What if the future of journalism was based on the co-construction of information by tens of thousands of citizens?
The Citizen Facts project takes on the challenge of radically transforming the production of information. It enables every citizen to participate in high-quality journalistic investigations, supported by a distributed technological infrastructure that allows them to be remunerated via the blockchain.
This project builds on the investigators’ extensive experience in producing collaborative investigations, some of which were recently featured in an acclaimed web series on Arte.tv. With IMI’s support, this experience in collaborative journalism will be complemented by a tailor-made platform that can be adapted for other media, such as Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), and a research project. As a result, this project has three main objectives:
- A technological objective to explore the workflows and technical infrastructures best suited to support this new type of citizen journalism
- A scientific objective to study the social and organizational dynamics that enable citizen participation in information production
- A societal objective to combat misinformation by harnessing the collective intelligence of audiences while strengthening their media literacy skills
Timeline
- October 2023: The “Citizen Facts” web series is released on Arte.tv (Babel Doc, ARTE France)
- April 2024: The CITIZEN FACTS association is created in France
- October 2024: The “Citizen Facts” project is launched with the support of IMI