News Literacy Project
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🎉 And ... WE ARE BACK!
🚀 Today, we're excited to launch the best Checkology® yet - your destination for news literacy tools.
➕ The virtual classroom is now available on Clever, a free, seamless edtech solution.
🔗 Get started with our Back-to-School Toolkit: go.newslit.org/Back2School
#EdTech
🚀 Today, we're excited to launch the best Checkology® yet - your destination for news literacy tools.
➕ The virtual classroom is now available on Clever, a free, seamless edtech solution.
🔗 Get started with our Back-to-School Toolkit: go.newslit.org/Back2School
#EdTech
🤔 Is the fake clip from "Elf," "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" or "Home Alone?"
🔎 Test your media + AI literacy skills in this week's edition of #2TruthsAndAI featuring behind-the-scenes clips from Christmas movies.
🎞 Video: youtube.com/shorts/ooOf-...
🔎 Test your media + AI literacy skills in this week's edition of #2TruthsAndAI featuring behind-the-scenes clips from Christmas movies.
🎞 Video: youtube.com/shorts/ooOf-...
Two Truths & AI: Christmas movies #2TruthsandAI
YouTube video by News Literacy Project
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December 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
🤔 Is the fake clip from "Elf," "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" or "Home Alone?"
🔎 Test your media + AI literacy skills in this week's edition of #2TruthsAndAI featuring behind-the-scenes clips from Christmas movies.
🎞 Video: youtube.com/shorts/ooOf-...
🔎 Test your media + AI literacy skills in this week's edition of #2TruthsAndAI featuring behind-the-scenes clips from Christmas movies.
🎞 Video: youtube.com/shorts/ooOf-...
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Teaching students to question sources isn’t just a classroom skill. It’s a life skill. In today’s media world, being able to pause and ask “Where did this come from?” can go a long way in building better news literacy for everyone.
1/ “Not only do we know that there’s a need, we also know that there’s a want,” NLP's @erinolson.bsky.social says of of teens interested in #MediaLiteracy education. “For our students to recognize that this is important, I think, speaks to exactly how important it is.”
msta.org/school-commu...
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Teaching media literacy in a digital world
Teachers are becoming the first line of defense to ensure the next generation can decipher between fact and fiction online. Learn strategies for teaching media literacy and find free classroom resourc...
msta.org
December 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Teaching students to question sources isn’t just a classroom skill. It’s a life skill. In today’s media world, being able to pause and ask “Where did this come from?” can go a long way in building better news literacy for everyone.
"While I can debunk one rumor at a time, your support helps us teach an entire generation to think critically about every piece of information they encounter. That’s the real work of the #NewsLiteracy movement." - NLP's Dan Evon, who used to fact-check for @snopes.com
Support this work today ⤵️
Support this work today ⤵️
Donate - The News Literacy Project
This season, your generosity goes beyond your initial gift! Thanks to NLP’s philanthropic leaders Melanie and Richard Lundquist, all gifts made by Dec. 31 will be matched, multiplying your impact for ...
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December 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"While I can debunk one rumor at a time, your support helps us teach an entire generation to think critically about every piece of information they encounter. That’s the real work of the #NewsLiteracy movement." - NLP's Dan Evon, who used to fact-check for @snopes.com
Support this work today ⤵️
Support this work today ⤵️
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🍌 Google's Nano Banana Pro is here, making spotting AI images even harder. We're at a point where anything you see online could be AI, which makes fact-checking your feed more essential than ever.
🎞 Our video: youtube.com/shorts/3M-BH...
#NewsLiteracy
#AILiteracy
🎞 Our video: youtube.com/shorts/3M-BH...
#NewsLiteracy
#AILiteracy
Spotting AI images just got harder with Nano Banana Pro #AILiteracy
YouTube video by News Literacy Project
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December 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
🍌 Google's Nano Banana Pro is here, making spotting AI images even harder. We're at a point where anything you see online could be AI, which makes fact-checking your feed more essential than ever.
🎞 Our video: youtube.com/shorts/3M-BH...
#NewsLiteracy
#AILiteracy
🎞 Our video: youtube.com/shorts/3M-BH...
#NewsLiteracy
#AILiteracy
❌ NO: This image of former President Barack Obama is not authentic. It's fabricated & likely AI-generated.
