Elizabeth Mehren utilizes personal stories and her professional experience as a journalist to uncover the history of "fake news," its dangers and how we can fight against it. Elizabeth Mehren spent much of her career as a correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, having previously reported for The Washington Post and other publications.

She has written for many magazines and has published four books. She co-founded Boston University's Global Health Storytelling Project, for which she and her colleagues earned a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant. Elizabeth received fellowships at the University of Maryland, the University of Georgia, and Columbia University, and has taught at the University of Southern California, Harvard University, the Harvard Law School. She earned undergraduate and graduate degrees at UC Berkeley. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx