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The News Literacy Project is a national education nonprofit offering nonpartisan, independent programs that teach students how to know what to believe in the digital age. Learn more at https://newslit.org/

News Literacy Project
flipped into Women's History Month Media
To get more news coverage of women, we need more women making the news
evoke.org - Carolyn McGourty Supple; Elisa Lees Muñoz
Pictured: Freelance photojournalist Mariana Vincenti. Photo courtesy of the International Women’s Media Foundation Pictured: Abena Agyeman-Fisher, …
Apr 9
News Literacy Project
flipped into Vaccine misinformation
COVID-19 Vaccines
'18 Reasons I Won’t Be Getting a COVID Vaccine' Post Filled With Reckless Falsehoods
snopes.com - Snopes
As more than one year passes since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, Snopes is still fighting an “infodemic” of rumors and misinformation, and you …
2 days ago
News Literacy Project
flipped into Journalism, local news, and press freedom.
Media Industry
Substack wants to pay you to write about local news
Recode - Peter Kafka
Substack, the email newsletter startup, might be best known as the home of high-profile writers who leave big publications and set up their own businesses. Now it wants to become known as a place where...
3 days ago
News Literacy Project
flipped into NLP updates and coverage
Learning
Manager of Professional Learning
idealist.org
When educators think of professional development, they often envision sitting in a room (whether real or, these days, virtual) watching someone read …
3 days ago
News Literacy Project
flipped into Vaccine misinformation
Vaccination
The Most Popular J&J Vaccine Story On Facebook? A Conspiracy Theorist Posted It
NPR - Miles Parks
CNN. ABC News. The New York Times. Fox News. Those are the publishers of four of the five most popular Facebook posts of articles about the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine this week. They're ranked...
3 days ago
News Literacy Project
flipped into Journalism, local news, and press freedom.
Media Industry
A New Way of Looking at Trust in Media: Do Americans Share Journalism’s Core Values? - AP-NORC
apnorc.org
April 14, 2021 The deep divides over trust in the news media are usually portrayed as largely ideological. Democrats are seven times more likely than …
4 days ago
News Literacy Project
flipped into Journalism, local news, and press freedom.
News Media
Bad news for journalists: The public doesn’t share our values. But there’s hope.
The Washington Post - By Margaret Sullivan
Ask almost any group of journalists to name the core values of their profession, and they’ll probably deliver a list like this: Oversight. We’re the watchdogs keeping an eye on government officials and...
4 days ago
News Literacy Project
flipped into Journalism, local news, and press freedom.
Race & Ethnicity
It’s Official: Kim Godwin Makes History as First Black Woman to Head ABC News
nabjonline.org - Posted by kstewart
The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) congratulates longtime member Kim Godwin on her historic appointment as not only the first Black …
4 days ago
News Literacy Project
flipped into Journalism, local news, and press freedom.
Good Morning America
The new president of ABC News is about to make history
CNN
New York (CNN Business) — Kimberly Godwin is about to make history -- as the incoming president of ABC News, she'll be the first Black executive to run one of America's major broadcast network newsrooms....
4 days ago
News Literacy Project
flipped into NLP updates and coverage
Information Literacy
College students struggle to identify false information online, a recent study says - Mustang News
mustangnews.net - Ryan Burr
Fake news. Conspiracy theories. Misinformation. Recent political events and ominous headlines are evidence that social media has become a breeding …
4 days ago
News Literacy Project
flipped into Social media and misinformation
Juan Orlando Hernández
How Facebook let fake engagement distort global politics: a whistleblower's account
The Guardian - Julia Carrie Wong in San Francisco
Shortly before Sophie Zhang lost access to Facebook’s systems, she published one final message on the company’s internal forum, a farewell tradition at Facebook known as a “badge post”. “Officially, I’m...
6 days ago
News Literacy Project
flipped into Vaccine misinformation
Europe
The vaccine misinformation battle raging in France
BBC News - BBC Trending
France is one of the most vaccine-sceptical countries in the world - fertile ground for hard-line anti-vaccine activists spreading online misinformation, writes the BBC's specialist disinformation reporter...
Mar 27
News Literacy Project
flipped into NLP updates and coverage
Media Industry
Journalist’s classroom visit high point of the year for California sixth-graders — News Literacy Project
newslit.org
NPR journalist Hannah Bloch is used to asking questions, but during a virtual visit with 80 sixth-graders at Chaparral Middle School in Diam ond Bar, …
6 days ago
News Literacy Project
flipped into NLP updates and coverage
Florida
Behind the headlines: Clarity or deception?
newslit.org
This article is from a previous issue of our Get Smart About News newsletter for the general public, which explores timely examples of misinformation …
5 days ago
News Literacy Project
flipped into Vaccine misinformation
Vaccination
PolitiFact | COVID-19 vaccines did not cause a 366% increase in miscarriages, as article claims
politifact.com
An alarming article that warns of miscarriages following COVID-19 vaccinations is being widely shared on social media. The story, published by a …
Apr 2
News Literacy Project
flipped into NLP updates and coverage
Radio Industry
Join our Instagram Live with Axios reporter Sara Fischer
newslit.org
More Updates NPR journalist Hannah Bloch is used to asking questions, but during a virtual visit with 80 sixth-graders at Chaparral Middle School in …
5 days ago
News Literacy Project
flipped into Journalism, local news, and press freedom.