⚠️ Engagement bait alert: The account that shared this has posted dozens of similar fakes of Obama holding up cardboard signs with various slogans.
🔗 go.newslit.org/ObamaFake
⚠️ Engagement bait alert: The account that shared this has posted dozens of similar fakes of Obama holding up cardboard signs with various slogans.
🔗 go.newslit.org/ObamaFake
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
❌ NO: This image of former President Barack Obama is not authentic. It's fabricated & likely AI-generated.
⚠️ Engagement bait alert: The account that shared this has posted dozens of similar fakes of Obama holding up cardboard signs with various slogans.
🔗 go.newslit.org/ObamaFake
⚠️ Engagement bait alert: The account that shared this has posted dozens of similar fakes of Obama holding up cardboard signs with various slogans.
🔗 go.newslit.org/ObamaFake
✨ To modify a basic news literacy tip: Read past the headline & read past the AI summary.
➕ Also, getting snippets of news all from one source can lead you into an echo chamber. Intentionally seek out news from multiple outlets.
#NewsLiteracy
➕ Also, getting snippets of news all from one source can lead you into an echo chamber. Intentionally seek out news from multiple outlets.
#NewsLiteracy
Google is testing AI-powered article overviews on select publications’ Google News pages | TechCrunch
By adding AI-powered article overviews, Google says users will get more context before they click through to read an article.
techcrunch.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
✨ To modify a basic news literacy tip: Read past the headline & read past the AI summary.
➕ Also, getting snippets of news all from one source can lead you into an echo chamber. Intentionally seek out news from multiple outlets.
#NewsLiteracy
➕ Also, getting snippets of news all from one source can lead you into an echo chamber. Intentionally seek out news from multiple outlets.
#NewsLiteracy
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Thank you for your work! #TLsky #schoollibraries
🍌 Google's Nano Banana Pro is here, making spotting AI images even harder. We're at a point where anything you see online could be AI, which makes fact-checking your feed more essential than ever.
🎞 Our video: youtube.com/shorts/3M-BH...
#NewsLiteracy
#AILiteracy
🎞 Our video: youtube.com/shorts/3M-BH...
#NewsLiteracy
#AILiteracy
Spotting AI images just got harder with Nano Banana Pro #AILiteracy
YouTube video by News Literacy Project
youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Thank you for your work! #TLsky #schoollibraries
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This is an underacknowledged phenomenon, IMO: Real events, even those with actual proof and documentation, being falsely depicted in the form of AI outputs.
When fake content is based on real info, the everyday social media user is left with no choice but to call every image into question
When fake content is based on real info, the everyday social media user is left with no choice but to call every image into question
✔️ YES: On Nov. 28, a raccoon broke into a liquor store in Virginia, damaged more than a dozen bottles of alcohol & passed out on the bathroom floor.
❌ NO: This video does not depict the real event. It's AI-generated.
🔗 RumorGuard post: go.newslit.org/AIRaccoon
#AILiteracy
#MediaLiteracy
❌ NO: This video does not depict the real event. It's AI-generated.
🔗 RumorGuard post: go.newslit.org/AIRaccoon
#AILiteracy
#MediaLiteracy
December 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This is an underacknowledged phenomenon, IMO: Real events, even those with actual proof and documentation, being falsely depicted in the form of AI outputs.
When fake content is based on real info, the everyday social media user is left with no choice but to call every image into question
When fake content is based on real info, the everyday social media user is left with no choice but to call every image into question
🍌 Google's Nano Banana Pro is here, making spotting AI images even harder. We're at a point where anything you see online could be AI, which makes fact-checking your feed more essential than ever.
🎞 Our video: youtube.com/shorts/3M-BH...
#NewsLiteracy
#AILiteracy
🎞 Our video: youtube.com/shorts/3M-BH...
#NewsLiteracy
#AILiteracy
Spotting AI images just got harder with Nano Banana Pro #AILiteracy
YouTube video by News Literacy Project
youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
🍌 Google's Nano Banana Pro is here, making spotting AI images even harder. We're at a point where anything you see online could be AI, which makes fact-checking your feed more essential than ever.
🎞 Our video: youtube.com/shorts/3M-BH...
