Researchers, designers, journalists, developers and inspired citizens are invited to help build a decentralized means for storing and verifying facts - then creating trusted news articles through blockchain verification.

"As journalism begins to utilize the power of decentralization for gathering, reporting, and disseminating news, the platforms used for publishing are a primary gatekeeper for the ingestion of news. Researchers, designers, journalists, developers and inspired citizens are invited to submit open source solutions to inspire a wave of truthful decentralized web news publishing."

"Decentralization is taking hold in the world of journalism, and by extension, how news and stories are consumed. Blockchain’s role in framing the next generation of journalism and its decentralization is a vital topic that will have serious ramifications for media outlets, consumers, and journalists alike. Researchers, analysts, data gathers, journalists and inspired citizens are invited to help build map existing solutions, tools and the progression of the this transformative media force."