Hannah Covington
@hannahcov.bsky.social
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Hannah Covington
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1/ 🚨Our NEW study paints a shockingly bleak picture of how teens view the press. It also illustrates that there is a chasm between what teens think is going on in newsrooms versus what happens every day at credible outlets.
🔗 Summary + full report: go.newslit.org/TeensNewsMedia
🔗 Summary + full report: go.newslit.org/TeensNewsMedia
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
1/ 🚨Our NEW study paints a shockingly bleak picture of how teens view the press. It also illustrates that there is a chasm between what teens think is going on in newsrooms versus what happens every day at credible outlets.
🔗 Summary + full report: go.newslit.org/TeensNewsMedia
🔗 Summary + full report: go.newslit.org/TeensNewsMedia
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Great internship opportunity to work with my awesome colleague @susanmini.bsky.social & her team on taking NLP's impactful newsletters to the next level!
#Interns
#EduSky
#Interns
#EduSky
📢 Students: NLP is looking for a Newsletter Intern for the spring semester!
👀 In 15-20 hours per week, the person in this position will
directly impact many thousands of educators & hundreds of thousands of students across the U.S.
🔗 Learn more / apply: go.newslit.org/NewsletterIn...
#Internship
👀 In 15-20 hours per week, the person in this position will
directly impact many thousands of educators & hundreds of thousands of students across the U.S.
🔗 Learn more / apply: go.newslit.org/NewsletterIn...
#Internship
Position: Newsletter intern, January to June 2026 - The News Literacy Project
We are seeking a Newsletter Intern who can help monitor trending news literacy topics and create newsletter content in support of our work teaching young people how to be savvier consumers of informat...
go.newslit.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Great internship opportunity to work with my awesome colleague @susanmini.bsky.social & her team on taking NLP's impactful newsletters to the next level!
#Interns
#EduSky
#Interns
#EduSky
In case you're wondering, I'm still not done talking about this movie. Recently I chatted with Laura Yuen at @startribune.com about confusion over AI fakes and how the rise of these tools are deepening distrust and making people question what's real. www.startribune.com/kpop-demon-h...
Yuen: In era of deep doubt, even ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ is mistaken for AI
AI slop and other bot-generated content is making it harder for people to discern the truth from fiction.
www.startribune.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
In case you're wondering, I'm still not done talking about this movie. Recently I chatted with Laura Yuen at @startribune.com about confusion over AI fakes and how the rise of these tools are deepening distrust and making people question what's real. www.startribune.com/kpop-demon-h...
Love this quote from a student in Brooklyn: “ Journalism isn't only hunching over a desk and writing. Journalism is interviewing, understanding the community, and so much more."
NYC students push for broader expansion of journalism programs at their schools https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-students-push-for-broader-expansion-of-journalism-programs-at-their-schools
NYC students push for broader expansion of journalism programs at their schools
City Council education committee chair Rita Joseph center with rgw “Journalism for All” student coalition.
A new education department report found that about 1.2% of students have access to journalism courses. [ more › ]
gothamist.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Love this quote from a student in Brooklyn: “ Journalism isn't only hunching over a desk and writing. Journalism is interviewing, understanding the community, and so much more."
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New study by @brendannyhan.bsky.social, @jasonreifler.bsky.social & colleagues demonstrates that prebunking election fraud rumors — by warning about anticipated false claims & filling conceptual gaps that those claims exploit — helps to reduce belief in falsehoods: www.science.org/content/arti...
Trust in elections rises after ‘inoculations’ meant to preempt false fraud claims
New U.S.-Brazil study points to ways of countering election misinformation, political scientists say
www.science.org
August 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
New study by @brendannyhan.bsky.social, @jasonreifler.bsky.social & colleagues demonstrates that prebunking election fraud rumors — by warning about anticipated false claims & filling conceptual gaps that those claims exploit — helps to reduce belief in falsehoods: www.science.org/content/arti...
📝New from me, on AI and young people and the educators who are making a difference.
