by Sayo Akao | Jul 9, 2018 | Tools
Building news savvy: Best practices ▸Tools Share the Facts WHAT IS IT? Share the Facts is a widget that highlights relevant, credible fact-checks of politicians and other public figures and makes them easily shareable. The widget enables Google, Amazon and other...
by Sayo Akao | Jun 25, 2018 | Tools
Building news savvy: Best practices ▸Tools Track hoaxes and bots WHAT IS IT? Two tools help users find bogus stories and see who — humans or bots — is spreading the falsehoods on Twitter. Hoaxy finds stories based on key words and maps their spread. Hoaxy employs the...
by Sayo Akao | Jun 25, 2018 | Education
Building news savvy: Best practices ▸Education Being a journalist WHAT IS IT? In late 2017 the Washington Post launched a video series called “How to be a journalist.” The series uses notable news stories to explain the reporting process, helping people understand the...
by Sayo Akao | Jun 19, 2018 | Education
Building news savvy: Best practices ▸Education Free Speech Lesson WHAT IS IT? In Nieuws in de Klas, which translates to “News in the Classroom,” students pretend to be dictators and pick newspaper articles to censor. That and other “Roadshow” activities help students...
by Sayo Akao | Jun 19, 2018 | Engagement
Building news savvy: Best practices ▸Engagement Participatory journalism WHAT IS IT? Vermont Public Radio’s Brave Little State is a monthly podcast powered by Hearken. The show investigates listener questions, inviting people to participate in the reporting. In 2017,...
