Give your source the IMVA/IN test
From the Digital Resource Center. Methodically evaluate sources that show up in news stories
Become News Literate
10 Ways to Spot a Fake Article
From EasyBib
Center for News Literacy
Get recent news on news literacy from the The Center for News Literacy at Stony Brook University. CNL "is committed to teaching students how to use critical thinking skills to judge the reliability and credibility of news reports and news sources."
Civic Online Reasoning
Free lessons from Stanford History Education Group
Fake News and the Spread of Misinformation
From Journalist Resource Research on Today's News Topics sponsored by the Harvard Kennedy Shorenstein Center links to peer reviewed articles.
Making Sense of the News: News Literacy Lessons for Digital Citizens
A free, online course for learning how to evaluate news and journalism, developed by the Stony Brook University and The University of Hong Kong.
NPR: "A Finder's Guide to Facts"
A checklist guide from NPR to help you identify fake news.
Separating Truth from Lies
"Is it a hoax, a conspiracy theory, a viral meme? Can you tell real information from fake? Meet P. Takis Metaxas. Metaxas is a professor of computer science at Wellesley College whose research helps users answer these questions to avoid the dangers of online fraud and deception in what many have begun to call the “post-truth era.” (Interview from Project Information Literacy)
Web Literacy for Student Fact Checkers
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Media Literacy Organizations
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Center for News Literacy
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Poynter
A nonprofit organization that teaches students, journalists, and members of the public about different aspects of the news and how to judge credibility.
Fact Checking Organizations
Climate Change National Forum Fact Checker
- Fact checks information specifically related to the science of climate change and related policy.
- A project from the nonpartisan and nonprofit Annenberg Public Policy Center.
- Tips for recognizing flaws in arguments and political ads
- From Indiana University, this site helps visualize the spread of fake news and hoaxes.
NewsGuard: the Internet Trust Tool
- uses journalism to fight false news, misinformation, and disinformation. We tell you if a news site is reliable—right in your browser
- Special Report: COVID-19 Myths
- Tracks the role of money in American politics, and money's effect on elections and policy
- Rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others who speak up in American politics.
- Researches and debunks myths, fake news, and rumors floating around on the internet.
- Double check image sources and see where they came from.
What's Being Done to Stop the Spread
Teaching Disinformation Literacy
Jamie Gregory Intellectual Freedom Blog 11/6/2019
The Importance of Truth Workers in an Era of Factual Recession
Medium by Alison Head and John Wihbey
Post-Post Truth
From Library Babel Fish by Barbara Fister
How to Escape Your Political Bubble for a Clearer View
New York Times March 3, 2017
"Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts."
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