Big thanks to the librarians, teachers and students in Oklahoma who spoke with me for this piece.
www.oklahoman.com/story/opinio...
Big thanks to the librarians, teachers and students in Oklahoma who spoke with me for this piece.
www.oklahoman.com/story/opinio...
August 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
📝New from me, on AI and young people and the educators who are making a difference.
Big thanks to the librarians, teachers and students in Oklahoma who spoke with me for this piece.
www.oklahoman.com/story/opinio...
Big thanks to the librarians, teachers and students in Oklahoma who spoke with me for this piece.
www.oklahoman.com/story/opinio...
Reposted by Hannah Covington
Worried about teens and AI? Teach them news literacy | Opinion
News literacy helps young people understand that not all information generated by AI tools is accurate and gives them the skills to fact-check.
www.oklahoman.com/story/opinio...
News literacy helps young people understand that not all information generated by AI tools is accurate and gives them the skills to fact-check.
www.oklahoman.com/story/opinio...
Why more AI education is needed to help kids avoid being duped, misled | Opinion
News literacy helps young people understand that not all information generated by AI tools is accurate and gives them the skills to fact-check.
www.oklahoman.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Worried about teens and AI? Teach them news literacy | Opinion
News literacy helps young people understand that not all information generated by AI tools is accurate and gives them the skills to fact-check.
www.oklahoman.com/story/opinio...
News literacy helps young people understand that not all information generated by AI tools is accurate and gives them the skills to fact-check.
www.oklahoman.com/story/opinio...
Listen, our social media team was ON IT yesterday. Some engagement news, with a side of media literacy.
📢 BIG news doesn't come from a meme or a viral social media rumor. It often gets shared directly by the source - & is always reported on & verified by reputable news outlets.
⤵️ Teachers: Here's how you can turn Taylor Swift's engagement to Travis Kelce into a lesson.
#TaylorSwift
#TravisKelce
⤵️ Teachers: Here's how you can turn Taylor Swift's engagement to Travis Kelce into a lesson.
#TaylorSwift
#TravisKelce
August 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Listen, our social media team was ON IT yesterday. Some engagement news, with a side of media literacy.
Wherein I take any and every opportunity to talk about this movie👇🎤
P.S. Even if the original tweet was just trolling for engagement, the challenge remains of how we engage with and view original artistry in the age of AI.
P.P.S. The singalong this weekend was v fun and v joyful.
P.S. Even if the original tweet was just trolling for engagement, the challenge remains of how we engage with and view original artistry in the age of AI.
P.P.S. The singalong this weekend was v fun and v joyful.
🎶 KPop Demon Hunters presents the perfect lesson in media literacy.
🎞 NLP's @hannahcov.bsky.social explains how AI is causing cynicism of authentic content, such as the music from the highly popular animated urban fantasy film.
#KpopDemonHunters #MediaLiteracy
🎞 NLP's @hannahcov.bsky.social explains how AI is causing cynicism of authentic content, such as the music from the highly popular animated urban fantasy film.
#KpopDemonHunters #MediaLiteracy
KPop Demon Hunters presents the perfect lesson in media literacy. NLP's Hannah Covington explains how artificial intelligence is causing cynicism of authentic content, such as the music from the highl...
TikTok video by News Literacy Project
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August 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Wherein I take any and every opportunity to talk about this movie👇🎤
P.S. Even if the original tweet was just trolling for engagement, the challenge remains of how we engage with and view original artistry in the age of AI.
P.P.S. The singalong this weekend was v fun and v joyful.
P.S. Even if the original tweet was just trolling for engagement, the challenge remains of how we engage with and view original artistry in the age of AI.
P.P.S. The singalong this weekend was v fun and v joyful.
"LOL, you can't" may seem cavalier, but it drives home an important point: AI tools are getting better all the time and can even fool professionals.
So, what can you do? A few thoughts with some resources 👇
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
So, what can you do? A few thoughts with some resources 👇
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Analysis | How to spot an AI video? LOL, you can’t.
