FactCheck.org honored Penn undergraduate research fellow Corey Berman with the inaugural Brooks Jackson Undergraduate Fellowship Award.
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APPC-iCivics Game NewsFeed Defenders Is Honored by Fast Company
The news literacy game NewsFeed Defenders, developed by APPC and iCivics, has been named a finalist in Fast Company's 2019 World Changing Ideas Awards.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson on the Mueller Report, the Media, and Russia’s ‘Cyberwar’
After the release of the Mueller Report, Kathleen Hall Jamieson discussed Russian interference in the 2016 election and the lessons for the news media and social media platforms.
FactCheck.org Wins Sixth Straight Webby Award
For the sixth straight year, FactCheck.org won the Webby Award as the best news and politics site from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.
Cronkite/Jackson Prize for Fact-Checking Awarded to Denver’s KUSA
KUSA 9News won the 2019 Brooks Jackson Prize for Fact-Checking Political Messages, one of the Walter Cronkite Awards announced by USC's Norman Lear Center and APPC.
Jamieson: Digital War, Espionage, and Dirty Tricks on ‘The Open Mind’
Annenberg Public Policy Center director Kathleen Hall Jamieson appeared on PBS show 'The Open Mind' to discuss hacking, internet trolls and the 2016 election.
Jamieson’s ‘Cyberwar’ Wins R. R. Hawkins Award From Publishers Association
Kathleen Hall Jamieson’s book “Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President,” published by Oxford University Press, won the R.R. Hawkins Award from the Association of American Publishers.
Proposed U.S. ‘Civics Learning Act’ Cites APPC Civics Survey
The Annenberg Public Policy Center's annual civics survey is cited in the 2019 Civics Learning Act, proposed bipartisan legislation to increase K-12 civics education programming.
‘Cyberwar’ Wins a 2019 PROSE Award From Publishers Association
Kathleen Hall Jamieson's book "Cyberwar" published by Oxford University Press, won a 2019 PROSE Award from the Association of American Publishers.
Trump Dominates the ‘Whoppers of 2018’ from FactCheck.org
For the fourth consecutive year, Donald Trump is the undisputed champ in FactCheck.org's annual list of "whoppers." Here are 10 of them, plus some of the year's worst viral deceptions.