In times of crisis, count on iSchool students and alumni
As last month’s devastating wildfires raged in Los Angeles, the city’s residents faced a barrage of falsehoods on social media along with erroneous evacuation alerts from official sources. In search of timely, accurate information, millions turned to Watch Duty, a free and nonprofit app that tracks wildfires and firefighting efforts. The app shot to the top of the charts on Apple and Android stores.In a public emergency, in the corporate world, or in our day-to-day lives, people need quality information to make decisions. That underpins what we teach across all our programs at the Informat