News Literacy Project
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@newslit.org
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1/ News literacy teaches students how to think about news & information, not what to think. It is also inherently nonpartisan.
⤵️ Read about the five #NewsLiteracy learning standards that guide our work & why the field has never been more important in today's complex information environment.
⤵️ Read about the five #NewsLiteracy learning standards that guide our work & why the field has never been more important in today's complex information environment.
👀 "How can we motivate our kids to get news from a variety of sources when it’s so much easier to get it from social media?"
🤔 A great question from a reader of Scroll Smarter, our monthly newsletter for families!
In the February issue, our Q&A answers this as best we can + much more! ⤵️
🤔 A great question from a reader of Scroll Smarter, our monthly newsletter for families!
In the February issue, our Q&A answers this as best we can + much more! ⤵️
Scroll Smarter: Helping kids find news - The News Literacy Project
A landmark trial on social media addiction for kids, “sharenting” safety tips for parents posting online, building a healthy news diet, and two truths and AI.
go.newslit.org
February 10, 2026 at 8:46 PM
👀 "How can we motivate our kids to get news from a variety of sources when it’s so much easier to get it from social media?"
🤔 A great question from a reader of Scroll Smarter, our monthly newsletter for families!
In the February issue, our Q&A answers this as best we can + much more! ⤵️
🤔 A great question from a reader of Scroll Smarter, our monthly newsletter for families!
In the February issue, our Q&A answers this as best we can + much more! ⤵️
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Asking just a few simple questions can make a big difference in spotting misinformation, not just for students, but for anyone trying to make sense of what they see online.
1/ 🌳 Use the analogy of an ecosystem to help students understand today’s info landscape with our NEW infographic.
👀 Analyze the poster to learn how:
- the news-driven ecosystem forms an info web
- content about news largely couldn’t exist without standards-based journalism
#NewsLiteracyWeek
👀 Analyze the poster to learn how:
- the news-driven ecosystem forms an info web
- content about news largely couldn’t exist without standards-based journalism
#NewsLiteracyWeek
February 10, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Asking just a few simple questions can make a big difference in spotting misinformation, not just for students, but for anyone trying to make sense of what they see online.
📢 Educators: It's not too late to get quick NLP tips on how to use The Sift newsletter for teaching #NewsLiteracy!
🔗 Join us at 5pm ET TODAY: go.newslit.org/SiftWebinar26
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🔗 Join us at 5pm ET TODAY: go.newslit.org/SiftWebinar26
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February 10, 2026 at 7:21 PM
📢 Educators: It's not too late to get quick NLP tips on how to use The Sift newsletter for teaching #NewsLiteracy!
🔗 Join us at 5pm ET TODAY: go.newslit.org/SiftWebinar26
#EdTech
#EduSky
🔗 Join us at 5pm ET TODAY: go.newslit.org/SiftWebinar26
#EdTech
#EduSky
We should be doing a carousel about it on IG tomorrow morning.
February 10, 2026 at 5:34 PM
We should be doing a carousel about it on IG tomorrow morning.
📢 Be awesome & vote for NLP!
🎉 We are in the running to win $$$ from @projectforawesome.com & need your vote starting today! The initiative by the Foundation to Decrease World Suck raises money for nonprofits annually!
🙏🏽 Watch our video & vote for us between NOW-Feb. 18: go.newslit.org/AwesomeNLP
🎉 We are in the running to win $$$ from @projectforawesome.com & need your vote starting today! The initiative by the Foundation to Decrease World Suck raises money for nonprofits annually!
🙏🏽 Watch our video & vote for us between NOW-Feb. 18: go.newslit.org/AwesomeNLP
February 10, 2026 at 5:20 PM
📢 Be awesome & vote for NLP!
🎉 We are in the running to win $$$ from @projectforawesome.com & need your vote starting today! The initiative by the Foundation to Decrease World Suck raises money for nonprofits annually!
🙏🏽 Watch our video & vote for us between NOW-Feb. 18: go.newslit.org/AwesomeNLP
🎉 We are in the running to win $$$ from @projectforawesome.com & need your vote starting today! The initiative by the Foundation to Decrease World Suck raises money for nonprofits annually!
