Checkology® Resources

With this poster, students are introduced to seven standards of quality journalism and their descriptions.

The poster provided in this resource introduces students to five types of possible bias in straight news coverage.

The poster provided in this resource introduces students to five types of misinformation.

Misinformation swirling around the COVID-19 pandemic underscores the importance of consuming and sharing online content with care.

Misinformation comes at us every day, across many platforms and through a variety of methods.

Test your ability to determine whether this information about COVID-19 is news or opinion.

So, do you think the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is important? We hope so.

The best way for you to help reduce misinformation online is to avoid sharing it.

This poster was adapted from the InfoZones lesson on our Checkology® virtual classroom.

In this lesson, students use four key criteria to explore how journalists determine which events to cover.