OCTOBER 26, 2022 - After the turmoil of 2020 and resulting conspiracy theories, the November 8th midterms will test our nation’s confidence in free and fair elections. In this session, election experts help us understand what to expect when it comes to election security, audits, influence operations, the role of partisan election officials, and how to prepare a nervous public.

Local media and civic institutions must support one another’s mission if they are to serve the community and its informational, multilingual, and multicultural needs. 

Join the co-chairs of the Aspen Institute Commission on Information Disorder for a discussion of their upcoming interim report, which sets the 18-member group's priorities.

MAY 5, 2021 - How is the rapid evolution of disinformation in the digital age impacting democracy around the world?

With vaccine supply increasing, American newsrooms will be tested as the narrative moves from who can’t get the shot to who won’t get the shot. Ordinary journalistic practices can unintentionally exacerbate the public health crisis by amplifying the very mis- and disinformation it seeks to counter. Drawing on input from experts and journalists, Vivian Schiller of Aspen Digital extracted lessons whose seeming simplicity gives way to massive complications.

DECEMBER 16, 2020 - All eyes are on an America torn by unprecedented levels of partisan division, an onslaught of mis- and disinformation, and a president asserting victory without evidence.