Melissa Kaplan and Ami Ewald, LCC’s Information Literacy Librarian, co-host Topsy Turvy, a Galaxy Forum series about conspiracy theories, misinformation, and how to navigate it all. David Siwik joins to talk about conspiracy theories and how they take hold with particular focus on Pres. John F Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, over 60 years ago.

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Email: David Siwik

Website: Google News

Website: News Literacy Project

Melissa Kaplan and Ami Ewald, LCC’s Information Literacy Librarian, co-host Topsy Turvy, a Galaxy Forum series about conspiracy theories, misinformation, and how to navigate it all. In part 2 of our conversation with Michael Kohon, LCC Journalism and English professor, we talk about how news organizations decide what to headline, the difference between pundits and journalists, and helpful tips for consuming the news.

Email: Melissa Kaplan

Email: Ami Ewald

Email: Michael Kohon

Website: Google News

Website: Pink Slime Journalism

Website: News Literacy Project

Melissa Kaplan and Ami Ewald, LCC’s Information Literacy Librarian, co-host Topsy Turvy, a Galaxy Forum series about conspiracy theories, misinformation, and how to navigate it all. With guest Michael Kohon, LCC Journalism and English professor, this episode explores journalistic standards and who sets them, fake news outlets and pink slime journalism, and how to separate fact from fake.

Email: Melissa Kaplan

Email: Ami Ewald

Michael Kohon

Website: Google News

Website: Pink Slime Journalism

Website: News Literacy Project