Christina Veiga

👀 Today's news literacy standard: Expressing & exercising civic responsibility by seeking, sharing & producing credible info as effective participants in a democracy. 🔗 Resources & tips: newsliteracyweek.org Download the poster: bit.ly/SpeakUpNLP #NewsLiteracyWeek

📰 Join us in 2 weeks! During National #NewsLiteracyWeek & in the leadup to the Super Bowl, we're hosting a webinar with investigative journalist @jmlaskas. Laskas will discuss her reporting that led to broad awareness about brain injuries related to 🏈: bit.ly/6Feb2025nlp

🏈 In 2009, it was not public knowledge that playing football can lead to brain injuries until a groundbreaking piece of watchdog journalism. On Feb. 6, join us for a conversation with the reporter, @jmlaskas, who broke the story. 🔗 bit.ly/HardHitsFeb6 #NewsLiteracyWeek

❌ NO: The $770 payment CA wildfire victims are getting from FEMA for urgent needs is not the only help the government is providing to combat the wildfires & aid in recovery. 🔗 Misinfo about federal aid after such disasters follows recognizable patterns: bit.ly/FEMAfires

Why did #Meta start working with fact-checkers & what was their approach? 🎞 Here's what you can do to steer clear of misinformation regardless of whether fact-checkers are around to help. #NewsLiteracy

Sophie, one of Cynthia Sandler's students in North Salem, NY, has learned to question what she sees online & share her knowledge with others. 🚩 “It’s definitely fake. I would go & check that," she responded to a falsehood her older brothers shared. newslit.org/updates/watch-…

🚨 When something occurs that drives speculation & authoritative sources don’t provide immediate answers, bad actors exploit the gap in credible info with falsehoods. That's what has happened with the #drone story in NJ & nearby states. #RumorGuard post: bit.ly/DroneFalsehoods

📅 National News Literacy Week is Feb. 3-7! ℹ️ The week highlights the importance of helping students more skillfully navigate today’s info landscape. 🔨 We’re offering a free activity planner with suggested virtual lessons & infographics. 📌 Bookmark: newslit.org/news-literacy-…

"I think it's the most important thing that students should be learning right now." - North Salem, NY, educator Cynthia Sandler: bit.ly/CBSNorthSalem TODAY, bring #MediaLiteracy to more classrooms like Sandler's. New donor gifts tripled! 👉🏾 Donate: newslit.org/donate/

This Giving Tuesday, please consider a gift to the @NewsLitProject which is providing education to young people about how to navigate this challenging media landscape. Your gifts will be MATCHED if you give today. newslit.org/donate/

The News Literacy Project found 80% of teens have seen conspiracy theories online — and 80% of those teens say they believe at least one theory. At a New York school, students are learning how to spot fact from fiction.

"It is about asking questions. It is about critical thinking. It is about teaching students & people how to think & not what to think." - Educator Cynthia Sandler on #NewsLiteracy Check out this @CBSMornings story from Sandler's classroom ⤵️ cbsnews.com/news/media-lit…

🚨 According to our 2024 teen survey, 94% of teens want media literacy instruction. During the last school year, only 39% had any. ❤️ Help us bridge that gap TODAY: newslit.org/donate ➕ All donations will be doubled & new donor gifts tripled thanks to a generous match!

#GivingTuesday: Will you donate to @NewsLitProject? Proud to work for this nonpartisan education nonprofit. Its mission is to ensure all students are skilled in news literacy & can evaluate the credibility of news & other information before HS graduation. newslit.org/donate

It doesn't matter what you teach; #NewsLiteracy is important. Just ask environmental engineering educator Kelly Melendez Loaiza: “Every little piece they learn about media literacy is another piece of the puzzle in understanding the world,” she says. bit.ly/LincolnRhodeIs…

We teamed up with @Seana_Davis of @LogicallyFacts on this recap of 6️⃣ viral falsehoods about the presidential election that focuses on these specific types of #misinformation: - fabricated content - manipulated content - tricks of context Check it out: bit.ly/Election24Fals…

2/ 🤔 As we wrap up the dashboard, here are some news literacy lessons it provided: - Lies spread faster than truth - AI still looms as a threat - Even fake popularity matters - Fitness for office falsehoods grew Our last Track the Trends post: bit.ly/TrackTrendsNov…

1/ 📈 Over the past few months, our Misinformation Dashboard: Election 2024 has tracked & categorized nearly 950 falsehoods related to the presidential election. 💡 All of the #misinformation can be debunked, using basic news literacy skills & habits. bit.ly/TrackTrendsNov…

🧵 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