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  • How people in Illinois prisons lead peer-led civics education courses on voting rights

    July 03, 2024 |

    Northern Public Radio |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Illinois

    Since 2020, more than 250 people incarcerated in Illinois prisons have been trained as peer-educators to lead civics education courses that focus on the history of voting, the logistics of voting, and the nuances of government. So far roughly 6,000 people have completed the program, which emphasizes that they are eligible to register to vote immediately after their release.

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  • Five years of Pofma: How has the law been used to combat fake news?

    June 15, 2024 |

    The Straits Times |

    Text |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Singapore

    To combat the spread of mis- and disinformation online, Singapore passed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act, which allows the government to order that corrections be added to posts containing false information or even block access to certain content. So far, 152 orders have been issued under the act, with most of the flagged content relating to public health, public order, or trust in government functions.

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  • Envelope redesign helped Pa. voters avoid errors that cost them their vote

    May 31, 2024 |

    Votebeat Pennsylvania |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    After procedural errors such as missing dates and signatures caused a significant number of ballots to be rejected, Pennsylvania redesigned its mail ballots to emphasize the areas voters must fill out correctly for their ballot to be counted. Following the redesign, 9.6 percent fewer ballots were rejected for errors the new design tried to address, but other types of mistakes, such as voters not adding the year to the date, increased.

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  • The Answer to Election Deniers Is in an Idaho County Website

    May 07, 2024 |

    Wired |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    To assuage concerns around election security, Ada County, Ohio created an online tool called Ballot Verifier that allows users to search every ballot cast in the county since 2022. County officials invited local election skeptics to be the first to test the new tool and received positive feedback on its level of transparency.

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  • For Gary Kids Struggling with Truancy, This Program Offers a Lifeline

    April 25, 2024 |

    Capital B (Gary) |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Gary, Indiana

    To help address chronic absenteeism, Project Rebuild works with families to determine the root cause of school absences and connect them to needed resources and services. In the 2022-23 school year, 81 percent of families referred to the nonprofit completed the program, with a total of 61 families participating. Only one percent of families who participate have to be referred again for continued truancy concerns.

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  • Inside Google's Plans to Combat Election Misinformation

    April 25, 2024 |

    Time Magazine |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Indonesia

    To combat election-related mis- and disinformation, a Google initiative called Jigsaw launched campaigns in Indonesia and Eastern Europe with videos “inoculating” viewers against false information by explaining common manipulation techniques that could be used to mislead them. Surveys showed that people who viewed the videos were up to 5 percent more likely to correctly identify attempts at manipulation.

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  • Cómo han logrado las instituciones canarias rendir cuentas en lugar de ocultarlas

    April 25, 2024 |

    Revista Haz |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Spain, Canary Islands

    El Comisionado de Transparencia de Canarias ha conseguido en menos de seis años que la totalidad de sus instituciones públicas (345) y la mayoría de las entidades privadas (2.700) se sometan voluntariamente a su sistema de autoevaluación.

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  • The climate watchdog holding the UK government to account

    April 04, 2024 |

    Zero |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United Kingdom

    Following the passage of the Climate Change Act, the United Kingdom created a Climate Change Committee to oversee the country’s efforts to reach net-zero emissions. The committee acts as a watchdog by analyzing ways to decarbonize the economy and publishing information that can be leveraged by policymakers, non-governmental organizations, and private sector industries. Its model has since been replicated around the world.

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  • In Taiwan, a group is battling fake news one conversation at a time — with a focus on seniors

    April 01, 2024 |

    The Independent |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Taiwan

    Fake News Cleaner reaches people most vulnerable to disinformation in Taiwan, including seniors, by engaging with them offline at places like churches, temples, parks, and schools. The organization has hosted more than 500 events with people of all ages since it was founded six years ago.

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  • Attendance tracking program helps combat chronic absenteeism

    March 19, 2024 |

    Ashland Source |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Ontario, Ohio

    A specialized software called AttendanceK12 helps school secretaries, attendance counselors, and administrators more easily track student absences so they can intervene with families sooner, even offering options to automatically send parents an email when students reach a certain threshold of missed school hours. School leaders consider the technology an important element of a strategy that has helped reduce chronic absenteeism rates.

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