Truth in the age of climate crisis: journalism's crucial role in exposing climate misinformation

This panel discussion will focus on climate misinformation and will feature journalists reporting from Latin America, Africa, the U.S. and Asia. Journalists play a crucial role in identifying climate misinformation, which has the potential to mislead the public, hinder effective policy-making and impede efforts to address climate change. During the panel, the journalists will discuss how climate misinformation is created, amplified, and spread; they will also reveal the industries and organizations involved in spreading misinformation, and share their techniques and strategies for tracking and reporting on climate misinformation.

Sponsored by Pulitzer Center and Howard Hughes Medical Institute.