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Stay ahead of 2026 digital reporting trends with new investigative tools workshop

The digital landscape is shifting faster than ever and having the right tools can significantly strengthen your reporting. To help you stay ahead, the Knight Center is offering a new, affordable workshop designed to update your investigative toolkit and improve your reporting workflow.

Join award-winning journalist Craig Silverman at 1 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Dec. 10, for our low-cost workshop, New and Updated Digital Investigative Tools.

New and Updated Digital Investigative Tools

In this one-hour session, Silverman will guide you through the year’s most important new and newly improved tools that can support your reporting heading into 2026. During the workshop, Silverman will walk you through tools that can help you:

  • Track social media activity and gather actionable insights
  • Investigate websites to uncover key information
  • Save and archive webpages before they change or disappear
  • Examine videos for context, clues, and verification
  • Assess AI-generated content for authenticity and manipulation
  • Identify which AI tools can genuinely support your reporting

The workshop highlights free tools accessible to everyone, along with select paid options that can expand your investigative skills. For just $40, participants will receive lifetime access to the workshop recording, a practical tipsheet featuring essential tools and a certificate of completion.

Craig Silverman is an award-winning journalist and one of the world’s leading experts on online disinformation, media manipulation and digital investigations. He is the co-founder of Indicator, a newsletter and website dedicated to exposing digital deception and equipping professionals with the knowledge to investigate it. Before launching Indicator, he served as a national reporter for ProPublica, covering voting, platforms, disinformation and online manipulation. He previously worked as media editor at BuzzFeed News, where he pioneered groundbreaking reporting on digital disinformation.

Silverman is also the editor of the European Journalism Centre’s Verification Handbook series, a free collection of essential guides on verifying online content and investigating disinformation. He has trained journalists worldwide in open-source intelligence (OSINT), digital investigations and debunking techniques.

Mark your calendar for 1 p.m. ET on Dec. 10, and take advantage of this opportunity to update your investigative toolkit with guidance from one of the leading experts in digital investigations.

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