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.
Fixing our mistakes, in public
We outline the current state of corrections “policies” in news media.
Swedish students are better at identifying fake images than fake news, a new study finds
The Uppsala University research noted teenagers have trouble identifying racism and fake news in biased stories. Swedish teenagers' difficulties and abilities to determine digital news credibilityNordicom ReviewBy Thomas Nygren and Mona GuathJanuary 2019 Swedish...
Moderating uncivil comments takes an emotional toll and lowers trust in news
Uncivil comments taint people's perception of a news site. They also make moderators more emotionally exhausted and less likely to trust said news outlet, researchers with UT Austin found. Moderating Uncivil Comments Hurts Trust In NewsUniversity of Texas at...
Young Americans aren’t as confident in their ability to spot fake news as Qatari youths
A new study notes Middle Eastern participants are more confident in identifying misinformation, but there was no significant difference in how people verified information. Youthquakes in a Post-Truth Era: Exploring Social Media News Use and Information Verification...