon brought to you by the Credibility Coalition and sponsored by the Facebook Journalism Project, Craig Newmark Philanthropies, Knight Foundation, Hacks/Hackers and the University of Texas at Austin, aims to address the challenge of reducing misinformation online and strengthening content credibility through interdisciplinary collaboration.
The event builds upon the highly popular MisinfoCon events that took place at MIT, and in London, Kyiv and Washington, DC. Our team was thrilled to host a diverse group of participants from a variety of backgrounds. We welcomed hackathon newcomers to the event, too - over 40% of CredCon Austin participants.
A collaborative environment filled with designers, journalists, developers, communicators, and advocates led to the development of 11 fascinating projects over the course of the weekend. Thanks to our sponsors, we have funding available for small catalyst microgrants so that CredCon Austin groups can continue working on their hackathon projects together.
What Participants Worked On
Building upon the successes of our previous MisinfoCon events in London, Kiev, DC, and Boston, we developed the program for CredCon in a way that focused more on the tangible impacts that individuals and organizations can make in the areas of media literacy, addressing misinformation, and communicating credible content to a variety of audiences through different channels.
CredCon prioritized diversity and representation, encouraging participants with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives to join us. Together, we began to address interdisciplinary and intersectional issues across the credibility movement.
Questions raised throughout the weekend included - What might a nutrition label for digital content look like? How do we create new scientific abstracts online that are more accessible to individuals outside of the scientific community? Can we create best practices for diversity and inclusion for the implementation of credibility indicator frameworks by platforms?
If you’re interested in hearing more about what happened at CredCon, one of our participants, Dr. Jennifer Jones, founder of Hacks/Hackers Scotland, created a mini-podcast series of the event - Stories of CredCon - highlighting CredCon participants’ experiences & what led them to working in the field of misinformation.
All of the conference notes, workshop details and notes have been compiled into a PubPub page, an open-access community publishing tool - check it out at this link: credcon.pubpub.org