My story from Lithuania has recently aired on Deutsche Welle Living Planet – one of my favourite shows!
Interview with a Swedish journalist who infiltrated the antivaxx movement
Ever since a speaker at Dataharvest mentioned the SVT team’s investigation into the anti-vaccination movement, I wanted to interview someone from this team and ask what it was like. The Swedish team started their investigation at a similar time as Eva and I started ours, but instead of spreading wide in Europe they traced influences all the way to US …
Anti-vaccination movements, their connections and funding
In this episode of The Inoculation podcast Eva and I talk to Dr Aliaksandr Herasimenka about his findings on the global connections and funding sources of anti-vaccination movements. If you’re interested in this topic, do subscribe to our weekly newsletter – after all, newsletter subscriptions are better than social media.
New articles and research on vaccine mandates and vaccine hesitancy
Our selected readings and comments:
The big vaccine gamble
EU countries agreed to pre-book several vaccines together. But the (now former) prime minister of Slovakia decided to act when the Western vaccines wouldn’t come fast enough. This cost him his post. Learn what happened on the latest episode of our podcast, produced with help from award-winning Slovak journalist Lukáš Onderčanin. Lukáš and I met on a press trip to …
Italy shows what the stakes of vaccine hesitancy can be
When my colleague Eva and I drafted our project before the pandemic, we thought we would definitely include Italy in our itinerary and talk to parents and doctors about living with widespread vaccine hesitancy, also promoted by certain politicians. It took us a while because we had to take our research online, but I am proud to present this collaborative …
Misinformation and disinformation: what’s in it for spreaders?
Since my colleague Eva and I started our project on anti-vaccination movements, reading about the topic has often led us to academic and media articles on misinformation or disinformation. The distinction between the two is not always clear, but it is based on intent. Disinformation is defined as intentional efforts to mislead people in order to sow distrust and chaos. …
Vaccine conversation tips from international reporters
Laura Oliver talked to numerous international reporters to glean suggestions for reporting on vaccines. But our podcast episode is not just for reporters – as we discuss visuals, fact-checks and tone when engaging in a politically charged conversations about vaccines, I think everyone who is having these conversations with their family and friends will find useful tips. Listen and subscribe!
The Inoculation: This man had infiltrated a misinformation website – he’s now helping a ministry
Jakub Goda is a social media maverick from Slovakia, and he is very concerned with the damage of misinformation. He has tried his hand in activism on social networks and even infiltrated a misinformation-spreading website to see how it works. As the pandemic rages, Jakub works for Slovakia’s ministry of health, where he tries to preempt misinformation and respond to …
New podcast: The Inoculation
Together with my colleague Eva von Schaper, with the kind support of Journalismfund.eu, we are launching a podcast on the politics and values surrounding public health. Expect discussions on COVID-19, vaccination, masks, political debates on public health measures, data, and more. Please follow us wherever you listen to podcasts!
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