Meet six Information Futures Fellows leading innovation in 2023

280 Brook Street,Providence RI 02906

08 February, 2023

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This event will also be streamed live here. 2023 may be a game-changer when it comes to understanding how to work with communities to understand and address information needs and inequities. The Information Futures Lab is hosting a cohort of fellows who work within communities from all over the world to create and test interventions to some of the most significant information issues faced. Fellows you will hear from during this session include: Adrienne Ammerman, Asheville, NC; is a communications specialist at WNC Health Network developing a prototype design for a health communications platform that will support local, regional, and state health communicators in delivering evidence-based health information to their communities. Sophia Galer Smith, London, UK; is a senior news reporter at VICE World News working and is also a long-time content creator who looks to bring content creators and influencers into secondary schools in the UK to deliver digital literacy lessons and engage with students in conversations about the realities of creating content as a source of income. Kelly Perry, Chiang Mai, Thailand; is a senior technical officer at FHI 360 working with scientists and civil society to create climate futures scenarios to raise awareness around the causes of air pollution in Thailand and shape policy advocacy to build support for change toward cleaner air. Kelsey Scott, Oakland, CA; is a public health communicator with the Roots Community Health Center working to restore trust in health organizations and counter misinformation by developing a program that aims to answer community members’ health questions – raised in emails, on various social media or in person – in ways that respond to people’s education level, language, cultural customs and information needs. Elisabeth Wilhelm, Atlanta, GA; is a social scientist on UNICEF’s Immunization Demand Team using a storytelling-based participatory research method to analyze the experiences of people who address health misinformation in the time of Covid-19, and understand how to better support infodemic managers around the world. Lam Thuy Vo, Brooklyn, NY;is a data journalism instructor at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY working to scale a local community-based intervention to combat crime misinformation spread on the app Neighbors, the social media app for users of Ring video doorbells. Our moderators for the eventing are: Claire Wardle, PhD, Professor of Practice at Brown University’s School of Public Health & Co-Director of the Information Futures Lab Stefanie Friedhoff, Professor of Practice at Brown University’s School of Public Health & Co-Director of the Information Futures Lab Please join us after the panel discussion for a networking reception with food and drinks.