#NewsLiteracy
#AILiteracy
🎞 Our video: youtube.com/shorts/3M-BH...
#NewsLiteracy
#AILiteracy
Educators: The importance of teaching about algorithms isn't going away. That's a bold prediction for 2026!
👀 Which is why you should check out this virtual event, "Beyond the Algorithm," on Feb. 28!
🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/BeyondtheAlg...
@danieltrielli.bsky.social @writingproject.bsky.social
👀 Which is why you should check out this virtual event, "Beyond the Algorithm," on Feb. 28!
🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/BeyondtheAlg...
@danieltrielli.bsky.social @writingproject.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Educators: The importance of teaching about algorithms isn't going away. That's a bold prediction for 2026!
👀 Which is why you should check out this virtual event, "Beyond the Algorithm," on Feb. 28!
🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/BeyondtheAlg...
@danieltrielli.bsky.social @writingproject.bsky.social
👀 Which is why you should check out this virtual event, "Beyond the Algorithm," on Feb. 28!
🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/BeyondtheAlg...
@danieltrielli.bsky.social @writingproject.bsky.social
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Trains were cancelled in Lancaster, UK, after an AI-generated image that seemed to show major damage to a railway bridge was posted on social media following an earthquake.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trains cancelled over fake bridge collapse image
Rail services were cancelled after a 'hoax' picture of a damaged bridge appeared on social media
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Trains were cancelled in Lancaster, UK, after an AI-generated image that seemed to show major damage to a railway bridge was posted on social media following an earthquake.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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✔️ YES: On Nov. 28, a raccoon broke into a liquor store in Virginia, damaged more than a dozen bottles of alcohol & passed out on the bathroom floor.
❌ NO: This video does not depict the real event. It's AI-generated.
🔗 RumorGuard post: go.newslit.org/AIRaccoon
#AILiteracy
#MediaLiteracy
❌ NO: This video does not depict the real event. It's AI-generated.
🔗 RumorGuard post: go.newslit.org/AIRaccoon
#AILiteracy
#MediaLiteracy
December 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
✔️ YES: On Nov. 28, a raccoon broke into a liquor store in Virginia, damaged more than a dozen bottles of alcohol & passed out on the bathroom floor.
❌ NO: This video does not depict the real event. It's AI-generated.
🔗 RumorGuard post: go.newslit.org/AIRaccoon
#AILiteracy
#MediaLiteracy
❌ NO: This video does not depict the real event. It's AI-generated.
🔗 RumorGuard post: go.newslit.org/AIRaccoon
#AILiteracy
#MediaLiteracy
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Parents, families, anyone who interacts with young people: You should subscribe to Scroll Smarter!
Check out this month's issue produced by @susanmini.bsky.social & her brilliant team!
#NewsLiteracy
Check out this month's issue produced by @susanmini.bsky.social & her brilliant team!
#NewsLiteracy
👀 NEW Scroll Smarter newsletter for families! In this month's issue:
1 - Algorithms study: Young adults who know how they work understand the risks, but that doesn't = action.
2 - Are AI & social media rotting our brains?
➕ A reader Q&A about memes
🔗 Read: go.newslit.org/ScrollSmarte...
1 - Algorithms study: Young adults who know how they work understand the risks, but that doesn't = action.
2 - Are AI & social media rotting our brains?
➕ A reader Q&A about memes
🔗 Read: go.newslit.org/ScrollSmarte...
Scroll Smarter: ‘Brain rot’ era - The News Literacy Project
How to fact-check with family without offending each other, how artificial intelligence and “brain rot” affect cognitive abilities, and a “two truths and AI” quiz.
go.newslit.org
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Parents, families, anyone who interacts with young people: You should subscribe to Scroll Smarter!
Check out this month's issue produced by @susanmini.bsky.social & her brilliant team!
#NewsLiteracy
Check out this month's issue produced by @susanmini.bsky.social & her brilliant team!
#NewsLiteracy
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On this week's E&P Reports: Half of U.S. teens think journalists make up quotes and do favors for sources, new report finds.
E&P Publisher Mike Blinder explores the disconnect with Peter Adams, senior vp of research and design, News Literacy Project.
www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/half...
