News Co/Lab, America Amplified launch free online media literacy course
The last session of the News Co/Lab’s free, adaptive course kicks off Oct. 5. Learn more about Mediactive: How to participate in our digital world.
All your Mediactive questions answered
Unsure if the free, three-week course is for you? The News Co/Lab team tackles your Mediactive questions in this FAQ.
Our new online media literacy course is launching soon
The second session of the News Co/Lab’s free, adaptive course kicks off Sept. 13. Learn more about Mediactive: How to participate in our digital world.
6 tips for great blog posts
Need to write a blog for fun, work, or class? This guide can help.
A mom’s perspective on media literacy
Co/Lab Intern Quinlyn Shaughnessy is interviewing three generations of her family as they navigate the new Mediactive course.
3 Mediactive takeaways from Quinlyn’s grandma
Co/Lab Intern Quinlyn Shaughnessy is interviewing three generations of her family as they navigate the new Mediactive course.
Introducing the Correx tool — and two case studies
From the beginning, we’ve envisioned Correx as a key way to help news organizations improve transparency and more fully engage with their communities. Learn how the Kansas City Start and El País are using the tool.
How — and why — one NPR affiliate tracks the diversity of its sources
Austin’s KUT discovered its sources didn’t reflect its community. Here’s how the staff is succeeding at changing that.
5 ways to teach effective media literacy skills in your classroom
Like anything else, students learn media literacy through action. An ASU grad offers some activities to help.
Being a student journalist in the times of coronavirus
Without resources and limited by stay-at-home orders, student journalists continue to show why they’re a vital part of the news ecosystem.
How the news media can reel in younger audiences
Since young people find authenticity, fairness, diversity and inclusiveness “critically important,” incorporating these values into news coverage can help draw in this demographic. How Young People Consume News and The Implications For Mainstream Media Reuters...
Young Australians prefer to get their news from family, study finds
While one-third of young Australians feel confident about spotting fake news online, most rarely or never try to find out if online news stories are true or not. Advancing children’s news media literacy: learning from the practices and experiences of young...
People who share news on social media are more susceptible to misinformation
People with higher levels of news literacy are less likely to use social media for their news, preferring more trusted sources instead. People who do get their news from social media are much less skeptical of online news, which makes them vulnerable to...