Jun 30, 2020 | News, Newsletter, Updates
This is a web version of the Center for an Informed Public’s News & Insights newsletter for June 2020, which was sent out on June 30. Check out our newsletter archives. Not signed up to received the CIP’s newsletter? Register here. National Science...
Jun 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
By Jevin West Director, Center for an Informed Public Associate Professor, UW Information School December 3, 2019. It seems like a lifetime ago. We launched the Center for an Informed Public (CIP) that day with the hope of building a community to combat strategic...
Jun 23, 2020 | News, Recent Press, Updates
University of Washington Department of Biology professor Carl Bergstrom, an affiliate researcher at the Center for an Informed Public, was a recent guest on Bill Nye’s Science Rules! podcast, to discuss the coronavirus, epidemiology and misinformation. Bergstrom said...
Jun 18, 2020 | News, Recent Press
Mary Fan, a University of Washington School of Law professor and Center for an Informed Public affiliate researcher, was recently interviewed by The Verge about how video from police body-worn cameras and video captured by bystanders can tell different stories about...
Jun 15, 2020 | News, Updates
Can we always trust what we see in charts and graphs? Data visualizations can be useful in translating complex data into more universal visual stories but their versatility can also lead to accidental distortion or intentional manipulation. The Pacific Science Center...
