Best Practice: Newseum

Best Practice: Newseum

Building news savvy: Best practices ▸Education Say It With Graphics WHAT IS IT? Maximum information, minimum time. Engaging posters explain news literacy and the First Amendment. “Is This Story Share-worthy?” one asks, with key questions to ask on quality, accuracy...
Best Practice: Checkology

Best Practice: Checkology

Building news savvy: Best practices ▸Education Checkology WHAT IS IT? Checkology is an online, on-demand “virtual classroom” that helps students in grades 6-12 distinguish between fact and fiction. Participants learn to make news judgments, explore how the press and...
Best Practice: Verify Road Trip

Best Practice: Verify Road Trip

Building news savvy: Best practices ▸Engagement Verify Road Trip WHAT IS IT? Verify Road Trip is a Dallas television program that asks community members to submit questions, then takes one of them on a video adventure in search of answers. The weekly segment shows how...
Best Practice: Lifting the Curtain

Best Practice: Lifting the Curtain

Building news savvy: Best practices ▸Transparency Lifting the curtain WHAT IS IT? A weekly Toronto Star feature story that takes readers behind the scenes in the newsroom to explain how journalists do their jobs. Examples: “How the Star decides when to publish a...