For Immediate Release | Information Futures Lab

New Civic Information Index offers crucial insight into civic health in the US

by Daisy Winner | Nov 19, 2024 | For Immediate Release, In the News

The pioneering data tool monitors the health of local information and civic ecosystems across the country WASHINGTON, DC – Today marks the launch of the Civic Information Index, a groundbreaking new tool that maps and tracks the health of local information and civic...

New IFL Data Analysis Shows Urgent Need to Better Communicate the Health Impact of Climate Change

by Ruth Crane | Sep 24, 2024 | For Immediate Release, In the News

People and organizations talk a lot about climate change online, but only 3.1 percent of content mentions connections to health, a new analysis reveals Providence, RI | September 24, 2024 ― New data analysis from the Information Futures Lab (IFL) at Brown...

Amidst Rhode Island Housing Crisis, Critical Information Gaps Emerge

by Ruth Crane | Jul 15, 2024 | For Immediate Release

PROVIDENCE, RI – “Can someone help me make sense of my lease?” – “How do I avoid bad landlords?” – “Who takes section 8 Housing Vouchers so my child and I can get off the streets?” Across online platforms such as Reddit, Facebook and Nextdoor, Rhode Islanders...

Brown University’s Information Futures Lab Introduces 2024 Visiting Fellows

by Ruth Crane | Apr 25, 2024 | For Immediate Release, IFL fellows

PROVIDENCE, RI — The Information Futures Lab (IFL) at Brown University’s School of Public Health is pleased to introduce its 2024 Visiting Fellows cohort. Leaders in community-based journalism, equitable tech entrepreneurship, culturally competent communication and...

“Is the 2024 election still happening?”

by Information Futures Lab | Jan 23, 2024 | For Immediate Release

Information Futures Lab and We Are Más partner with Hispanic communities in South Florida, finding critical questions and information inequities but also tangible solutions to the information crisis Providence, RI and Miami, FL – In a democracy, people rely on...

“¿Aún se llevarán a cabo las elecciones de 2024?”