May 7, 2020 | News, Recent Press
Molly Wood of American Public Media’s Marketplace recently interviewed Ryan Calo, a Center for an Informed Public principal investigator, about aerial drones and other emerging technology that companies are touting for COVID-19 surveillance. “The place I really think...
May 1, 2020 | News, Recent Press
Center for an Informed Public (CIP) director Jevin West and CIP affiliate researcher Carl Bergstrom were featured panelists during a recent livestream discussion hosted by Andrew Revkin, a former New York Times science and environment reporter who is now the director...
Apr 29, 2020 | Recent Press
In an in-depth feature in The Atlantic, “Why the Pandemic Is So Confusing,” Ed Yong interviewed two University of Washington researchers affiliated with the Center for an Informed Public, Kate Starbird, a CIP principal investigator and associate professor...
Apr 28, 2020 | Recent Press
In an April 28 article, The Guardian featured University of Washington Department of Biology professor Carl Bergstrom, an epidemiologist and Center for an Informed Public affiliate researcher, and detailed how “two disparate areas of expertise merged as reports...
Mar 13, 2020 | News, Recent Press
Big tech companies are mounting a major fight against misinformation about the novel coronavirus, but their efforts come with limitations. CIP Director Jevin West speaks to the effectiveness of these interventions in a Consumer Reports article published March 11,...
Mar 13, 2020 | News, Recent Press
CIP Director Jevin West, in an article by UW Magazine, explains how the CIP is committed to addressing misinformation, writing that collaboration with governments, universities and alumni will help fight the spread of “fake news” and manipulated media....
