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Chuck Salter (Charles Salter), president and CEO of the The News Literacy Project, discusses the organization’s work to help students become news literate, what makes him optimistic about the future, and how news consumers can determine fact from opinion as disinformation is on the rise.

On the anniversary of the wrongful detention of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich, we are reminded that democracy depends on a free press. The The News Literacy Project stands with those calling for Evan’s release. Support Evan and his family: wsj.com/evan #IStandWithEvan

Nobody is going to eliminate #misinformation. But, says Charles Salter, "What we can do is make people much more resilient & discerning consumers of information so that they're somewhat inoculated against some of the nonsense that will come their way." 🎙 bushcenter.org/publications/c…

“The future of our shared civic life depends on young people learning the skills necessary to find credible information online,” said NLP CEO Charles Salter. “Checkology is the most comprehensive resource on the internet to do just that." Read more: bit.ly/NLPWinsWebby #Webbys

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Confirmation bias & motivated reasoning are powerful influencers & are often exploited by bad actors. As #ElectionDay nears, scroll social feeds with an extra careful eye & don't let preconceived beliefs dictate what you share or act on. 🔗 Download: bit.ly/CognitiveBiase…

Here are five election disinformation trends you should expect -- and warn others not to fall for: 1. Raw video voting/polls. 2. Vote totals will jump. 3. Premature claims of victory. 4. Last-minute AI-generated images/videos. 5. Partisan claims of fraud. newslit.org/wp-content/upl…

🗳️ #ElectionDay is here & it's never been more important to practice news literacy. 🤔 Especially with a constantly developing event like the presidential election, remember these 6 tips for sticking to the facts ⤵️ 🔗 Download the infographic: bit.ly/BreakingNewsNLP

🚨 Here are 5 disinformation trends & tactics to be aware of on #ElectionDay & beyond: bit.ly/ElectionDisinf… ℹ️ This prebunking guide is a collaboration between NLP & the Mental Immunity Project.

#sschat #engchat #libchat Helpful resources, especially with voting 🗳️

⚠️ Don't let your echo chamber exclude the facts. ⚠️ Understand the power of confirmation bias & motivated reasoning. 🤔 If you see a post that gets your head nodding, take a moment to verify it's legit before sharing. 🔗 Download the poster: bit.ly/CognitiveBiase…

❌ NO: Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites were not used to manipulate or change votes during the presidential election. ℹ️ GA, PA & other swing states don’t allow voting equipment to be connected to the internet during ballot counting. 🔗 RumorGuard® post: bit.ly/StarlinkVoting

“News literacy is fundamental to preparing students to become active, critically thinking members of our civic life - which should be one of the primary goals of a public education." - NLP's Kim Bowman in this EdSurge story about our new teen survey edsurge.com/news/2024-11-0…

Holy cow! 🐄 Teach With TikTok: Help Students Stick to the Facts webinar was 🤯! “Time converts into data which converts into ad sales. Everything they do online generates data about them.” Alexa Volland Dr. Brittney Smith The News Literacy Project edWeb.net 👉home.edweb.net/webinar/newsli…

🤔 It's common for people of all persuasions to say "the media" is biased against their beliefs. 1 - Why do people feel this way? 2 - And what counts as bias in news? 📌 Spend some time with our infographic, which you can also download: bit.ly/NewsMediaBias #MediaLiteracy

Check out this RumorGuard post from the The News Literacy Project and push back against misinformation! rumorguard.org/post/no-musk-s…

🧵 News literacy in action: This thread shows 4 major wins from the 2023-2024 school year made possible by our donor community + 2 short student video clips illustrating our impact 👇🏾 #NewsLiteracy

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More than 90 percent of teenagers want media literacy instruction included in their education as the group grapples with conspiracy theories and #disinformation online, the findings of a new 360-degree survey from The News Literacy Project reveals. tipaz.org/latest-news/lc…