Resisting misinformation in your election reporting

Journalistic accuracy during election season is especially difficult in the face of sophisticated efforts to sow voter confusion and new technologies that can generate synthetic “truths”. This briefing will offer research-backed strategies and tools to help reporters recognize and verify material of questionable validity and correct misinformation without inadvertently amplifying it. Three panelists will make brief presentations and then take reporter questions on the record.

Panelists:

• Dr. Cuihua (Cindy) Shen, University of California, Davis
• Dr. Kate Starbird, University of Washington
• Dr. Briony Swire-Thompson, Northeastern University
• SciLine Director Rick Weiss will moderate the briefing