THE INFODEMIC: in conversation with Lydia Polgreen

Thursday, April 28, 2022
6:00pm — 7:00pm ET
Old American Can Factory

The Committee to Protect Journalists and Columbia Global Reports invite you to celebrate the launch of The Infodemic: How Censorship and Lies Made the World Sicker and Less Free.

Journalist, editor, and current New York Times Opinion columnist Lydia Polgreen will join Joel Simon and Robert Mahoney for a conversation about their new book, followed by a reception.

 

In-person at the Old American Can Factory
232 3rd Street
Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY 11215

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As COVID-19 spread around the world, so did government censorship. The Infodemic lays bare not just old-fashioned censorship, but also the mechanisms of a modern brand of “censorship through noise,” which moves beyond traditional means of state control to open the floodgates of misinformation, overwhelming the public with lies and half-truths.

Learn more and get your copy of The Infodemic here.

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Joel Simon is a fellow at the the Tow Center for Digital Journalism, and formerly the Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists. He is the author of three books, including We Want to Negotiate, also from Columbia Global Reports.

Robert Mahoney is executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists. This is Robert’s first book.

Lydia Polgreen is currently a New York Times Opinion columnist. Prior to that, she served as the Managing Director at Gimlet, and before that served as editor in chief of HuffPost.

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