FactCheck.org has won a 2025 National Headliner Award for online beat reporting of government and political coverage for articles on claims about immigration.
Michael Rozansky
Director of Communications, APPC
Michael Rozansky has worked as an editor, writer and reporter for 30 years. Before joining the Annenberg Public Policy Center as director of communications, he spent more than 20 years at the Philadelphia Inquirer, most recently supervising its arts and entertainment coverage. He has reported on the arts, media, business, politics, national and regulatory issues. Rozansky also developed and taught a class at Temple University on the history and practice of celebrity journalism. He received a bachelor’s degree in English and American literature from Brown University and a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.
Interactive Map Shows Economic Impact of Cuts to Federal Funding for Health Research
Researchers at Penn and other institutions developed SCIMaP, an interactive map to show the impact that cuts to federal funding for scientific research would have at national, state, and county levels.
Annenberg Classroom Film on First Amendment a Finalist for ABA Award
The film "The First Amendment: New York Times v. Sullivan," on the landmark 1964 Supreme Court case, has been named a finalist for an ABA Silver Gavel Award.
Q&A: APPC Visiting Scholar John Gastil on Democracy and Digital Media
Penn State Professor & APPC sabbatical scholar John Gastil talks about working on his new book, “The Democracy Machine: Reimagining How We Can Govern Ourselves Online.”
Awareness Grows of Cancer Risk From Alcohol Consumption
Public awareness of the link between drinking alcohol and an elevated risk of cancer has grown since last fall, according to an Annenberg Public Policy Center survey.
Animation Addressing ‘Foreign DNA’ Concerns Created by New APPC-VEC Partnership
APPC and CHOP's Vaccine Education Center produced a video showing why it is virtually impossible for foreign DNA fragments to damage our own DNA.
How a ‘Conspiracy Mindset’ Promotes Acceptance of Vaccine Misinformation, and How to Counter It
A paper reviewing APPC research during the pandemic finds a "conspiracy mindset" was a major factor in resistance to Covid vaccination.
Romer Discusses Internet as Source of Misinformation Harmful to Young People
APPC research director Dan Romer presented information on the harmful effects on young people of internet misinformation, using the promotion of tobacco as an example.
Francis Collins and Kathleen Hall Jamieson Discuss Science, Faith, and Trust
Former NIH director Francis Collins and APPC's Kathleen Hall Jamieson discussed science, faith, trust, and Collins' new book "The Road to Wisdom" at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
‘Democracy Amid Crises’ AIOD Panel Dataset Now Available to Scholars
The 2020 Annenberg Institutions of Democracy (AIOD) Panel Dataset, the source for the analyses in the 2023 book “Democracy Amid Crises,” is now available to scholars to analyze.