The ACRL Delaware Valley Chapter is now accepting proposals for its Fall 2017 program: Fact, False, or Just Flawed: Critically Examining News in the Age of Truthiness. The event will be held on Friday, November 17, 2017 from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Have you developed a new campus partnership, program, or resource that addresses news literacy? Excited about a simple but powerful technique that you want to share with interested colleagues? Submit a lightning round proposal to teach folks to spot false, misleading, and all other shades of duplicitous public discourse. Some topics may include…

Statistics in reporting
Scientific studies in the news
Bias in the news
Evaluating non-textual information (e.g. photos, video, info-graphics)
Government sources
Filter bubbles

There is no slide limit, but the round cannot exceed 10 minutes, so practice, practice, practice!

Submission Deadline EXTENDED: October 30, 2017
Notification of acceptance by: October 30, 2017

Questions? Email Nancy Bellafante at nancybe@law.upenn.edu

Thank you for your submission!