"FactForge: Collaborative Investigations for the Next Generation"

FactForge is a web-based platform designed for young journalists and investigative reporters to collaborate on complex investigations. This tool allows users to work together in real-time, sharing findings, and building a comprehensive narrative. By leveraging the power of collective knowledge and expertise, FactForge empowers users to tackle issues that might be too big for a single journalist to tackle alone. The platform’s core features include a project dashboard, a document-sharing system, and a commenting interface for seamless communication among team members. To test FactForge, we would partner with a few investigative journalism organizations to pilot a joint project, focusing on an issue that benefits from a collaborative approach, such as corruption in government contracting.