Did you know this week is National News Literacy Week?
Researchers in the last few years have found that many students have trouble judging the credibility of online news or discerning the sources of information they find online and on social media.
WHRO Education has resources to help! The Educaton team has developed playlists of resources for both elementary and secondary grade levels.
Fact checking
Protecting their private information online
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WACO, TX â In a social media driven world, it s hard to spot the difference between fact and fiction right away. With National News Literacy Week, the News Literacy Project hopes to shine a light on how important it is to fact-check and understand the difference between a credible and not credible source.
Whether you watch your local news station, national news, read the paper or scroll through social media, there is a lot of information out there. Sometimes the truth can be stretched.
Kent Flemming is a recent Waco visitor. When he travels, he relies on the radio as his way of consuming news. He steers away from social media. As a 65-year old man, Flemming says he likes reading the newspaper and doing things the old fashioned way.
By: FOX 17
and last updated 2021-01-27 06:06:18-05
EAST LANSING, Mich. â Itâs National News Literacy Week and so FOX 17 caught up with broadcast journalism students at Michigan State University where they are learning the importance of news literacy and how to gather and produce trustworthy news.
Michigan State University has a student produced newscast called Focal Point where the students typically do everything a normal newsroom would. They report, shoot and edit their stories and even go live.
âIt s always important to be correct, not just first, especially when breaking a story,â says Joe Freihofer, MSU Senior with Focal Point News.
ABC15 Town Hall: Experts discuss how to navigate misinformation in the digital world
Journalism students discuss misinformation online as part of a townhall during news literacy week.
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As part of News Literacy Week, ABC15 is hosting a digital town hall on navigating misinformation in the digital age.
The News Literacy Project and The E.W. Scripps Company are teaming up to launch a national public awareness campaign to promote news literacy and the role of a free press in American democracy.
This comes as information â and misinformation â surge around recent national events.
ABC15 spoke with journalism students to get their understanding of how they handle misinformation. Watch the full story in the player above.
KATC participates in second annual News Literacy Week
January 25 - January 29
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Monday, January 25 marks the beginning of the Second annual National News Literacy week.
This week, KATC, and our parent company E.W. Scripps are working together to help our viewers stay better informed.
The week aims to promote news literacy as a fundamental life skill and to provide the public with the tools needed to be an informed and empowered populace.
Unlike food, the media we consume doesn t come with a nutrition label.
For many, determining verified facts, credible sources and getting relevant context has never been more difficult.