🙏🏽 Watch our video & vote for us between NOW-Feb. 18: go.newslit.org/AwesomeNLP
❌ NO: Bad Bunny did not give a Grammy statuette to Liam Conejo Ramos during the Super Bowl halftime show.
✔️ He handed the award to a young actor named Lincoln Fox.
🔗 When a claim deals with a controversial subject & plays into confirmation bias, it often spreads quickly: go.newslit.org/SBhalftime
✔️ He handed the award to a young actor named Lincoln Fox.
🔗 When a claim deals with a controversial subject & plays into confirmation bias, it often spreads quickly: go.newslit.org/SBhalftime
February 10, 2026 at 3:46 PM
❌ NO: Bad Bunny did not give a Grammy statuette to Liam Conejo Ramos during the Super Bowl halftime show.
✔️ He handed the award to a young actor named Lincoln Fox.
🔗 When a claim deals with a controversial subject & plays into confirmation bias, it often spreads quickly: go.newslit.org/SBhalftime
✔️ He handed the award to a young actor named Lincoln Fox.
🔗 When a claim deals with a controversial subject & plays into confirmation bias, it often spreads quickly: go.newslit.org/SBhalftime
📰 When the Washington Post cut more than 300 of its 800 journalists last week, what was lost? What kind of stories might go uncovered when there are fewer reporters?
👆🏾 Discussion questions from this week's edition of The Sift, which also covers citizen watchdogs, open-source reporting & more.
👆🏾 Discussion questions from this week's edition of The Sift, which also covers citizen watchdogs, open-source reporting & more.
The Sift: Washington Post layoffs - The News Literacy Project
The Washington Post layoffs' effect on the information landscape, smartphones paving way for citizen watchdogs, and an AI-generated video of McDonald’s fries shaking.
go.newslit.org
February 9, 2026 at 8:45 PM
📰 When the Washington Post cut more than 300 of its 800 journalists last week, what was lost? What kind of stories might go uncovered when there are fewer reporters?
👆🏾 Discussion questions from this week's edition of The Sift, which also covers citizen watchdogs, open-source reporting & more.
👆🏾 Discussion questions from this week's edition of The Sift, which also covers citizen watchdogs, open-source reporting & more.
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1/ 🎉 NEWS: We're thrilled to announce a partnership with the @startribune.com to bring news literacy education to high schoolers in Minnesota!
Full story: go.newslit.org/NewsLitMN
#NewsLiteracyWeek
Full story: go.newslit.org/NewsLitMN
#NewsLiteracyWeek
Minnesota Star Tribune launches News Literacy Initiative - The News Literacy Project
The Minnesota Star Tribune Local News Fund today announced the launch of its News Literacy Initiative, in partnership with the News Literacy Project and ThreeSixty Journalism at the University of St. ...
go.newslit.org
February 5, 2026 at 8:49 PM
"Experts fear that Americans are losing their ability to distinguish between fact & fiction — & that fewer people seem to care about the difference."
👇🏾 As laid out, the mis- & disinfo machine - boosted by AI - has never been more potent. #NewsLiteracy as a solution has never been more urgent.
👇🏾 As laid out, the mis- & disinfo machine - boosted by AI - has never been more potent. #NewsLiteracy as a solution has never been more urgent.
Chaos in Minneapolis Exposes an Internet at War With Truth
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:27 PM
"Experts fear that Americans are losing their ability to distinguish between fact & fiction — & that fewer people seem to care about the difference."
👇🏾 As laid out, the mis- & disinfo machine - boosted by AI - has never been more potent. #NewsLiteracy as a solution has never been more urgent.
👇🏾 As laid out, the mis- & disinfo machine - boosted by AI - has never been more potent. #NewsLiteracy as a solution has never been more urgent.
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1/ News literacy teaches students how to think about news & information, not what to think. It is also inherently nonpartisan.
⤵️ Read about the five #NewsLiteracy learning standards that guide our work & why the field has never been more important in today's complex information environment.
