🌱 Meet our 2026 MISI Summit panelists! Mark Araujo, Alivia Moore, Charlie Nutting & Anthony Townsend will explore food sovereignty, land stewardship, conservation, and technology. Can digital media help us reconnect with nature? 📅 Nov. 6 | 9 AM–5:30 PM 📍 Boston University

📚 Join MISI Director Eric Gordon at the Boston Book Festival on Oct. 17! He'll discuss his new book, How Institutions Listen, and how human-centered AI can help governments make sense of civic data, act on it, and rebuild public trust. 📍 Boston Public Library, Exhibition Hall ⏰ 3–4 PM EST

Thank you to Dr. Marshall Van Alstyne for joining our Media and Public Trust seminar series! He shared a fresh take on fighting the misinformation crisis by introducing a digital landscape where it pays to tell the truth, sparking a great conversation about governance, attention, and community.

Meet the keynote speakers for the 2026 MISI Annual Summit! 🎤

Pleased to partner with @misibu.bsky.social to offer a science communication workshop focused on participatory and values-centered research. RSVP to join us: forms.gle/k6aR8snR9jHH...

What does it mean to be rooted in a rapidly changing digital society? 🌱

Join @misibu.bsky.social & @infoecon.bsky.social of @buquestrom.bsky.social for a convo on treating misinformation as a pollution problem, and how redesigning the incentives around speech could reduce misinformation without a central authority judging speech. REGISTER sites.bu.edu/misi/2026/09...

MISI director Eric Gordon is helping build On the Porch, an AI chatbot rooted in trusted local sources so Dorchester residents can better understand their community and engage more effectively with the city. Read about it here: baystatebanner.com/2026/06/18/a...

When the NYT & WSJ run ads from the top US oil lobby, does it affect their coverage? BU's Michelle Amazeen says yes. She's featured in a new @columjournreview.bsky.social interview on fossil fuel influence + quoted in a @desmog.com investigation. Her work with MISI: sites.bu.edu/misi/michell...

Coverage of the Fossil-Fuel Industry ‘Doesn’t Have to Be This Way’

Michelle Amazeen says oil and gas money is fueling conflicts of interest.

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YOU'RE INVITED! On Wednesday, May 13th, join us at @wbur.org's CitySpace for an evening of storytelling as our fellows and directors share intimate stories of survival, resilience, identity and memory in a time of environmental upheaval. Buy tickets today! www.wbur.org/events/10789...

“[MISI] was born out of ambitions to help society unlock its potential through amazing communication,” says @comatbu.bsky.social Dean @mdichristina.bsky.social. After launching in November 2025, we've stayed on mission while collaborating, experimenting, and rebuilding trust.

Putting Media to Work for the People

On a warm September afternoon, two dozen people filled a BU conference room. Journalists, researchers, nonprofit staffers, a photographer, a…

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“Universities play in their sandbox, and governments play in theirs […] and we want to avoid [that],” says Eric Gordon of @misibu.bsky.social. But, what happens when cities and universities finally stop working in silos? Read here: www.route-fifty.com/artificial-i...

It’s time for cities and higher education to join forces on effective AI, experts say

Local governments and academic institutions haven’t always aligned their goals and priorities. But for either sector to unlock artificial intelligence’s potential, they must work more closely together...

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Know someone (including yourself) who would be a good fit for our Truth and Storytelling Fellowship? Share and APPLY TODAY by 5p! bit.ly/MISI_TASFell...

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OPEN CALL: Are you a civic leader or activist working to better your neighborhood? Or a creative focused on climate, community violence or migration? MISI is seeking its 2026-2027 cohort for our Trust and Storytelling (TAS) Fellowship. LEARN more and APPLY by March 27: spr.ly/63328B6yXVm

Next Monday 3/30, join us for our Media & Public Trust seminar: @busph.bsky.social's Greg Wellenius will talk about the divide between academia + #research and community + #publichealth in a time of #climatechange, and propose steps to bridge that very gap. REGISTER today > bit.ly/MISI_MediaPu...

Center for Media Innovation & Social Impact (MISI)@misibu.bsky.social · 7mo ago

On March 30, our Media & Public Trust seminar welcomes @busph.bsky.social's Greg Wellenius for a talk on how academics can make their research more relevant, timely, and actionable to communities who can influence action. REGISTER now: spr.ly/63324B6zf7a @comatbu.bsky.social @bu-igs.bsky.social

ONE MORE WEEK: Are you a community activist or creator in/around Boston? Or @bostonu.bsky.social faculty doing humanistic research? Be the next to join our Trust and Storytelling (TAS) Fellowship in 2026-2027. LEARN more and APPLY by March 27: spr.ly/63329B6XtHT @comatbu.bsky.social

On March 30, our Media & Public Trust seminar welcomes @busph.bsky.social's Greg Wellenius for a talk on how academics can make their research more relevant, timely, and actionable to communities who can influence action. REGISTER now: spr.ly/63324B6zf7a @comatbu.bsky.social @bu-igs.bsky.social

OPEN CALL: Are you a civic leader or activist working to better your neighborhood? Or a creative focused on climate, community violence or migration? MISI is seeking its 2026-2027 cohort for our Trust and Storytelling (TAS) Fellowship. LEARN more and APPLY by March 27: spr.ly/63328B6yXVm

On March 2, Peter Levine of @tufts.edu joins our Media & Public Trust seminar for a talk on why the research models around civic & political beliefs have contributed to polarization and how a new framework can cultivate cohesion and understanding. RSVP: spr.ly/63329htYIT @comatbu.bsky.social

JOIN: On Feb. 6, @ericbot73.bsky.social, Chaplain Clementina Chéry, and Peter Masiakos, MD come together to talk building partnerships between higher ed and community organizations. 📍 @bostonu.bsky.social's Howard Thurman Center 808 Comm. Ave, Room 104 🔗 RSVP: spr.ly/63327h8n4c

[MISI IS HIRING] We're recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow to contribute to research on public trust and local information ecosystems in New England. Join our community of researchers working at the intersection of trust, media, and technology. Apply by January 15, 2025. lnkd.in/ertN2dXb.

🗓️ SAVE THE DATE! Join us Friday 11/7 as we host our first MISI summit on "Communicating Climate." Leading voices will explore why what we listen to or read about around #climatechange leads to misinformation and disinformation or trust. Register now > bit.ly/MISISummit2025 @comatbu.bsky.social

"Our team is working to understand and support how stories gain trust and legitimacy." @ericbot73.bsky.social talks with @bu-igs.bsky.social about the mission of MISI, its fellowships around the theme of #environmentaljustice, and why storytelling matters. @bostonu.bsky.social @comatbu.bsky.social