📝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...

2/4 At Owasso High School, the death of 16-year-old Nex Benedict last year put this community at the center of viral rumors and hate. For some students, it also marked a turning point in how they think about verifying information online.

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! 🥹

Waiting for Bryan Stevenson to take the stage at #NCTE24 and holding my copy of Just Mercy and photos of the newspaper staff that I help advise at Eddie Warrior Correctional Center in Oklahoma. These writers are brave and inspiring, doing the incredible work of reporting on life behind bars.

@noupside.bsky.social hits the nail on the head in her newsletter on the recent Pew study about news influencers: Many of these content creators depend on the *original reporting* produced by traditional newsrooms.

Some really interesting findings here from Pew study on news influencers. Check out the gender divide: Men outnumber women roughly 2 to 1 except on TikTok www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2...