It’s time to stop trying to be AI detectives. We need a different approach to a world awash in realistic AI.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"LOL, you can't" may seem cavalier, but it drives home an important point: AI tools are getting better all the time and can even fool professionals.
So, what can you do? A few thoughts with some resources 👇
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
So, what can you do? A few thoughts with some resources 👇
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Devastated to report I fell for this. 🐰
Yes, you should use #NewsLiteracy skills to examine cute animal videos like bunnies on trampolines. Sharing these pieces of engagement bait only further pollutes the information landscape. @404media.co article ⤵️
AI Bunnies on Trampoline Causing Crisis of Confidence on TikTok
People failing to identify a video of adorable bunnies as AI slop has sparked worries that many more people could fall for online scams.
www.404media.co
August 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Devastated to report I fell for this. 🐰
Reposted by Hannah Covington
“I feel like this is one way we can help our students — & help ourselves, to be frank — with figuring out what is real & what is not.” - Library media specialist Melinda Gallagher about #NewsLiteracy
@hannahcov.bsky.social 's piece for @the74.bsky.social ⤵️
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@hannahcov.bsky.social 's piece for @the74.bsky.social ⤵️
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I Talked to Teenagers About Conspiracy Theories. Here’s What They Told Me
Covington: For students who watched the viral social media response to a classmate’s death, news literacy is key.
zurl.co
June 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“I feel like this is one way we can help our students — & help ourselves, to be frank — with figuring out what is real & what is not.” - Library media specialist Melinda Gallagher about #NewsLiteracy
@hannahcov.bsky.social 's piece for @the74.bsky.social ⤵️
zurl.co/cEKpr
@hannahcov.bsky.social 's piece for @the74.bsky.social ⤵️
zurl.co/cEKpr
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NLP's @hannahcov.bsky.social spoke with 12 high school students about news habits & what it’s like trying to find credible info online.
Said Kelsey Perry, 18, of seeing conspiracy theories everywhere: “It gets to the point where it’s kind of hard not to believe some of them."
@the74.bsky.social
Said Kelsey Perry, 18, of seeing conspiracy theories everywhere: “It gets to the point where it’s kind of hard not to believe some of them."
@the74.bsky.social
I Talked to Teenagers About Conspiracy Theories, Here’s What They Told Me
Covington: For students who watched the viral social media response to a classmate’s death, news literacy is key.
www.the74million.org
June 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
NLP's @hannahcov.bsky.social spoke with 12 high school students about news habits & what it’s like trying to find credible info online.
Said Kelsey Perry, 18, of seeing conspiracy theories everywhere: “It gets to the point where it’s kind of hard not to believe some of them."
@the74.bsky.social
Said Kelsey Perry, 18, of seeing conspiracy theories everywhere: “It gets to the point where it’s kind of hard not to believe some of them."
@the74.bsky.social
1/4 *taps mic*
My byline is back for the first time in many moons. I wrote about teenagers, conspiracy theories and what it was like when social media rumors became personal and painful at an Oklahoma high school.
🧵with the some takeaways:
www.the74million.org/article/i-ta...
My byline is back for the first time in many moons. I wrote about teenagers, conspiracy theories and what it was like when social media rumors became personal and painful at an Oklahoma high school.
🧵with the some takeaways:
www.the74million.org/article/i-ta...
I Talked to Teenagers About Conspiracy Theories, Here’s What They Told Me
Covington: For students who watched the viral social media response to a classmate’s death, news literacy is key.
www.the74million.org
June 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
1/4 *taps mic*
My byline is back for the first time in many moons. I wrote about teenagers, conspiracy theories and what it was like when social media rumors became personal and painful at an Oklahoma high school.
🧵with the some takeaways:
www.the74million.org/article/i-ta...
My byline is back for the first time in many moons. I wrote about teenagers, conspiracy theories and what it was like when social media rumors became personal and painful at an Oklahoma high school.
🧵with the some takeaways:
www.the74million.org/article/i-ta...
Reposted by Hannah Covington
Good morning, America!
