Published May 01 2020

The Facts Of The Matter - What Happens Next? podcast on fake news, part two

David
Holmes
Former Associate Professor, Climate Change Communication Research Hub
Margaret simons
Freelance journalist and author

In this second episode on fake news, What happens next? host, Dr Susan Carland, finds out what researchers and experts are doing to tackle fake news and misinformation campaigns and help get clear, accurate messages to the public.

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Susan talks to Dr David Holmes, Director of the Monash Climate Change Communication Research Hub, who specialises in a different type of communication, using research and evidence to strategically send critical messages. The aim is to draw attention to climate change, to help people better understand the science, and therefore the impacts. The Hub works closely with weather presenters and media outlets to help ensure information they provide on weather and climate is scientifically accurate, up to date, and easy for the average person to understand and absorb. 

The Public Interest Journalism Initiative is on a mission to save democracy from the decline it faces at the hands of reducing news budgets and increasingly concentrated media ownership. Margaret Simons is one of the nation's most respected reporters, commentators and educators on the state of the media and politics. Susan Carland asks Margaret can public interest journalism save democracy?

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About the Authors

  • David holmes

    Holmes

    David is a political analyst, social theorist and media scholar. He's an associate professor in the Monash Climate Change Communication Research Hub. He was educated at Swinburne University in media studies, and the University of Melbourne in political science and social theory, where he was awarded the Dwight Prize for political science, and a PhD in social theory.

  • Margaret simons

    Freelance journalist and author

    Margaret is an award-winning journalist, author and academic. She was the founding Chair and remains a board member of the Public Interest Journalism Foundation, which was established in 2009 at the Swinburne Institute for Social Research to promote and enable innovation in public interest journalism. She was Associate Professor in Monash University’s School of Media, Film and Journalism between 2017-2019.

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