E&P Publisher Mike Blinder explores the disconnect with Peter Adams, senior vp of research and design, News Literacy Project.
www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/half...
Half of U.S. teens think journalists make up quotes and do favors for sources, new report finds - Editor and Publisher
If you think young people aren’t paying attention to the news, think again — they are, and they have thoughts. A new study reveals just how skeptical today’s teens are about the press, and the results...
www.editorandpublisher.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
On this week's E&P Reports: Half of U.S. teens think journalists make up quotes and do favors for sources, new report finds.
E&P Publisher Mike Blinder explores the disconnect with Peter Adams, senior vp of research and design, News Literacy Project.
www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/half...
E&P Publisher Mike Blinder explores the disconnect with Peter Adams, senior vp of research and design, News Literacy Project.
www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/half...
👀 NEW Scroll Smarter newsletter for families! In this month's issue:
1 - Algorithms study: Young adults who know how they work understand the risks, but that doesn't = action.
2 - Are AI & social media rotting our brains?
➕ A reader Q&A about memes
🔗 Read: go.newslit.org/ScrollSmarte...
1 - Algorithms study: Young adults who know how they work understand the risks, but that doesn't = action.
2 - Are AI & social media rotting our brains?
➕ A reader Q&A about memes
🔗 Read: go.newslit.org/ScrollSmarte...
Scroll Smarter: ‘Brain rot’ era - The News Literacy Project
How to fact-check with family without offending each other, how artificial intelligence and “brain rot” affect cognitive abilities, and a “two truths and AI” quiz.
go.newslit.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
👀 NEW Scroll Smarter newsletter for families! In this month's issue:
1 - Algorithms study: Young adults who know how they work understand the risks, but that doesn't = action.
2 - Are AI & social media rotting our brains?
➕ A reader Q&A about memes
🔗 Read: go.newslit.org/ScrollSmarte...
1 - Algorithms study: Young adults who know how they work understand the risks, but that doesn't = action.
2 - Are AI & social media rotting our brains?
➕ A reader Q&A about memes
🔗 Read: go.newslit.org/ScrollSmarte...
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Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
The Reality of AI Animal Content – Sedgwick County Zoo
If you spend any time on social media, you’ve probably seen them – bears bouncing on trampolines, apes caught on doorbell cameras, or “rescued” wild animals acting in ways that seem too good to be…
scz.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
✔️ YES: On Nov. 28, a raccoon broke into a liquor store in Virginia, damaged more than a dozen bottles of alcohol & passed out on the bathroom floor.
❌ NO: This video does not depict the real event. It's AI-generated.
🔗 RumorGuard post: go.newslit.org/AIRaccoon
#AILiteracy
#MediaLiteracy
❌ NO: This video does not depict the real event. It's AI-generated.
🔗 RumorGuard post: go.newslit.org/AIRaccoon
#AILiteracy
#MediaLiteracy
December 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
✔️ YES: On Nov. 28, a raccoon broke into a liquor store in Virginia, damaged more than a dozen bottles of alcohol & passed out on the bathroom floor.
❌ NO: This video does not depict the real event. It's AI-generated.
🔗 RumorGuard post: go.newslit.org/AIRaccoon
#AILiteracy
#MediaLiteracy
❌ NO: This video does not depict the real event. It's AI-generated.
🔗 RumorGuard post: go.newslit.org/AIRaccoon
#AILiteracy
#MediaLiteracy
As @mikecaulfield.bsky.social says in the story, patience is a powerful tool to avoid being duped by AI slop: "You don't necessarily have to be the first one to share this thing, you can be the person who waits."
#NewsLiteracy
#AILiteracy
#NewsLiteracy
#AILiteracy
AI slop is everywhere, and it's hard to spot, but not impossible. We tried to make a quiz that was designed to educate a little rather than deceive. Try it and let me know how you do!
www.npr.org/2025/11/30/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/30/n...
AI video slop is everywhere, take our quiz to try and spot it
There's no one way to be absolutely sure about a video's authenticity, but experts say there are some simple clues that can help.
www.npr.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
As @mikecaulfield.bsky.social says in the story, patience is a powerful tool to avoid being duped by AI slop: "You don't necessarily have to be the first one to share this thing, you can be the person who waits."
