Panel to discuss ‘The War on Facts’

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Disinformation, “alternative facts” and the Trump administration’s battle with the mainstream media all will be topics in a panel discussion, “The War on Facts: Costs and Casualties,” April 13 at the University of Illinois. The event will feature a Washington, D.C., news correspondent and four College of Media faculty members.

The discussion will be held at 5 p.m. in Room 223 of Gregory Hall, 810 S. Wright St., Urbana, and is free and open to the public.

Panelists will include Lynn Sweet, the Washington bureau chief for the Chicago Sun-Times; Stephanie Craft, a professor of journalism; John Nerone, a professor emeritus of media and cinema studies; and Ann Reisner, a professor of media and cinema studies. Moderating the panel will be Mira Sotirovic, a professor of journalism and the Karin and Folke Dovring Scholar in Propaganda.

The panel is being held as the first Karin and Folke Dovring Seminar on Propaganda.

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Scientists have spent decades genetically modifying the bacterium Escherichia coli and other microbes to convert carbon dioxide into useful biological products. Most methods require additional carbon sources, however, adding to the cost. A new study overcomes this limitation by combining the photosynthetic finesse of a single-celled algae with the production capabilities of […]

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On March 15, more than 200 Venezuelan immigrants were accused of engagement in gang activity and deported from the U.S. — not to Venezuela, but to El Salvador, some 1,600 miles away from their home country. Ellen Moodie, an anthropology professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is the author of “El Salvador in the […]

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. ― Despite widespread concern that the pandemic exacerbated existing shortages of teachers, a new study of Illinois public schools indicates that need for other certificated staff such as teacher’s aides and social workers may have been a far greater problem for some schools. Paul Bruno, a professor of education policy, organization and leadership […]

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