National News Literacy Week is Feb. 2–6 — here’s how you can take part!

Hannah Covington Senior Director of Education Content

Hannah Covington helps oversee the development of a wide range of resources, including Checkology® lessons, email newsletters and the educational fact-checking platform RumorGuard. Before joining NLP in 2020, she covered local government and breaking news at The Minnesota Star Tribune, the state’s largest newspaper. She also has a background in journalism and education and worked with high school and undergraduate students as an adjunct instructor at the University of Tulsa and Tulsa Community College. In 2024, Hannah helped launch a community newspaper at a women's prison in Oklahoma, where she now serves as a newsroom advisor. Hannah has a bachelor’s degree in English from Oral Roberts University and a master’s degree in English from the University of Tulsa.

Select media appearances

The Oklahoman, Why more AI education is needed to help kids avoid being duped, misledAug. 27, 2025

The 74I talked to teenagers about conspiracy theories. Here’s what they told me., June 16, 2025

BloombergAI fake reporters make it harder for readers to tell truth from fiction, May 17, 2024