NLP AR FY21 FINAL - Flipbook - Page 11
Election Misinformation
Campaign
Voting depends on you.
Democracy depends on us.
From September to November 2020, NLP
conducted a successful nonpartisan, nationwide
election response effort designed to combat
malicious attempts to mislead voters and suppress
voting. This was our widest-reaching news literacy
campaign to date and included public service
announcements (in both English and Spanish),
digital ads, a webpage, webinar series and weekly
email briefings. In addition, NLP was cited as a
subject matter expert in over 20 news articles
on mis -and disinformation and the election. Our
work helped voters discern credible sources of
information regarding early voting, voting by mail,
and other alternatives to long voting lines at polling
places. News literacy skills help protect every
voter’s right to make their vote count and build
the essential critical thinking skills needed long
after an election to remain engaged and informed
participants in our country’s democracy. Read
the full impact report here.
Combating COVID-19 misinformation
NLP redirected substantial resources to
address what the World Health Organization
dubbed an “infodemic” — the overabundance of
information, including false information, about
COVID-19. This campaign to combat misinformation
included a webpage, a professional development
webinar series for educators, a four-part webinar
series for the general public, weekly email briefings
and media inquiries that resulted in more than three
dozen interviews with NLP staff experts. We also
produced a special episode of our podcast, Is that
a fact?, to explore why some people remain hesitant
to get one of the COVID-19 vaccines and find out
just how much misinformation might be to blame
for that reluctance.
Combating Misinformation Campaigns
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