Available Course
Fear to Agency: Rethinking How We Report on Information Threats
English
Journalists covering disinformation, manipulation, and information threats often find themselves trapped in a reactive game — amplifying what they meant to expose, feeding news fatigue, and leaving audiences feeling powerless rather than informed.
This course explores a different approach. Instead of asking "how bad is it?", we ask "how are people navigating this?" Instead of chasing every threat, we learn when to engage and when stepping back is the smarter move. The goal isn't to stop covering threats — it's to cover them in ways that build agency rather than paralysis.
Learning outcomes
- Understanding of how threat-focused reporting can unintentionally amplify the problem
- A framework for recognizing when you're playing on someone else's field — and how to change the game
- Different questions to ask: shifting from "how dangerous?" to "how are people responding?"
- Practical strategies for including agency and solutions even in threat coverage
- Clarity on when to cover, when to reframe, and when not to engage at all
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