Capital Markets
Reuters names Alessandra Galloni as its next editor-in-chief
Reuters
Reuters News has named one of its top editors, Alessandra Galloni, as its next editor-in-chief, the first woman to lead the globe-spanning news agency in its 170-year history. A native of Rome, Galloni,...
5 days ago
News Literacy Project
flipped into Examples (misinformation, hoaxes, conspiracy theories)
DMX
PolitiFact | Fact-checking unproven claims that rapper DMX suffered heart attack after getting COVID-19 vaccine
politifact.com
But the MTO News article does not prove that DMX died because he received the COVID-19 vaccine. The statements from his family and the hospital did …
5 days ago
News Literacy Project
flipped into Get Smart About News newsletter
The April 13, 2021, edition of our Get Smart About News newsletter.
Florida
GSAN: '60 Minutes' controversy | Coca-Cola ban? | Biden press questions — News Literacy Project
newslit.org
5 days ago
News Literacy Project
flipped into NLP updates and coverage
Critical Thinking
Misinformation May — News Literacy Project
newslit.org
What is Checkology? Checkology’s lessons and other resources show you how to navigate today’s challenging information landscape. You will learn how to …
5 days ago
News Literacy Project
flipped into Examples (misinformation, hoaxes, conspiracy theories)
Fact Check: Georgia Is NOT Removing Coke From All State-Owned Buildings | Lead Stories
leadstories.com - Dana Ford
No Such Ban Is Georgia removing Coke from all state-owned buildings? No, that's not true: Although a group of GOP state legislators requested that …
Apr 10
News Literacy Project
flipped into Examples (misinformation, hoaxes, conspiracy theories)
Fact Check: President Biden's Approval Rating Is NOT 11% According To Gallup | Lead Stories
leadstories.com - Chandler Friedman
Not Even Close Is President Biden's approval rating 11% according to Gallup? No, that's not true: Their most recent polling puts his approval rating …
Apr 10
News Literacy Project
flipped into Examples (misinformation, hoaxes, conspiracy theories)
Asthma
Midwin Charles ‘Just Got Vaccinated’ Tweet
truthorfiction.com - Kim LaCapria
Roughly a month prior to her death, Midwin Charles tweeted "just got vaccinated," adding that she qualified because of her asthma. After the sudden …
Apr 7
News Literacy Project
flipped into The Sift Newsletter
The April 12, 2021, edition of The Sift® newsletter for educators.
United States
The Sift: '60 Minutes' controversy | Trial coverage choices | Biden press questions — News Literacy Project
newslit.org
6 days ago
News Literacy Project
flipped into Vaccine misinformation
Facebook
Facebook ‘still too slow to act on groups profiting from Covid conspiracy theories’
The Guardian - Jasper Jackson, Alexandra Heal & Tom Wall
Covid conspiracy theorists are seeking to profit from the millions of followers they have built up on Instagram during the pandemic by marketing health supplements, wellness courses and juicers to them....
Apr 11
News Literacy Project
flipped into Conspiratorial thinking
QAnon Conspiracy Theory
'An existential threat': The Republicans calling for their party to reject QAnon conspiracy theories
CNN - By Clare Foran
(CNN) — Republican Rep. Peter Meijer has a warning for his party: He fears baseless conspiracy theories like QAnon will destroy the GOP from within if Republicans don't decisively and unequivocally condemn...
Apr 10
News Literacy Project
flipped into NLP updates and coverage
Pandemics
The 19th* is a nonprofit news startup made for the moment - Poynter
poynter.org - Alan C. Miller
The news outlet, devoted to covering politics and policy through a gender lens, launched in the pandemic and has rocketed onto the national stage. I …
Apr 8
News Literacy Project
flipped into Conspiratorial thinking
QAnon Conspiracy Theory
Despite cracking down on QAnon, YouTube continues to profit from content supporting the conspiracy theory
mediamatters.org - Written by Alex Kaplan
Despite YouTube’s promise to crack down on QAnon last October, the platform is still hosting shows supporting the conspiracy theory -- some of which …
Apr 7
News Literacy Project
flipped into Journalism, local news, and press freedom.
Media Industry
5 Imperatives for Expanding Independent Local News
niemanreports.org - kevinandrade
The urgency for solutions to the continuing erosion of local, legacy journalism grows greater by the day. And yet the challenge to create new …
Apr 6
News Literacy Project
flipped into Interesting articles
Teens
Difference Makers: NJ teen starts website to dispel health misinformation
audacy.com - Sean Adams
WYCKOFF, N.J. (WCBS 880) — A New Jersey teenager has created her own website to set the record straight when it comes to living a healthy …
Mar 29