Journalists have long been charged with sorting fact from fiction through their reporting. But what happens when readers redefine what they see as truth and what they’ll accept as fact?
New York Times writer and author Elizabeth Williamson, whose critically-acclaimed book “Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth” published this spring, will describe how she threaded together more than 400 interviews, 10,000 pages of court testimony and other records, and on-the-ground reporting to trace a line from conspiracy theories around Sandy Hook to Jan. 6, 2021.
Participants will learn to:
- Identify how misinformation and political conspiracy theories have spread.
- Work with sensitivity and clarity while reporting on conspiracy theories.
- Pre-bunk conspiracy theories through early reporting.
- Use trauma-informed reporting methods while working with people suffering tragedy.
- Organize reporting and deep research to craft a long-form narrative.
When/Where: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EST, Friday, June 10, 2022 (virtual)