#NewsLiteracy
#AILiteracy
#NewsLiteracy
#AILiteracy
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My piece on why young people think so little of journalists, and what might be done about it.
apnews.com/article/news...
A lost generation of news consumers? Survey shows how teenagers dislike the news media
apnews.com/article/news...
A lost generation of news consumers? Survey shows how teenagers dislike the news media
A lost generation of news consumers? Survey shows how teenagers dislike the news media
You don't have to tell Cat Murphy or Lily Ogburn about the attitudes of young people toward journalists.
apnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
My piece on why young people think so little of journalists, and what might be done about it.
apnews.com/article/news...
A lost generation of news consumers? Survey shows how teenagers dislike the news media
apnews.com/article/news...
A lost generation of news consumers? Survey shows how teenagers dislike the news media
📰 How do young people get their news? This week's edition of The Sift focuses on a new @pewresearch.org report that relates to our recent survey on teens' views of the news media.
➕ The newsletter also covers how journalists use AI, rising climate disinformation & more: go.newslit.org/Sift8Dec2025
➕ The newsletter also covers how journalists use AI, rising climate disinformation & more: go.newslit.org/Sift8Dec2025
The Sift: Young peoples’ thoughts on news - The News Literacy Project
go.newslit.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
📰 How do young people get their news? This week's edition of The Sift focuses on a new @pewresearch.org report that relates to our recent survey on teens' views of the news media.
➕ The newsletter also covers how journalists use AI, rising climate disinformation & more: go.newslit.org/Sift8Dec2025
➕ The newsletter also covers how journalists use AI, rising climate disinformation & more: go.newslit.org/Sift8Dec2025
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These folks do good work—The News Literacy Project:
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The News Literacy Project
Get news literacy resources that help you teach media literacy education. Join the News Literacy Project to strengthen critical thinking and spot misinformation
newslit.org
December 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
These folks do good work—The News Literacy Project:
newslit.org
newslit.org
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NEW: AI chatbots used inaccurate information to change people’s political opinions, study finds www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
AI chatbots used inaccurate information to change people’s political opinions, study finds
A paper published in the journal Science found that chatbots become more persuasive when they share large amounts of information.
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
NEW: AI chatbots used inaccurate information to change people’s political opinions, study finds www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
In our news media landscape, says @peteradams.bsky.social in this story, “teens are left vulnerable to just a hodgepodge of information that plays on their biases, if they cannot distinguish standards-based reporting from everything else in their feeds.”
More about our survey, including solutions:
More about our survey, including solutions:
Half of U.S. teens think journalists make up quotes and do favors for sources, new report finds - Editor and Publisher
If you think young people aren’t paying attention to the news, think again — they are, and they have thoughts. A new study reveals just how skeptical today’s teens are about the press, and the results...
www.editorandpublisher.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In our news media landscape, says @peteradams.bsky.social in this story, “teens are left vulnerable to just a hodgepodge of information that plays on their biases, if they cannot distinguish standards-based reporting from everything else in their feeds.”
More about our survey, including solutions:
More about our survey, including solutions:
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🗓️ Save the date: National News Literacy Week in partnership with @ewscrippsco.bsky.social & @usatoday.com is Feb. 2-6!
ℹ️ This year’s focus is on helping young people stay grounded with facts & rebuilding trust in standards-based news — especially in the age of AI.
📌 newsliteracyweek.org
ℹ️ This year’s focus is on helping young people stay grounded with facts & rebuilding trust in standards-based news — especially in the age of AI.
📌 newsliteracyweek.org
National News Literacy Week - The News Literacy Project
National News Literacy Week provides educators with the tools and resources they need to help students navigate today’s information landscape more skillfully.
newsliteracyweek.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
🗓️ Save the date: National News Literacy Week in partnership with @ewscrippsco.bsky.social & @usatoday.com is Feb. 2-6!
ℹ️ This year’s focus is on helping young people stay grounded with facts & rebuilding trust in standards-based news — especially in the age of AI.
📌 newsliteracyweek.org
ℹ️ This year’s focus is on helping young people stay grounded with facts & rebuilding trust in standards-based news — especially in the age of AI.
📌 newsliteracyweek.org
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December 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM