What the Fact?: Finding the Truth in All the Noise

What is a fact? What are reliable sources? What is news? What is fake news? How can anyone make sense of it anymore?

Well, we have to. As conspiracy theories & online hoaxes increasingly become a part of our national discourse & “truth” itself is being questioned, it has never been more vital to build the discernment necessary to tell fact from fiction, & media literacy has never been more important.

In this accessible guide, Dr. Seema Yasmin, an award-winning journalist, scientist, medical professional, & professor, traces the spread of misinformation & disinformation through our fast-moving media landscape & teaches young readers the skills that will help them identify & counter poorly-sourced clickbait & misleading headlines.

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Seema Yasmin is an Emmy Award–winning journalist who was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, medical doctor, professor, & poet. She attended medical school at Cambridge University & worked as a disease detective for the US federal government’s Epidemic Intelligence Service. She currently teaches storytelling at Stanford University School of Medicine, & is a regular contributor to CNN, Self, & Scientific American, among others.