From social media to deepfake technology, disinfo threatens the Nov. 5 election.
Author Archives: Ruth Dusseault, Bay City News
Ruth Dusseault is an investigative reporter and multimedia journalist focused on environment and energy. Her position is supported by the California local news fellowship, a statewide initiative spearheaded by UC Berkeley aimed at supporting local news platforms. While a student at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism (’23), Ruth developed stories about the social and environmental circumstances of contaminated watersheds around the Great Lakes, Mississippi River and Florida’s Lake Okeechobee. Her thesis explored rights of nature laws in small rural communities. She is a former assistant professor and artist in residence at Georgia Tech’s School of Architecture, and uses photography, film and digital storytelling to report on the engineered systems that undergird modern life.
Posted inEnvironment & Natural Resources
California sues ExxonMobil over plastics pollution
In a first of its kind lawsuit, California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Monday accused ExxonMobil of a decades-long greenwashing strategy that falsely promises recycling will address the global plastics pollution crisis.
Posted inPolice & Courts
Don’t do nothing: active shooter training includes surprising advice
Online training organized by Homeland Security and the Sacramento PD reveals interesting advice on dealing with an active shooter event.