TIC Events

Upcoming in 2026:

MEDIA LITERACY WEEK EVENT
Talk on How digital media shapes our perspectives — and what you can do about it for Penn State University Libraries (in person)
Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Talk on Post-Election Communications: How PR Professionals Can Navigate Polarizing Times for Baltimore Public Relations Council (online)
Tuesday, November 10, 2026 — Register here

Truth, Lies & Clickbait: A 3-part series on Misinformation and Manipulation at Easton Area Public Library, Easton, PA (in person)
Wednesdays November 11, 18 and December 2 — Register here

Media literacy workshop at Haverford College, sponsored by the Neuroscience Club (in person)
Tuesday, November 17, 2026

Launch event for Adult Media Literacy Education in the U.S.: Opportunities, Challenges, and a Path Forward, a Truth in Common report (online)
Thursday, November 19, 2026 — Register here

Previously in 2026:

Talk on nonprofit leadership and the Truth in Common story for Dr. Sara Wilensky’s Service Learning in Public Health class at GW Milken Institute for Public Health — Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Talk on Information manipulation: What it is and what to do about it! for Winchester Worth Fighting For, Winchester, VA — Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at Handley Library auditorium

2025:

Recap of our SPEAKER SERIES, Communicating at a Time of Instability

Many thanks to our series partner:

JUNE: Andy Norman, PhD
Cognitive Immunity Research Collaborative

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Two Truths and a Lie: Separating Facts from Fiction with Baltimore County Public Library, 2025
Mondays August 4 / 11 / 18 at Arbutus Public Library
Tuesdays September 9 / 16 / 23 at Reisterstown Public Library
Wednesdays October 1 / 8 / 15 at North Point Public Library

Public health misinformation: What practitioners can do
Talk for DrPH, PhD and MPH students at GW’s Milken Institute School of Public Health
August 21 and February 24, 2025

Short (3-day) Online Course for Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
July 7 / 8 / 9, 2025

Navigating a polluted information ecosystem: Tips for communicators
Talk for IABC DC chapter
February 11, 2025

Staying Alert to Misinformation in the Media: A Guide for PR Pros
Panel discussion with Baltimore PR Society
January 21, 2025

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2024 and earlier:

DECEMBER: Michelle Ciulla Lipkin, Brooklyn College

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OCTOBER: McKenzie Sadeghi
NewsGuard

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MAY: Kellie Cummings
Johns Hopkins University

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APRIL: Joan Blades
Living Room Conversations

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MARCH: Dave Fleet
Edelman

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  • What now? Finding facts in a sea of falsehoods

    Village Learning Place, Baltimore

    DECEMBER 5, 12, 19, 2024

  • Disinformation: What libraries can do

    Talk at Pohick Regional Library, Fairfax County, VA

    NOVEMBER 13, 2024

  • Disinformation: How to recognize it, and respond

    Online via Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at American University

    SEPTEMBER 26-NOVEMBER 14, 2024

  • Inaugural (Mis)Information Lab Seminar

    DC Public Library

    OCTOBER 29, 2024

  • Disinformation: How to recognize and disrupt it

    Wheaton Public Library (Montgomery County Public Library)

    SEPTEMBER 23, 30, OCTOBER 7, 2024

  • Two truths and a lie: Separating facts from fiction

    Cockeysville Library (Baltimore County)

    SEPTEMBER 11, 25, OCTOBER 2, 2024

  • Two truths and a lie: Separating facts from fiction

    Woodlawn Library (Baltimore County Public Library)

    AUGUST 13, 20, 27, 2024

  • What is Disinformation & How Can I Help Stop It?

    Grove Family Library, Chambersburg, PA

    AUGUST 15, 29, SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

  • IDEAS Lessons from Previous Elections

    Community Conversation with IDEAS Generation

    JULY 25, 2024

  • Disinformation: How to recognize and disrupt it

    Petworth Neighborhood Library (DC Public Library)

    JULY 13, 20, 27 2024

  • Disinformation: Educating ourselves

    Palisades Neighborhood Library (DC Public LIbrary)

    JULY 17, 24, 31 2024

  • Two truths and a lie: Separating facts from fiction

    Perry Hall Library (Baltimore County Public Library)

    JULY 9, 16, 23 2024

  • Local news access: Challenges & opportunities

    Talk for League of Women Voters, Arlington & Alexandria VA

    JUNE 15, 2024

  • What YOU can do to support free & fair elections

    Talk at Cleveland Park Library

    JUNE 13, 2024

  • Disinformation: What libraries can do

    Talk for Baltimore County Public Library staff

    JUNE 6, 2024

  • Media literacy in the disinformation age

    Defense Information School, U.S. Department of Defense

    MAY 21, 2024

  • Media literacy in the disinformation age

    Heinrich Boell Foundation

    MAY 7, 2024

  • Mis/disinformation: How to recognize it & respond

    League of Women Voters of Diablo Valley, CA

    JANUARY 7, 2024

  • Dismantling Disinformation & Misinformation: What libraries can do

    Webinar with Urban Libraries Council

    DECEMBER 14, 2023

  • Misinformation: What libraries can do

    Talk for DC Public Library

    SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

  • Featured speaker: Dialogue, Difference and Democracy webinar series

    Sponsored by National Inst. for Civil Discourse & IDEOS

    SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

  • Misinformation: How it spreads & how to avoid it

    3-part series at DC’s Cleveland Park library LinkedIn summary

    JUNE 8-29, 2023

  • Misinformation & the Workplace: Mitigating the Risks

    With Dave Fleet, Edelman; Andy Slaughter, Amazon; and Jillian Youngblood, Civic Genius. Part of National Week of Conversation 2023 LinkedIn summary

    APRIL 21, 2023

  • Misinformation: How we got here & what to do about it

    Lunch and learn for PRSA National Capital Chapter

    APRIL 4, 2023

  • Misinformation: How we got here and what to do about it

    Lunch and learn for members of IABC’s DC chapter.
    LinkedIn summary

    FEBRUARY 7, 2023

  • Truth in Common PILOT GROUP 3

    4-part workshop series with members of the International Association of Business Communicators from the U.S. and Canada

    SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER 2022

  • Truth in Common info session

    For members of the International Association of Business Communicators

    AUGUST 23, 2022

  • Truth in Common PILOT GROUP 2

    In partnership with the American-German Institute, for participants in their Social Divisions & Questions of Identity Program

    APRIL & JUNE 2022

  • Truth in Common PILOT GROUP 1

    Virtual, with adult residents of the Buffalo, NY area

    MARCH & APRIL 2022

  • Misinformation: An Equity Issue

    Presentation for Global Peacemakers as part of their Multilogues series

    MAY 2021

  • Misinformation: How we got here and what to do about it

    Featured speaker for IABC World Conference

    MAY 2021