The News Literacy Project

🎉 BIG NEWS: We're excited to announce a three-year, $1.15 million grant from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation to support a partnership with Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the largest independent school district in the country! The partnership will ensure that all students learn news literacy skills and concepts before high school graduation. And it will pioneer a blueprint not only for districts in California seeking to align instruction with the state’s recent media literacy legislation, but also for others across the U.S. as a growing number of states pass similar legislation. 🔗 Read more: https://bit.ly/NLPandLAUSD #Education #NewsLiteracy

Fake celebrity endorsements are going viral, but misinformation can be easier to spot if you know what to look for. Check out our latest TikTok featuring Alexa Volland and Dan Evon ⤵️ ➕ Bookmark our Misinformation Dashboard: Election 2024 👉🏾 https://lnkd.in/gQt2n8EX #Election2024 #TikTok

📢 It's our last summer edition of Get Smart About News! In today's issue: ✨ Anatomy of a viral falsehood: How the Beyoncé DNC rumor took off. ✨ Local news isn't dying everywhere. Two stories to prove it. ✨ But what if you live in a news desert? We've got tips. 🔗 Read and subscribe! We'll be back Sept. 10. #Beyoncé #LocalNews #NewsLiteracy

We're hiring two software engineers with technical expertise to help us build toward a more news-literate country! Learn more ⤵️ 💡 Senior Software Engineer: https://lnkd.in/gzEaeDBt 💡 Junior Software Developer: https://lnkd.in/g7xqqe5J ➕ We now have  6️⃣ openings! Explore our careers page: https://bit.ly/NLPcareers: #Hiring #Jobs

Watch Marshall Cohen explain on CNN how fake celebrity endorsements are taking over social feeds -- just one of the misinformation trends we're tracking at The News Literacy Project this presidential election cycle. https://lnkd.in/esZEipjM Check out the trends and protect yourself from being misled: https://lnkd.in/eebQgtsV

“If you repeatedly see these falsehoods that exaggerate a candidate’s popularity, it can still stick, even if you know it’s not legitimate as you scroll past it in your feed,” NLP's Peter Adams says in this CNN piece: https://lnkd.in/gQRDBnaT ➕ Read about what makes our Misinformation Dashboard: Election 2024 a critical resource for this #PresidentialElection and beyond: https://lnkd.in/gvJdhYxd

🚨 NEW, timely resource: NLP's Misinformation Dashboard: Election 2024 💡 This tool collects examples of viral election-related rumors, bringing trends into focus and empowering you to identify and resist falsehoods. 📌 Bookmark: https://lnkd.in/gQt2n8EX #2024Election #PresidentialElection

📢 Educators: Join us at 5pm ET today for a FREE webinar! NLP's Susan Minichiello and Brittney S. will describe free tools for bringing news literacy to your classroom this fall! 🔗 Register: https://lnkd.in/gvwqtTTQ #BackToSchool

How can you tell if an image is AI-generated? Even AI detection tools can fail to catch election deepfakes. This week's Get Smart About News covers this + editorial standards and much more! Read and subscribe ⤵️ #ArtificialIntelligence #Deepfakes

As the Democratic National Convention kicks off in Chicago, mis- and disinformation about the presidential election is rampant. But there are resources to help you stay informed without being misled! 🔗 Bookmark our election homepage: newslit.org/election And remember some key news literacy tips: ✨ A post's virality ≠ its legitimacy. ✨ If a post elicits an emotional response, be especially careful. ✨ Go to the source. Especially with AI-generated content, vetting the source can help you stick to the facts. #PresidentialElection #NewsLiteracy