Jul 31, 2020 | News, Newsletter
This is a web version of the Center for an Informed Public’s News & Insights newsletter for July 2020, which was sent out on July 30. Check out our newsletter archives. Not signed up to received the CIP’s newsletter? Register here. Seattle teacher brings the...
Jul 30, 2020 | News, Uncategorized, Updates
By Michael Grass Shawn Lee and his AP U.S. History students at Seattle’s Ballard High School were gearing up to attend MisinfoDay at the University of Washington in March when concerns over the coronavirus forced the Center for an Informed Public to rethink its...
Jul 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
By Jevin West No one is immune to misinformation — not young people, older people, conservatives, liberals, politicians (for sure), or even professors that teach classes on Calling BS. We are all susceptible. But there is one human quality that may help: curiosity....
Jul 5, 2020 | Recent Press
The CIP’s ongoing work was recently spotlighted in a front-page Sunday feature package in The Seattle Times. “When a mysterious virus began racing around the globe earlier this year, scientists at the University of Washington’s newly created Center...