Ongoing challenge. For discussion from george Amanda Bennett is ceo of gt the u. S. Agency for global media. She talks about the importance of a free and independent press and highlights the rise of global disinformation as an ongoing challenge. This discussion is from George Washington university. [background noises] [background noises] good afternoon everyone. Good afternoon, everyone. Im joel fishman, president of the Public Diplomacy council of america. It is my privilege, on behalf of the George Washington University Institute for Public Diplomacy and global communication, the university of Southern California Annenberg Center on communication, leadership and policy. I did that without reason. And the pdc a to welcome you to the first monday of september 2023. Nevermind that this is the second monday. It always is in september. Today is september 11th, 9 11. Many of us in this room will always remember with clarity where we were and what we were doing on that day 22 years ago and
To be called, is the Senior Vice President for Healthy Communities at the california hes been there since october, 2009. Building Healthy Communities initiative is a 1 billion Program Designed to change policy and encourage Civic Engagement in 14 california communities that are affected by health care inequality. Prior to that he served as director for Alameda Countys Public Health department and, if you look up his resume, you will see a string of academic degrees that very impressive to say the least. Hes going to be interviewed by vanessa mason. The nasa is the cofounder of pt2, Public Health Tech Venture Fund and also ceo of riveted partners, the Digital Health consultancy. She knows what she is talking about. Please join me in welcoming both tony and vanessa to the stage. [applause] vanessa this promises to be a lovely evening. He has wonderful video to show just why building Healthy Communities initiatives got started and the impact they had already. So, were going to watch the f
To be called, is the Senior Vice President for Healthy Communities at the california endowment. The endowments building Healthy Communities initiative is a 1 billion Program Designed to change policy and encourage Civic Engagement in 14 california communities that are affected by health care inequality. Prior to that he served as director for Alameda Countys Public Health department and, if you look up his resume, you will see a string of academic degrees that very impressive to say the least. If you look up his resume, you will see a string of academic degrees that very impressive to say the least. Hes going to be interviewed by vanessa mason. The nasa is the cofounder of pt2, Public Health Tech Venture Fund and also ceo of riveted partners, the Digital Health consultancy. She knows what she is talking about. Please join me in welcoming both tony and vanessa to the stage. [applause] vanessa this promises to be a lovely evening. He has wonderful video to show just why building Healthy
On synonymous with fake news. Whats your take on fake news and its impact on the outcome of the 2016 election . I think the microphone microphone. I think the impact of fake news was to allow primarily the trump voters to discount what was going on in the mainstream media, no matter how bad it was for their candidate or how bad it was factually. They just it allowed them to assume that it was coming from a biased point of view, and that, therefore, they ignored it. That has not been typical of american campaigns in the past. So, i have a slightly different view on fake news in the sense that i think we focus a lot on the fact that, you know, this news might have, you know, changed the results of the election, and i think of fake news more of a symptom versus a cause, so i think its a symptom of the polarization thats in this country. So my backgrounds in psychology, and a lot of the research that gets done is about how people believe what they want to believe, and really smart people w
Id like to introduce dr. Anthony iton. Dr. Iton, or tony as he prefers to be called, is the Senior Vice President for Healthy Communities at the california hes been there since october, 2009. The endowments building Healthy Communities initiative is a 1 billion Program Designed to change policy and encourage Civic Engagement in 14 california communities that are affected by health care inequality. Prior to that he served as director for Alameda Countys Public Health department and, if you look up his resume, you will see a string of academic degrees that very impressive to say the least. Hes going to be interviewed by vanessa mason. The nasa is the cofounder of pt2, Public Health Tech Venture Fund and also ceo of riveted partners, the Digital Health consultancy. She knows what she is talking about. Please join me in welcoming both tony and vanessa to the stage. [applause] vanessa this promises to be a lovely evening. Before we get started with interviewing dr. Eitan, iton, he has wonde