How to spot fake news, with Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck, CEO of Lie Detectors

In conversation with Pamela Druckerman

From the U.S. elections to the biology of Covid-19, we all urgently need to learn to distinguish “fake news” from the real thing. In this interactive lecture – class participation welcome – former journalist Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck teaches us how to identify misinformation and media bias, and become better consumers of the news.

Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck is founder and CEO of Lie Detectors (https://lie-detectors.org/), a nonprofit that works to improve news literacy. Lie Detectors sends working journalists into schools to show students how to spot and resist the growing volume of manipulative media crowding their Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat accounts. Juliane has advised politicians and lawmakers, and she represented Lie Detectors on the European Commission’s High Level Expert Group on Digital Disinformation and Fake News. An award-winning journalist and graduate of Columbia Journalism School, she has reported from around the world for The Wall Street Journal, Reuters and other publications.

Pamela Druckerman is the author of five books, including the forthcoming rhyming picture book for children Paris by Phone.