We all need to be clear-eyed about the social and political volatility heading into Election Day: The chances of sporadic violence, significant …
Be news-literate on election day and beyond
Articles and guides we recommend for staying news-literate on election day and in the days that follow. This collection will continue to be updated as long as election results are still being decided.
The experts agree: The best way to accurately track election results, and avoid falling for misinformation between now and Election Day, is to avoid too much social media. Stick with a handful of reputable...
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Some states may hold polls open longer if they run into issues like long lines or malfunctioning machines. To follow any changes announced on …
Social media posts circulating ahead of Election Day advise Americans to drop off their ballots or cast it in person, warning they risk losing their …
Alan C. Miller Founder and CEO Note: This is the third in a periodic series of personal reflections on journalism, news literacy, education and related …
This year has been epic for political news, and many of its biggest story lines — the coronavirus, racial injustice and the 2020 campaign — have played out in states at least as much as they have in Washington....
Polls can't predict the future. But they are the best tool to reveal the public’s priorities and values, and why people vote the way they do.The post …
Authors: Kate Starbird (UW), Michael Caulfield (WSU), Renee DiResta (Stanford), Jevin West (UW), Emma Spiro (UW), Nicole Buckley (UW), Rachel Moran …
Nov. 2, 2020 Teach news literacy this week News-literate Election Day | Campaign rumors | Requiring news literacy education? Be news-literate on …
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Voting in the 2020 U.S. Election may be over, but the misinformation keeps on ticking. Never stop fact-checking. Follow our post-election coverage …
Watch out for images and videos being taken out of context. Election Day is here. We may see a flood of false information about President Donald Trump …
Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump made a series of egregious false claims in his Election Night address at the White House -- falsely claiming he had already won re-election, that he had already...
(Nov. 4, 2020 – Washington, D.C.) Alan C. Miller, founder and CEO of the News Literacy Project, issued the following statement about the outcome of …
Twitter and Facebook applied labels to posts from President Donald Trump overnight which included baseless claims undermining the integrity of the election. But the two companies have very different approaches,...
This tweet from Factually’s founding father, former IFCN director Alexios Mantzarlis, sums it up perfectly — the longer we go without a definitive …
As Election Day turned into Election Week and closed the curtains on Trump’s anti-media presidency, the media shined. Isn’t it ironic? For the past …
Election officials are “still counting” ballots. Voters “wait” for a result. The nation is “tense,” “divided” and “in tumult.” That’s how the front pages of newspapers across the United States described...
Internal data shows that labels on President Trump’s posts decrease reshares by about 8%. They still account for some of the most engaging posts on …
The 2020 election was marked by severe political divisions, a public health crisis, unease about the voting process, concerns about misinformation …
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Two months after Election Day, control of the U.S. Senate in the 117th Congress comes down to two races in Georgia on Jan. 5. None of the four …