Grist, Climate Central Tackle Weather Misinformation — SkimNews
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- Extreme weather creates unique opportunities for misinformation to spread widely: rumors swirl on social media, telecom lines go down, and people’s fears and anger come to the surface.
- Grist and Climate Central are hosting a virtual conversation with meteorologists, journalists and researchers about communicating more accurately and thoughtfully before, during and after extreme weather.
- The virtual conversation will answer questions and offer tips for future conversations, whether those exchanges are public or private and online or offline.
- The event is scheduled for October 28, 2026, at 1 p.m. ET as a virtual gathering with registration available by RSVP.
Why it matters: Grist and Climate Central are giving meteorologists, journalists and researchers a forum on October 28 at 1 p.m. ET to address misinformation amid social-media rumors, telecom outages, people’s fears and anger during extreme weather. The stated payoff is practical guidance for more accurate, thoughtful communication before, during and after events, including private and offline exchanges.
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