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Tom Williams

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
39
Latest publication
Sep 30, 2026
Outlet visibility, for Utah Public Radio
Top 5M sites
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Tom Williams

    Social media's role in facilitating misinformation on Access Utah (opens the original)

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    Folklorist Andrew Peck will give the annual Derek Agard Lecture at Utah State University this week, titled "Beyond Belief: What Folklore Can Tell Us About Misinformation on Social Media." He joins us for the hour. We talk about NyQuil Chicken, one example of a larger, ongoing phenomenon raising questions about the role of social media in facilitating misinformation. Andrew Peck is associate professor of strategic communication at Miami University, Ohio. He is a media scholar and ethnographer who

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Tom Williams

    How Great Salt Lake's low levels affect shorebirds on Access Utah (opens the original)

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    On this episode, we talk with Clarissa Casper. Her article in Cornell Lab’s All About Birds is titled "Dry Times at Utah’s Great Salt Lake Threaten a Crucial Migratory Stopover." She says the biggest gathering place for migratory shorebirds in the Intermountain West is drying up. But where there’s still water, there’s still hope of keeping what’s left. Clarissa Casper is writer/editor at the American Bird Conservancy and was the 2025-2026 Rachel Carson Science Journalism Fellow at the Cornell La

  3. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Tom Williams

    The LDS Church opposes Idaho abortion measure and more on Behind the Headlines (opens the original)

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    Salt Lake Tribune reporters join us to discuss the week's top stories, including the possible future of the Sugar House pond and Idaho's Prop 1 abortion vote.

  4. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Tom Williams

    A year without federal funding for public media on Access Utah (opens the original)

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    One year ago, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was eliminating and radio stations across the country lost funding. We talk with station managers about the past year.

  5. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Tom Williams

    Folklore and technology trends with Lynne McNeill on Access Utah (opens the original)

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    We talk with folklorist Lynne McNeill about the dangers and positives of artificial intelligence, social media and phone bans in schools, and the value of folklore.

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