by Sayo Akao | Oct 8, 2018 | Blog
Sayo Akao Ten years after joining social media, Sayo Akao learned a fundamental lesson in the fight against fake news: When we know better, we do better. I signed into Facebook for the first time on Aug. 6, 2008. I was getting ready for eighth grade, and found social...
by Sayo Akao | Aug 15, 2018 | Blog, What We're Reading
Sayo Akao Gleb Tsipursky, co-founder of the Pro-Truth Pledge project, details 12 small efforts to help steer people to act honestly on social media. The Pro-Truth Pledge project is an effort from a group of behavioral scientists at the University of...
by Sayo Akao | Aug 7, 2018 | Engagement
Building news savvy: Best practices ▸Engagement Check it Out WHAT IS IT? Chequeado, translated as “Checked,” is an independent, nonpartisan media nonprofit recognized for its innovation in connecting with audiences. It verifies what public officials are saying, openly...
by Sayo Akao | Jul 30, 2018 | Education
Building news savvy: Best practices ▸Education Learning newspapers WHAT IS IT? Press Pass is a news literacy program that engages Irish teenagers by helping them learn different writing styles. The program targets 16-year-olds, preparing them to enter a national...
by Sayo Akao | Jul 16, 2018 | Transparency
Building news savvy: Best practices ▸Transparency Youth take over WHAT IS IT? Students take over a professional newsroom as part of the annual Projekt Junge Zeitung (Project Young Newspaper). More than 200 high-school and college-aged students in Germany, 16 to 22...