Our Digital News Report 2025 is out
📊48 markets
🌏Almost 100K respondents
📰Key headline: Audiences lean into video news and influencers, raising misinformation concerns and new dilemmas for publishers
📱Explore now buff.ly/xLP67Tg
🧵Findings in thread #DNR25
Our Digital News Report 2025 is out
📊48 markets
🌏Almost 100K respondents
📰Key headline: Audiences lean into video news and influencers, raising misinformation concerns and new dilemmas for publishers
📱Explore now buff.ly/xLP67Tg
🧵Findings in thread #DNR25
June 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Good morning, America!
Our Digital News Report 2025 is out
📊48 markets
🌏Almost 100K respondents
📰Key headline: Audiences lean into video news and influencers, raising misinformation concerns and new dilemmas for publishers
📱Explore now buff.ly/xLP67Tg
🧵Findings in thread #DNR25
Our Digital News Report 2025 is out
📊48 markets
🌏Almost 100K respondents
📰Key headline: Audiences lean into video news and influencers, raising misinformation concerns and new dilemmas for publishers
📱Explore now buff.ly/xLP67Tg
🧵Findings in thread #DNR25
Reposted by Hannah Covington
The Wayback Machine is an indispensable tool for archiving web content. It's also a powerful search engine that can dig up deleted webpages and social media posts.
Here's the Indicator guide to getting the most out of the Wayback machine: indicator.media/p/ge...
Here's the Indicator guide to getting the most out of the Wayback machine: indicator.media/p/ge...
Getting the most out of the Wayback Machine
Tips for the Wayback Machine browser extension, API, and more!
indicator.media
May 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The Wayback Machine is an indispensable tool for archiving web content. It's also a powerful search engine that can dig up deleted webpages and social media posts.
Here's the Indicator guide to getting the most out of the Wayback machine: indicator.media/p/ge...
Here's the Indicator guide to getting the most out of the Wayback machine: indicator.media/p/ge...
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Seven-in-ten Americans are at least somewhat concerned about potential restrictions on press freedom. This includes 43% who say they are extremely or very concerned. These numbers are almost identical to the findings of an April 2024 survey. www.pewresearch.org/...
Americans remain concerned about press freedoms, but partisan views have flipped since 2024
A majority of Democrats (60%) are highly concerned about press freedoms – about double the share of Republicans (28%).
www.pewresearch.org
April 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Seven-in-ten Americans are at least somewhat concerned about potential restrictions on press freedom. This includes 43% who say they are extremely or very concerned. These numbers are almost identical to the findings of an April 2024 survey. www.pewresearch.org/...
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Reminder: teaching #newsliteracy #medialiteracy effectively means spotlighting positive examples of quality journalism *at least as often* as focusing on coverage you think is problematic.
Excellent example of the impact of the watchdog role & the importance of a free press to democracy here 👇
Excellent example of the impact of the watchdog role & the importance of a free press to democracy here 👇
NEW: The proposed legislation addresses nearly all of the issues raised in an investigation by @ctmirror.org and ProPublica.
“This is awesome. It’s great news,” one resident said. “I wouldn’t have lost my car, and now maybe others won’t either.”
By @ginnymonk.bsky.social and Dave Altimari
“This is awesome. It’s great news,” one resident said. “I wouldn’t have lost my car, and now maybe others won’t either.”
By @ginnymonk.bsky.social and Dave Altimari
Connecticut Lawmakers Seek Overhaul of Towing Laws
A new bill addresses nearly all of the issues raised in a Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica investigation that found people’s cars were being sold shortly after they were towed.
propub.li
March 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Reminder: teaching #newsliteracy #medialiteracy effectively means spotlighting positive examples of quality journalism *at least as often* as focusing on coverage you think is problematic.
Excellent example of the impact of the watchdog role & the importance of a free press to democracy here 👇
Excellent example of the impact of the watchdog role & the importance of a free press to democracy here 👇
Reposted by Hannah Covington
📢 National #NewsLiteracyWeek in partnership with @ewscrippsco.bsky.social & @usatoday.com begins TODAY!
