Archive for Fake News
Teaching Kids About Media Literacy
Providing the right tools for young news consumers will help them learn how to spot fake news; how to tell the difference between ads, blogs ... Read More
News Literacy Project’s Newsroom to Classroom Not Just for Middle Schoolers
I had a writing class that turned into a heated discussion about how we categorized “fake news.” No matter how many articles we read — ... Read More
Want to Stop Fake News? Pay for the Real Thing
Facebook and Google have been brutal to the news business. But this primarily reflects a failure of imagination. The tech giants are the world’s best ... Read More
Quiz: Can You Pick Out 2018’s Top Fake News Stories?
2018 was a year of serious fact-checks and cries of fake news. Did you survive with all your facts intact? Take our quiz to see ... Read More
The Year In Review: Our Top Posts of 2018
As we head into the new year, we wanted to look back at some of the interesting things we learned in 2018. Over the course ... Read More
Quiz: Do You Know Which Election Headlines Are Real?
As midterm elections approach in the U.S., fake news producers have been sharing more and more stories that paint one side or the other as ... Read More
Rising Star Steph Solis, Asbury Park Press
Steph Solis knew she wanted to be a journalist since she was little. “I was one of those obnoxious kids who has known since sixth ... Read More
OAH Offers Journalists Free Database of Experts
Journalists seeking fresh, fast and thoughtful insight from the nation's foremost historians can now consult a database of experts assembled by the Organization of American ... Read More
Support Real News with Media Literacy Tools for the Classroom
With fake news and distrust of the media making it harder for many people to know what to believe, there is ample need for news ... Read More
Newspapers Must Stand in Solidarity Against Trump’s Attacks on Press
Today, newspapers fought back against President Trump's attacks on the media in the the best way they know how: they took to the presses. In ... Read More
