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Diara J. Townes

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Diara is an investigative researcher and the community engagement lead for First Draft's US bureau. She received her Master of Arts in Social Journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York in 2019. She has a bachelor's degree in marine and environmental science from Hampton University. She researches public health, climate change and science misinformation.

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"Do No Harm" — Assessing the impact of prioritizing US political disinformation over health misinformation in 2020

What changes need to happen so newsrooms, researchers and policymakers are prepared for the health misinformation that will define 2021.

How we prepared future journalists for the challenges of online misinformation

The infodemic was an unprecedented challenge for newsrooms. First Draft’s US 2020 Student Network stepped up