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News Literacy Project
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We advance the development and teaching of news literacy in K-12 education. #NewsLiteracy https://newslit.org/
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News Literacy Project @newslit.org · Aug 7
🎉 And ... WE ARE BACK!
🚀 Today, we're excited to launch the best Checkology® yet - your destination for news literacy tools.
➕ The virtual classroom is now available on Clever, a free, seamless edtech solution.

🔗 Get started with our Back-to-School Toolkit: go.newslit.org/Back2School

#EdTech
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In case you were wondering who the person in the viral photo is, it's a 15-year-old teenager who was visiting the #Louvre with his mother & grandfather: apnews.com/article/louv...
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Anti-Aging Products for Teens? Ultra White Teeth? Don't Buy Into Beauty Misinfo
"I never want to encourage people to chase a trend or a look.”
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November 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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🧠 How can AI + social media affect how we focus, think & learn? The era of brain rot is one of the main topics in this week's edition of The Sift.

🔗 For discussion questions, Daily Do Now activity slides & much more, check out the newsletter: go.newslit.org/Sift10Nov2025

#TheSift #BrainRot
A stylized brain with icons like stars and lightning is surrounded by bold text: "The Era of Brain Rot." Subtext asks about social media's impact on the brain. A note mentions classroom tips from The Sift newsletter. The tone is thought-provoking.
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Three red flags that heath info might be faulty:
🚩 Questionable sources
🚩 Shaky evidence, such as personal anecdotes
🚩 One-off, outlier studies

🔗 Help boost students' resilience to health & science misinformation: newslit.org/wellness

#HealthWellness #HealthLiteracy #MediaLiteracy
Illustration of a computer window with a red warning triangle. Text below reads "3 Health Misinformation Red Flags" on a purple background. 1 QUESTIONABLE SOURCES Before you believe a health claim, consider what makes a good source: up to date transparent about where and how they obtained information states the size of the study and makes fair comparisons discloses conflicts of interest 2 SHAKY EVIDENCE Neither personal anecdotes nor sensationalized language determine whether a medical treatment, cure or other approach is beneficial or safe. Be wary of claims without evidence. Look for research and testing. ONE-OFF STUDIES An individual study can be an outlier and misrepresent what the larger scientific community agrees on. ask: Have this study's findings been replicated? What's the scientific consensus?
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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🤔 How can health & science misinfo be addressed through school district partnerships?

ℹ️ Our edWeb panel was turned into a podcast that covers:
- How falsehoods reach students
- How admins can work with familes & community leaders to tackle the issue.

🎙 Listen: go.newslit.org/edWebpodcast

#EdTech
Building Resilient Students: Addressing Health and Science Misinformation Through District Partnerships - edWebcasts
This edWeb podcast is sponsored by News Literacy Project.The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here.In an age of AI and algorithms, students encounter misleading science and health content at a...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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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
Graphic with the words 'Biased,' 'Boring,' and 'Bad' in quotes, highlighting U.S. teens' perceptions of media. Includes scales and emoji icons. Button reads 'Get the Report.' News Literacy Project logo present.
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Birds flying above hurricanes? Damaged hospital posing as the actual one? Welcome to the phony world of AI-assisted weather disaster images. @climateconnections.bsky.social

yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/imag...
Imagery faked with AI’s help only added to the awfulness of Hurricane Melissa » Yale Climate Connections
A Category 5 landfall during Halloween week was scary enough on its own.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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#2TruthsandAI is back - & this week we're focusing on new tech gadgets: Can you identify the fake?

🔎 Looking for specific details such as a company's name that you can do a keyword search on + going to the posting account's profile can help.

🎞 Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/IAzZL...
Two Truths and AI - which tech gadget is fake? #2TruthsandAI
YouTube video by News Literacy Project
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November 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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We need not just digital and AI literacy education in K-12 schools - we need journalism literacy.
newslit.org News Literacy Project @newslit.org · 4d
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
Graphic with the words 'Biased,' 'Boring,' and 'Bad' in quotes, highlighting U.S. teens' perceptions of media. Includes scales and emoji icons. Button reads 'Get the Report.' News Literacy Project logo present.
November 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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#2TruthsandAI is back - & this week we're focusing on new tech gadgets: Can you identify the fake?

🔎 Looking for specific details such as a company's name that you can do a keyword search on + going to the posting account's profile can help.

🎞 Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/IAzZL...
Two Truths and AI - which tech gadget is fake? #2TruthsandAI
YouTube video by News Literacy Project
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November 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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New from 404 Media: the future of advertising is AI generated ads that are directly personalized to you. We're already basically seeing this with the same AI Ticketmaster ads being tweaked to different sports teams etc. Meta is pushing for this AI personalization

www.404media.co/the-future-o...
The Future of Advertising Is AI Generated Ads That Are Directly Personalized to You
"Advertisers are increasingly just going to be able to give us a business objective and give us a credit card or bank account, and have the AI system basically figure out everything else."
www.404media.co
November 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Teens overwhelmingly used negative words like "biased," "boring," "chaotic," and "bad" to describe the news media and journalists in a new @newslit.org survey.

