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Breaking the News: How Bots, Trolls and Other Media Manipulators Threaten Our Politics

1160 Desmarais Building 55 Laurier Ave, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Activists, politicians and partisans compete intensely for attention and influence online. Today, malevolent actors seem to have the upper hand. They push disinformation and hate using fake accounts, bots, and algorithms designed to keep us scrolling through the latest outrage. News organizations and social media platforms struggle to deal with these media manipulators, particularly after…

Securing Canadian Elections

UBC Robson Square 800 Robson Street, Room C-400, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The manipulation of public opinion over social media platforms is a critical concern of the 21st century. Over the past few years, there have been several attempts by foreign operatives, political parties, and populist movements to manipulate the outcome of elections by spreading disinformation, amplifying divisive rhetoric, and micro-targeting polarizing messages to voters. While the…

Hard Truths + Fake News: A 2019 Election Bootcamp

Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

HARD TRUTHS + FAKE NEWS A timely bootcamp for users of democracy and defenders of press freedom. Join us March 30 at the Carleton School of Journalism and Communication for frank talk and urgent collaboration as we ready ourselves for the 2019 federal election campaign. 9 a.m.: Doors open and coffee is served! 9:30 a.m:…

Covering Alberta and the West: Election 2019

MobSquad Cafe (The Edison) #2100 - 150 9th Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

With a federal election approaching, editors of five Canadian news organizations discuss their strategies for covering Western Canada. What are the challenges of reporting on key issues and of overcoming perceptions of unbalanced coverage? And does their coverage play a role in the growing sense of political alienation among some Westerners? Join this special dinner…

Inside the Newsroom With NBC News’ Chuck Todd

Zoom Video Webinar

You are invited to go Inside the Newsroom, and join Poynter in a conversation connecting journalists with the citizens they serve for a healthy dialogue about truth, trust, journalism and American democracy.

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