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 and news reports; and how to draw their own informed conclusions.
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 and news reports; and how to draw their own informed conclusions.
I had a writing class that turned into a heated discussion about how we categorized “fake news.” No matter how many articles we read — How to Identify Fake News, or What Makes an Article Credible? — when we could not come up with one straight answer, I realized the problem was much bigger.
With the release of our newest ad last week, we — along with our Support Real News partners — are responding to recent attacks on the media, highlighting the importance of press access for the preservation of our democracy. In the ad, we called on the public to support press access, noting that the ability of reporters to accurately inform the public depends on their ability to ask questions of those in power.
Denying press access is a violation of your First Amendment right to a free press. Without press access, we all lose. As part of our Support Real News campaign, the News Media Alliance is proud to provide two ads for use in your print and online publications.
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 if you can spot the truth amongst the lies in this collection of wild headlines from the past year.
The News Media Alliance has been honored with two Gold awards in the 2017 Association TRENDS 2017 All Media Contest. They were two of nearly 300 entries in the association publications contest.
The News Media Alliance today launched the final ad of the second phase of its Campaign to Support Real News. The new ad puts an exclamation point on the storyline it began in October 2017 with a strong statement: “We Are Real News”.
We take our responsibility to report the truth very seriously. That is why we invest in the resources needed to seek out and report the truth. As part of its Support Real News campaign, the News Media Alliance is proud to provide this full-color print ad.
The media landscape has become littered with false news stories. Our campaign helps people to recognize when information is real, and when it may not be.
In the past year, journalism has changed more and faster than in all its previous years combined. Between outlets having