Those doing the hard and important work of teaching media literacy to high schoolers are unsurprised. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/bias...
“Biased,” “boring,” “chaotic,” and “bad”: A majority of teens hold negative views of news media, report finds
About half of the teens surveyed believe that journalists frequently “make up details, such as quotes” and “pay for sources.”
www.niemanlab.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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“'Biased,' 'Boring' and 'Bad': Unpacking perceptions of news media and journalism among U.S. teens": newslit.org/news-and-res...
Report: “Biased,” “Boring” and “Bad”: Unpacking perceptions of news media and journalism among U.S. teens - The News Literacy Project
This follow-up survey, which recontacted more than 750 respondents from the News Literacy Project’s 2024 News Literacy in America Report, sought to better understand the nature of teen distrust in new...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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About half of the teens surveyed believe that journalists frequently “make up details, such as quotes” and “pay for sources.” More than a third of teens believe journalists could improve by simply “Telling the truth,” “Fact checking,” and “Not lying.” buff.ly/7vgO0ci
“Biased,” “Boring,” “Chaotic,” and “Bad”: A majority of teens hold negative views of news media, report finds
About half of the teens surveyed believe that journalists frequently “make up details, such as quotes” and “pay for sources.”
www.niemanlab.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
newslit.org
👀 “We’re raising generations of kids who don’t trust the press, potentially because no one has taught them how credible newsrooms operate or how to distinguish between news & other kinds of information," says study co-author Kim Bowman

#AcademicSky
#EduSky
newslit.org News Literacy Project @newslit.org · 4d
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
Graphic with the words 'Biased,' 'Boring,' and 'Bad' in quotes, highlighting U.S. teens' perceptions of media. Includes scales and emoji icons. Button reads 'Get the Report.' News Literacy Project logo present.
November 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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These results are shocking. But luckily, @newslit.org helps educators turn these numbers around. #newsliteracy
newslit.org News Literacy Project @newslit.org · 4d
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
Graphic with the words 'Biased,' 'Boring,' and 'Bad' in quotes, highlighting U.S. teens' perceptions of media. Includes scales and emoji icons. Button reads 'Get the Report.' News Literacy Project logo present.
November 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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More than three-quarters of teens surveyed have negative views of the press, a new study finds. Read
Carolina Abbott Galvão, www.cjr.org/analysis/bia...
Biased, boring liars.
More than three-quarters of teens surveyed have negative views of the press, a new study finds.
www.cjr.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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84% of Teens Distrust the News. Why That Matters for Schools: Teenagers' distrust of the media could have disastrous consequences, new report says.
84% of Teens Distrust the News. Why That Matters for Schools
Teenagers' distrust of the media could have disastrous consequences, new report says.
www.edweek.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
newslit.org
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
Graphic with the words 'Biased,' 'Boring,' and 'Bad' in quotes, highlighting U.S. teens' perceptions of media. Includes scales and emoji icons. Button reads 'Get the Report.' News Literacy Project logo present.
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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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
newslit.org News Literacy Project @newslit.org · 13d
📢 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
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...
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October 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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❌ NO: Several research facility monkeys that escaped after a truck crash in Mississippi are not highly contagious.

💡 While many of the false claims we see online are meant to deceive, some viral falsehoods are the result of unintentional inaccuracies.

#NewsLiteracy tips: go.newslit.org/LabMonkeys
An Instagram post reads, “Aggressive virus-infected monkeys carrying COVID, Herpes & hepatitis C on the loose after truck carrying them crashed in Mississippi” and features a video of a person repeating this claim. The News Literacy Project has added a label that says “FALSE.”
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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"I cannot stress enough to students how important it is to leave the source they are viewing & check it against other sources. I especially encourage students to do this when they are having a heightened emotional reaction to something they are viewing." - Missouri #educator Anna Gray

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Insider Spotlight: Anna Gray - The News Literacy Project
Welcome to the Insider Spotlight, where we feature real questions from our team and answers from educators who are making a difference teaching news literacy. This month, our featured educator is Anna...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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📢 Educators: Join us today or tomorrow for a 30-minute info session on how to get rolling with #Checkology! 👇🏾
newslit.org News Literacy Project @newslit.org · 12d
Maybe you've heard of Checkology® or maybe you haven't.

💡 Either way, next week you can get a 30-min primer on our FREE e-learning platform, including lessons on #AI, news media bias & much more. Sign up today!

✨ Nov. 5, 4pm ET: go.newslit.org/Nov5NLP
✨ Nov. 6, 7pm ET: go.newslit.org/Nov6NLP
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November 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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News literacy for mental health and wellness
https://newslit.org/wellness/ @newslit.org
News literacy for mental health and wellness - The News Literacy Project
News literacy for mental health and wellness. Boost student resilience against health and science misinformation.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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📊 Data is everywhere, & you can find any viewpoint with supposed evidence on any topic in record time. But what about credible data, especially when it comes to health and wellness?

⤵️ See below for tips on finding legit data online & get more resources here: newslit.org/wellness

#DataLiteracy
Infographic titled "Transparency" with guidelines for credible data sources: disclose people or organization, methodology, limitations, and errors. Educational graphic titled "Independence" emphasizes independent data sources. Lists include nonpartisan research, government watchdogs, academic research, and ethical news organizations. Tone is informative and trustworthy. Infographic titled 'Representative Samples' Text explains that studies survey samples, not entire populations. For meaningful data, samples must be 'large' and 'diverse', with these words highlighted in teal. News Literacy Project logo in the corner." A graphic titled "Neutrality" compares neutral and leading questions. Neutral example: "How was your experience?" Leading example: "How fast and awesome are our new self-checkout stations?" News Literacy Project logo is visible.
November 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM