Our.News

Our.News was a tech startup that I cofounded and led from 2017-2021, building several products to fight misinformation, including with Newstrition®, the
Nutrition Labels for News. In addition to my role as CEO, I was the architect and developer of all platform and API software. Our innovative approach led to successful partnerships with notable organizations such as the Internet Archive, RPI, Dartmouth University, the International Fact-Checking Network, and Facebook.

August 5, 2020

Our.News creates ‘nutritional’ fact-checking labels to help audiences make healthier news consumption choices

“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”...

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February 7, 2020

TechCrunch: Our.News fights misinformation with a ‘nutrition label’ for news stories

“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...

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January 21, 2019

Troy-based start-up aims to combat online misinformation

“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...

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November 3, 2018

Facebook, Twitter make moves to guard against misinformation in 2018 midterms and beyond

“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...

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November 1, 2018

Why this serial entrepreneur in Troy is building a startup to fight misinformation

“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...

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October 23, 2018

Why corporate America isn’t freaking out about Democrats’ rising fortunes

“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...

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October 9, 2018

Twitter accounts suspected in spreading of ‘fake news’ in 2016 still active

“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....

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October 2, 2018

Richard Zack on Capital Pressroom: Newstrition

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...

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September 5, 2017

20 things you don’t know about me: Richard Zack

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...

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July 31, 2017

Telling Real News From Fake

Thank you WNYT NewsChannel 13 and Dan Bazile for this great feature on Our.News! Richard Zack, CEO of Our.News, discusses the start-up website’s mission and design with Dan. Our.News aims to...

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