Medill students report across Germany and France

By Joe Snell on March 20, 2020December 16, 2020 cybersecurity, disinformation, medill explores

WASHINGTON — From Feb. 8 to Feb. 15, a group of 15 Medill graduate students in the Politics, Policy and Foreign Affairs specialization along with two faculty members traveled to Germany and France for a reporting trip. This year’s trip focused on how Russian disinformation campaigns work to influence elections around the world.

Students met with officials at U.S. Army Europe headquarters in Wiesbaden before traveling to Paris to meet with reporters, experts and agencies tasked with understanding and combating disinformation campaigns. Their stories are posted on this website.