What is get REAL?

Who We Are:
get REAL combines the optics, excitement, crowdsourcing and energy of social media platforms with the experienced eyes and ears of journalists who understand how to verify and ensure the accuracy of news – and to provide proper context.

Quality:

We amplify and produce the best investigative journalism necessary at a time when quality news is becoming harder and costlier to access, making it accessible to all people, regardless of literacy or geography. Our award-winning production team distills the nation’s best long-form journalism and fact checks from hometown and national news into short, engaging videos delivered via social media channels where people are increasingly getting their news. 

Accountability: 

We will rebuild trust by prioritizing issues that affect the people. Our team strives to tell you what they know and how they know it, rebuilding trust by bringing transparency to how facts are obtained. We partner with real people and local news organizations who understand their communities best. Our ambassadors help us stay accountable to the people.

Innovation:

We will innovate the news by trying to reach areas affected by “pink slime.” Pink slime refers to special interests or hostile foreign actors masquerading as news organizations who won’t disclose who they are or what agendas they are driving. There are now more of them than there are local news websites. We will try to help shepherd these populations back to credible sources of information. All videos will include links back to original news content and our website, which will build a list of credible local news sources.