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Balloon drop at the 2008 RNC. Credit: Library of Congress/Carol M. Highsmith.

FactCheck.org Covers RNC and DNC and Forms New TV Partnership

FactCheck.org July 30, 2016

FactCheck.org provided daily coverage of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, and announced a partnership with NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations to develop fact-checking videos.

Applying DEET repellent to repel mosquitoes. Credit: CDC/James Gathany.

Most Americans Have Not Done Anything to Protect Against Zika

Annenberg Science Knowledge survey July 22, 2016

Although most Americans are familiar with news reports about Zika virus, more than three-quarters of them say they haven’t done anything in the last three months to protect themselves from getting infected, a new APPC survey found.

Kathleen Hall Jamieson

Jamieson Speaks on Communicating in a Polarized Environment

APPC General News July 19, 2016

APPC director Kathleen Hall Jamieson addressed the annual meeting of the Midwestern Legislative Conference, in Milwaukee, on "Effective Communication in a Polarized Environment."

Grocery store shelves. Credit: City of Marietta, Georgia.

Americans Support GMO Food Labels But Don’t Know Much About Safety of GM Foods

Annenberg Science Knowledge survey July 18, 2016

There's widespread support for labeling genetically modified foods, as required in a new bill President Obama is expected to sign. But most Americans don't know that scientists have found no substantiated evidence to show that genetically modified foods are unsafe.

Dietram A. Scheufele

Scheufele to Present Keynote Address at Conservation Biology Congress

Science of Science Communication July 13, 2016

APPC visiting scholar Dietram A. Scheufele will deliver the opening keynote address, on communicating science in a polarized environment, at the North American Congress for Conservation Biology in Madison, Wis.

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    (Philly.com, February 15th, 2019)
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    (Philly.com, February 15th, 2019)
  • Fact check: President Donald Trump’s national emergency remarks
    (Lafayette Journal & Courier, February 15th, 2019)
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