⤵️ Read about the five #NewsLiteracy learning standards that guide our work & why the field has never been more important in today's complex information environment.
September 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
1/ News literacy teaches students how to think about news & information, not what to think. It is also inherently nonpartisan.
⤵️ Read about the five #NewsLiteracy learning standards that guide our work & why the field has never been more important in today's complex information environment.
⤵️ Read about the five #NewsLiteracy learning standards that guide our work & why the field has never been more important in today's complex information environment.
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📣News literacy for AI content looks like:
🧐Questioning the poster’s intention. Is it to inform, or to incite feelings from the viewer?
🔍Looking for AI labels. Are there any indicators in the caption or page description?
💡Observing others’ reactions. What are other viewers saying in the comments?
🧐Questioning the poster’s intention. Is it to inform, or to incite feelings from the viewer?
🔍Looking for AI labels. Are there any indicators in the caption or page description?
💡Observing others’ reactions. What are other viewers saying in the comments?
February 6, 2026 at 10:36 PM
📣News literacy for AI content looks like:
🧐Questioning the poster’s intention. Is it to inform, or to incite feelings from the viewer?
🔍Looking for AI labels. Are there any indicators in the caption or page description?
💡Observing others’ reactions. What are other viewers saying in the comments?
🧐Questioning the poster’s intention. Is it to inform, or to incite feelings from the viewer?
🔍Looking for AI labels. Are there any indicators in the caption or page description?
💡Observing others’ reactions. What are other viewers saying in the comments?
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🙂 It's been a busy news week + now the Olympics + the Super Bowl. So, yeah ...
If you didn't get to National #NewsLiteracyWeek, we get it! The good news is our resources aren't going away. Here are a few links:
🏡 newsliteracyweek.org
🌳 go.newslit.org/InfoEcosystem
📚 go.newslit.org/NNLWlibrarians
If you didn't get to National #NewsLiteracyWeek, we get it! The good news is our resources aren't going away. Here are a few links:
🏡 newsliteracyweek.org
🌳 go.newslit.org/InfoEcosystem
📚 go.newslit.org/NNLWlibrarians
National News Literacy Week - The News Literacy Project
National News Literacy Week provides educators with the tools and resources they need to help students navigate today’s information landscape more skillfully.
newsliteracyweek.org
February 6, 2026 at 10:11 PM
🙂 It's been a busy news week + now the Olympics + the Super Bowl. So, yeah ...
If you didn't get to National #NewsLiteracyWeek, we get it! The good news is our resources aren't going away. Here are a few links:
🏡 newsliteracyweek.org
🌳 go.newslit.org/InfoEcosystem
📚 go.newslit.org/NNLWlibrarians
If you didn't get to National #NewsLiteracyWeek, we get it! The good news is our resources aren't going away. Here are a few links:
🏡 newsliteracyweek.org
🌳 go.newslit.org/InfoEcosystem
📚 go.newslit.org/NNLWlibrarians
😮 Even our host got duped by this week's #2TruthsAndAI!
🔎 But some basic debunking skills can help you determine which extreme nature video is the fake. Can you get it right?
🎞 Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/I_lr_...
#NewsLiteracyWeek
🔎 But some basic debunking skills can help you determine which extreme nature video is the fake. Can you get it right?
🎞 Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/I_lr_...
#NewsLiteracyWeek
February 6, 2026 at 8:57 PM
😮 Even our host got duped by this week's #2TruthsAndAI!
🔎 But some basic debunking skills can help you determine which extreme nature video is the fake. Can you get it right?
🎞 Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/I_lr_...
#NewsLiteracyWeek
🔎 But some basic debunking skills can help you determine which extreme nature video is the fake. Can you get it right?
🎞 Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/I_lr_...
#NewsLiteracyWeek
Speaking of the @startribune.com, yesterday the newspaper launched an initiative to bring news literacy education to classrooms across Minnesota.
