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Student podcast contest winners take on fake news and misinformation | NPR
by Cory Turner and Eda Uzunlar
May 17, 2022
The town of Rockwall, Texas, has a few claims to fame: Bonafide Betties Pie Company, where "thick pies save lives";…
Factchequeado launches to combat misinformation in Spanish-speaking communities in the U.S. | Nieman Journalism Lab
by Hanaa' Tameez
May 17, 2022
Last month, Factchequeado launched as a way to address misinformation in Latino and Spanish-speaking communities in the United States. Founded…
The Vance-Carlson-Trump nexus | Columbia Journalism Review
by Jon Allsop
May 4, 2022
“Cultural heroin.” In July 2016, J.D. Vance used those words, in an Atlantic op-ed, to explain, and ultimately dismiss, the…
Aging and fake news: It’s not the story you think it is | ScienceDaily
by Science Daily
May 4, 2022
Not being able to distinguish fake news from real news can have serious consequences for a person's physical, emotional and…
West Africa moves in unison to promote vaccination and curb falsehoods | Poynter
by Seth Smalley
April 26, 2022
In West Africa, fact-checkers are cooperating to expand their influence on local, national and international levels to curb misinformation about…
Librarians and Misinformation: Curating the Information Needs of Communities | Shorenstein Center
April 21, 2022
While trust in political institutions rapidly deteriorates and the technology and media companies that we rely on repeatedly fail to…
Youth trust science and recognize its importance, but misinformation threatens the future | PR Newswire
by 3M
April 19, 2022
While all generations have exceptionally high trust in science (90% younger, 89% older), younger generations are more likely to say…
The fake-news kingpin of Brazil | Columbia Journalism Review
by Paula Ramón
April 13, 2022
In 2014, Allan dos Santos, a former seminarian from Rio de Janeiro, started a blog. He had given up his…
Lateral reading and monetary incentives to spot disinformation about science | Scientific Reports
by Folco Panizza, Piero Ronzani, Carlo Martini, Simone Mattavelli, Tiffany Morisseau, and Matteo Motterlini
April 5, 2022
In Experiment 1, we tested separately the efficacy of pop-up and monetary incentives, and compared their effects to a control…