Oct 9, 2020 | Events, News, Updates
This past spring, the Center for an Informed Public kicked off a special virtual event series with KUOW public radio in Seattle focused on misinformation awareness and designed to give people insights, techniques and skills to be better information consumers and...
Oct 8, 2020 | News, Updates
In July, the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public joined forces with the Stanford Internet Observatory, the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensics Lab and network analysis firm Graphika to stand up a nonpartisan rapid-response analysis team, the...
Sep 1, 2020 | News, Updates
By Michael Grass When Tanu Mitra saw a faculty job posting at the University of Washington Information School late last year, the computer scientist said that she was instantly drawn to it. “This is the powerhouse,” Mitra said of the iSchool, where she recently...
Sep 1, 2020 | News, Updates
Microsoft, the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA), The Trust Project, the Center for an Informed Public (CIP) at the University of Washington (UW) and UW’s Accelerating Social Transformation Program (AST) announced today the formation of the nonpartisan...
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 1, 2020 | News, Updates
During a pandemic, it’s more important than ever to avoid falling for or spreading misinformation and disinformation. But with so much new and changing information, how do you know what to trust? The Pacific Science Center (PacSci) has teamed up with the University of...
