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Thursday, September 28 • 9:00am - 10:00am
Finding Truth in the Mis-information Age

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Seriously, what IS a fact? How do we stay credible and gain an audience’s trust in a world filled with fake news and manipulated or distorted information.
Made possible in part through support from the National Science Foundation 

Facilitator
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Paula S. Apsell

Senior Executive Producer, Director, NOVA & ScienceNOW, WGBH Science Unit
Paula Apsell is the Senior Executive Producer of NOVA and NOVA scienceNOW and the Director of the WGBH Science Unit. She has worked in radio and television at both WGBH and WCVB, and has served on the board of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, the Brandeis University... Read More →

Speakers
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Debbie Banks

Campaign Leader for Tigers & Wildlife Crime, Environmental Investigation Agency
Debbie Banks (MSc Conservation), has over 20 years of experience investigating environmental crime with the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), including illegal wildlife trade, illegal mining and illegal trade in ozone depleting substances. She has developed, deployed and participated... Read More →
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David Dugan

CEO and co-founder, Windfall Films
David Dugan is CEO and co-founder of Windfall Films, a UK independent with a strong track record in science and natural history documentaries. He has been a final judge at Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. He has produced many science series, including the Emmy-award-winning series... Read More →
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Marcos Orellana

Director - Environment and Human Rights Division, Human Rights Watch
Marcos A. Orellana is the director of the Environment and Human Rights Division at Human Rights Watch. He has worked most recently at the Washington DC-based Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL). At CIEL, Marcos collaborated with many environmental and human rights groups... Read More →


Thursday September 28, 2017 9:00am - 10:00am MDT
Explorers Room Jackson Lake Lodge