We're excited to be the Star Tribune's exclusive news literacy partner for the effort. Read more 👇🏾
#NewsLiteracyWeek
#NewsLiteracy
We're excited to be the Star Tribune's exclusive news literacy partner for the effort. Read more 👇🏾
#NewsLiteracyWeek
#NewsLiteracy
Minnesota Star Tribune launches News Literacy Initiative - The News Literacy Project
The Minnesota Star Tribune Local News Fund today announced the launch of its News Literacy Initiative, in partnership with the News Literacy Project and ThreeSixty Journalism at the University of St. ...
go.newslit.org
February 6, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Speaking of the @startribune.com, yesterday the newspaper launched an initiative to bring news literacy education to classrooms across Minnesota.
We're excited to be the Star Tribune's exclusive news literacy partner for the effort. Read more 👇🏾
#NewsLiteracyWeek
#NewsLiteracy
We're excited to be the Star Tribune's exclusive news literacy partner for the effort. Read more 👇🏾
#NewsLiteracyWeek
#NewsLiteracy
"We must empower the next generation with the skills they need to know credible information when they see it, to seek out the facts, & become more active, informed members of our society. That work starts in America’s classrooms." - NLP board member Melanie Lundquist in this @startribune.com op-ed
Opinion | Saving local news starts in America’s classrooms
"This week during National News Literacy Week — and frankly, every day of the year — we must empower the next generation with the skills they need to know credible information when they see it," write...
www.startribune.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:13 PM
"We must empower the next generation with the skills they need to know credible information when they see it, to seek out the facts, & become more active, informed members of our society. That work starts in America’s classrooms." - NLP board member Melanie Lundquist in this @startribune.com op-ed
Reposted by News Literacy Project
For News Literacy week, here are some great resources from News Literacy Project
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February 4, 2026 at 10:18 PM
For News Literacy week, here are some great resources from News Literacy Project
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#EduSky #TLSky
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🚨 ICYMI: Our 1st National News Literacy Conference is coming to Salt Lake City in October & registration is open!
👀 Grab your spot today with our early bird pricing.
🔗 Learn more / register: newslit.org/conference/
#NewsLitCon #NewsLiteracyWeek
👀 Grab your spot today with our early bird pricing.
🔗 Learn more / register: newslit.org/conference/
#NewsLitCon #NewsLiteracyWeek
February 6, 2026 at 6:26 PM
🚨 ICYMI: Our 1st National News Literacy Conference is coming to Salt Lake City in October & registration is open!
👀 Grab your spot today with our early bird pricing.
🔗 Learn more / register: newslit.org/conference/
#NewsLitCon #NewsLiteracyWeek
👀 Grab your spot today with our early bird pricing.
🔗 Learn more / register: newslit.org/conference/
#NewsLitCon #NewsLiteracyWeek
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This National #NewsLiteracyWeek, let’s restore trust in standards-based news & embrace a healthy skepticism (not cynicism) by helping young people stay grounded with facts.
Join the @newslit.org, @ewscrippsco.bsky.social & @usatoday.com Feb. 2-6. NewsLiteracyWeek.org
Join the @newslit.org, @ewscrippsco.bsky.social & @usatoday.com Feb. 2-6. NewsLiteracyWeek.org
February 5, 2026 at 6:16 PM
This National #NewsLiteracyWeek, let’s restore trust in standards-based news & embrace a healthy skepticism (not cynicism) by helping young people stay grounded with facts.
Join the @newslit.org, @ewscrippsco.bsky.social & @usatoday.com Feb. 2-6. NewsLiteracyWeek.org
Join the @newslit.org, @ewscrippsco.bsky.social & @usatoday.com Feb. 2-6. NewsLiteracyWeek.org
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I really like this resource @newslit.org Well done! Good analogy...The Information Ecosystem Depends on News newslit.org/news-and-res... #tlsky #librarians #edusky
The Information Ecosystem Depends on News - The News Literacy Project
Use this classroom poster with ecosystem visuals to help students think more clearly about the role of news in the information landscape.
newslit.org
February 5, 2026 at 7:36 PM
I really like this resource @newslit.org Well done! Good analogy...The Information Ecosystem Depends on News newslit.org/news-and-res... #tlsky #librarians #edusky
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Join me next week for this webinar!
