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NLP founder cited in Time report on ‘online gullibility’

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In its story headlined “How Your Brain Tricks You Into Believing Fake News,” Time magazine asks, “Why are even the smartest among us so bad at making judgments about what to trust on the web? And how can we get better?” It also quotes our founder and CEO: “It’s the equivalent of a public-health crisis.”

The piece explores issues familiar to those who know about news literacy, including what’s behind “our online gullibility” and the steps people can take not to be fooled (lessons, not so incidentally, that educators apply in their classes through our Checkology® virtual classroom).

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National News Literacy Week 2025 makes headlines across the country

Some highlights: In USA TODAY, Neveah Rice, a college freshman studying journalism and the recipient of the News Literacy Project’s 2024 student Change-Maker award, wrote how learning news literacy can help teens break out of social media filter bubbles and identify bias in their information sources. Also in USA TODAY, News Literacy Project board member Melanie Lundquist urged donors to support efforts to…

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Insider Spotlight: Noreen Fitzgerald-Makar

Welcome to the Insider Spotlight section, where we feature real questions from our team and answers from educators who are making a difference teaching news literacy. This month, our featured educator is Noreen Fitzgerald-Makar from New York City, where she is an English and journalism teacher.

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Understanding bias in the news media

A News Literacy Project webinar for educators shared practical advice and tips to help students regain trust in credible news and to question faulty beliefs about media bias.

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