✨ Whether you're an educator or not, you can make a difference in young people's lives by empowering them to identify credible information.
🔗 Get involved & share: newsliteracyweek.org
✨ Whether you're an educator or not, you can make a difference in young people's lives by empowering them to identify credible information.
🔗 Get involved & share: newsliteracyweek.org
February 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
📢 National #NewsLiteracyWeek in partnership with @ewscrippsco.bsky.social & @usatoday.com begins TODAY!
✨ Whether you're an educator or not, you can make a difference in young people's lives by empowering them to identify credible information.
🔗 Get involved & share: newsliteracyweek.org
✨ Whether you're an educator or not, you can make a difference in young people's lives by empowering them to identify credible information.
🔗 Get involved & share: newsliteracyweek.org
These text scams have really leveled up to Dickens-level pathos
January 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
These text scams have really leveled up to Dickens-level pathos
Recently visited a high school student newspaper staff and talked about the importance of journalism standards. We discussed how standards separate their work from so much else online. I encouraged them to publish a code of ethics as a staff. Went back last week, and they did! 🥹
January 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Recently visited a high school student newspaper staff and talked about the importance of journalism standards. We discussed how standards separate their work from so much else online. I encouraged them to publish a code of ethics as a staff. Went back last week, and they did! 🥹
Reposted by Hannah Covington
Massive change at Meta, as Zuckerberg announces they’re ditching fact checkers in the US and replacing them with community notes. Meta is probably the single largest funder of fact checking in the world right now. But that appears to be coming to an end. www.facebook.com/share/v/18Rc...?
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
January 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Massive change at Meta, as Zuckerberg announces they’re ditching fact checkers in the US and replacing them with community notes. Meta is probably the single largest funder of fact checking in the world right now. But that appears to be coming to an end. www.facebook.com/share/v/18Rc...?
Reposted by Hannah Covington
A big one today with @mikecaulfield.bsky.social. It's about Jan 6th but its really about trying to diagnose what precisely is broken about our information ecosystem and why everything feels so stuck. It's about how the internet is a justification machine. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The Internet Is Worse Than a Brainwashing Machine
A rationale is always just a scroll or a click away.
www.theatlantic.com
January 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A big one today with @mikecaulfield.bsky.social. It's about Jan 6th but its really about trying to diagnose what precisely is broken about our information ecosystem and why everything feels so stuck. It's about how the internet is a justification machine. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Reposted by Hannah Covington
It may seem strange to folks outside of academia, but there has been a line of prominent research within it arguing that misinformation isn't a problem. This paper pushes back, noting how those arguments often rely on poor definitions & operationalizations of what misinformation is & how it works.
In this new article in American Psychologist we respond to critics in detail and clarify two key points for the field;
(1) The prevalence of misinformation in society is substantial when properly defined.
(2) Misinformation causally impacts attitudes and behaviors.
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
(1) The prevalence of misinformation in society is substantial when properly defined.
(2) Misinformation causally impacts attitudes and behaviors.
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
December 26, 2024 at 5:23 PM
It may seem strange to folks outside of academia, but there has been a line of prominent research within it arguing that misinformation isn't a problem. This paper pushes back, noting how those arguments often rely on poor definitions & operationalizations of what misinformation is & how it works.
Yeeep. A quick Google search is usually all you need to turn up reams of coverage for whatever topic “the media isn’t covering.” With platforms de-prioritizing news, it might feel like journalists are ignoring a story, but it’s likely just that an algorithm hasn’t surfaced it in your feed.
no shade to the op here, but i honestly think a lot of times when people are like "i can't believe the media ignored this story, it should have been front-page news," what they really mean is it should have been at the top of their social media feeds.
December 20, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Yeeep. A quick Google search is usually all you need to turn up reams of coverage for whatever topic “the media isn’t covering.” With platforms de-prioritizing news, it might feel like journalists are ignoring a story, but it’s likely just that an algorithm hasn’t surfaced it in your feed.