📢 Educators: Get a behind-the-scenes look at The Sift & our popular Daily Do Now slides!
ℹ️ Join us next Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 5pm ET for a FREE webinar about our weekly newsletter.
🔗 Register now: go.newslit.org/SiftWebinar26
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ℹ️ Join us next Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 5pm ET for a FREE webinar about our weekly newsletter.
🔗 Register now: go.newslit.org/SiftWebinar26
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February 5, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Join me next week for this webinar!
✏️ In the 2nd edition of our "Spill the Ink" series, Grace Harman of @wboctv.bsky.social on the East Coast's Delmarva Peninsula takes us behind the scenes of her job reporting both on the street & behind the news desk.
🎞 Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/75ToW...
#SpillTheInk
#NewsLiteracyWeek
🎞 Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/75ToW...
#SpillTheInk
#NewsLiteracyWeek
February 5, 2026 at 10:34 PM
✏️ In the 2nd edition of our "Spill the Ink" series, Grace Harman of @wboctv.bsky.social on the East Coast's Delmarva Peninsula takes us behind the scenes of her job reporting both on the street & behind the news desk.
🎞 Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/75ToW...
#SpillTheInk
#NewsLiteracyWeek
🎞 Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/75ToW...
#SpillTheInk
#NewsLiteracyWeek
❌ NO: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt did not say the movie “Melania” sold more tickets than “Star Wars.”
✔️ This is a fake quote that originated with a satirist. Many other falsehoods spread about the film, including that it would be mandatory in schools.
🔗 go.newslit.org/FakeQuote
✔️ This is a fake quote that originated with a satirist. Many other falsehoods spread about the film, including that it would be mandatory in schools.
🔗 go.newslit.org/FakeQuote
February 5, 2026 at 9:42 PM
❌ NO: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt did not say the movie “Melania” sold more tickets than “Star Wars.”
✔️ This is a fake quote that originated with a satirist. Many other falsehoods spread about the film, including that it would be mandatory in schools.
🔗 go.newslit.org/FakeQuote
✔️ This is a fake quote that originated with a satirist. Many other falsehoods spread about the film, including that it would be mandatory in schools.
🔗 go.newslit.org/FakeQuote
5/ Also, don't miss NLP board member Melanie Lundquist's @startribune.com op-ed ⤵️
"News literacy is a practical skill: how to check a source, spot a manipulated post and verify before sharing. It is an essential companion investment to strengthening what people see in their feeds every day..."
"News literacy is a practical skill: how to check a source, spot a manipulated post and verify before sharing. It is an essential companion investment to strengthening what people see in their feeds every day..."
Opinion | Saving local news starts in America’s classrooms
"This week during National News Literacy Week — and frankly, every day of the year — we must empower the next generation with the skills they need to know credible information when they see it," write...
www.startribune.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:42 PM
5/ Also, don't miss NLP board member Melanie Lundquist's @startribune.com op-ed ⤵️
"News literacy is a practical skill: how to check a source, spot a manipulated post and verify before sharing. It is an essential companion investment to strengthening what people see in their feeds every day..."
"News literacy is a practical skill: how to check a source, spot a manipulated post and verify before sharing. It is an essential companion investment to strengthening what people see in their feeds every day..."
4/ “This partnership reflects our responsibility as Minnesota’s largest newsroom to support students, educators & communities with trusted journalism & essential news literacy skills," said @startribune.com publisher & CEO Steve Grove, who noted how recent months have highlighted this challenge
Minnesota Star Tribune launches News Literacy Initiative - The News Literacy Project
The Minnesota Star Tribune Local News Fund today announced the launch of its News Literacy Initiative, in partnership with the News Literacy Project and ThreeSixty Journalism at the University of St. ...
go.newslit.org
February 5, 2026 at 8:42 PM
4/ “This partnership reflects our responsibility as Minnesota’s largest newsroom to support students, educators & communities with trusted journalism & essential news literacy skills," said @startribune.com publisher & CEO Steve Grove, who noted how recent months have highlighted this challenge