by Delaney White | Nov 8, 2018 | Blog, What We're Reading
news literacy A new study finds nearly all education leaders are concerned about “students’ inability to gauge the reliability of online news.” School Leaders and TechnologyEducation Week Research CenterFebruary 2018 Technology is a useful tool for...
by Molly Stellino | Nov 1, 2018 | Blog, What We're Reading
Molly Stellino Americans are less trusting of information when they know where it comes from, a new Knight Foundation study finds. An Online Experimental Platform to Assess Trust in the MediaGallup/Knight FoundationBy Knight FoundationJuly 18, 2018 In a recent online...
by Molly Stellino | Oct 26, 2018 | Blog, What We're Reading
Molly Stellino Media outlets in “news deserts” lack originality, geographic relevance and critical information, according to Duke University research. Assessing Local Journalism: New Deserts, Journalism Divides, and the Determinants of the Robustness of Local NewsDuke...
by Delaney White | Oct 18, 2018 | Blog, What We're Reading
Day: October 18, 2018 Inaccuracy tops people’s concerns about social media, Pew researchers find. News Use Across Social Media Platforms 2018Pew Research CenterSept. 10, 2018 Social media is a go-to news resource for Americans, but new research shows those same people...
by Sonya Green | Oct 16, 2018 | Blog, Macon
Sonya Green The Center for Collaborative Journalism’s Sonya Green explains how food writers are addressing crucial challenges in their communities. Food brings people together. If there are barriers, food can break them down. I experienced this over and over at the...
by Molly Stellino | Oct 12, 2018 | Blog, What We're Reading
news literacy Only 26 percent of U.S. adults could properly distinguish between fact and opinion statements. Political awareness, digital savviness, and news trust played a role in the results. Distinguishing Between Factual and Opinion Statements in...
