After 4+ amazing years of running a startup, I’ve decided to pursue a new opportunity. Our.News will continue, in very good hands, without me, while I undertake my next journey. Today is my first day at Canonical, the makers of the Ubuntu Linux operating system (and many other great products), as their new Vice President of Global Support.…
“Want to know exactly what makes up your media diet? This tool breaks down all the ‘ingredients’ of online articles to fight misinformation and build readers’ trust” — Read more a Journalism.co.uk…
“We’ve intentionally combined objective facts [about the article] with subjective views,” Zack added. “We think that’s the solution … If you go purely subjective, then it’s just a popularity contest. If it’s just objective, then who’s the determiner of truth?”.. Read more at TechCrunch.…
“What if you could quickly check the “nutritional” information of a news article – the author, the story’s sources, the publisher and any bias the publication may have – like you can check the sodium in a can of soup, sugar content in a cereal box or the protein in a tuna pouch?”…
“On Oct. 2, New York-based tech startup Our.News has launched a Google Chrome and Firefox browser extension called Newstrition that provides users background information on media publishers for any given article, as well as third-party fact checking.”
Read more at USA Today.…
“Our.News is developing that application with the Newseum, a Washington, D.C. museum that celebrates free expression and the First Amendment, through a joint venture.”
Thank you, Chelsea Diana and Albany Business Review for this feature!…
“The CEO of Our.News, an online platform that helps users assess the validity of media items, teamed with the Washington, D.C.-based Newseum to create Newstrition, a browser extension that lets users fact-check a story’s sources, rate it and view background information about its publisher….”…
“I am hesitant to suggest more government regulation, but we are at a critical point,” said Richard Zack, head of Our.News, which describes itself as a nonpartisan misinformation filter web tool. “More transparency from the social networks is needed in every aspect of what they’re doing.”…
How can you know if the news that you are reading is truly good? A new internet extension seeks to inform news consumers on which sites are “healthy”. Richard Zack, CEO of Our.News, explained how the new extension, Newstrition, works.
Thank you, Susan Arbetter and WCNY for this thoughtful interview!…
Thank you to Kristi Gustafson Barlette and the Times Union for this great feature!
Richard Zack of Brunswick plans to change that — and make it so your critiquing voice can be heard. Zack is the CEO of Our.News, a web-based news rating platform.…