What you were reading in 2016

Updates


As we reflect on 2016, we look back at some of our social media posts that you liked most.

We’re sharing your top five favorites for one more read:

  1. Our guide to spotting fake news
  2. Facebook taking steps to combat misinformation
  3. Our new Checkology™ virtual classroom
  4. In Jest
  5. Biggest publishers of hoaxes and fake news

More Updates

News literacy insights on misinformation about immigration protests

Viral rumors and falsehoods have spread in the wake of political protests, particularly recent ones opposing detentions by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. In a story for Mashable, Peter Adams, Senior Vice president of Research and Design at the News Literacy Project, offered tips for news consumers to avoid getting tricked by false…

NLP in the News

For Education Week, educators share how they teach students to question health influencers

An opinion piece in EducationWeek by two educators from New York featured the News Literacy Project’s District Fellowship program. The commentary described how the program supported their efforts to teach students to critically evaluate health and wellness claims on social media. “By the end, our teens had developed habits of healthy skepticism when scrolling their…

NLP in the News