I spent this fall talking to young students at the University of Chicago about how to fight distrust in news and mitigate polarization. As a Pritzker Fellow, I taught a series of seminars on this topic at … Read more
They are not subscribing to newspapers. They are not watching television news. They seem to be on social media apps pretty much constantly, without much regard for the “grown-up” world of politics and policy. Perhaps, they are just, well, news-less. Read more
With reporting by Tamar Wilner The Trust Project Based at California’s Santa Clara University, The Trust Project is led by journalist Sally Lehrman, who conceived the effort with Google News executive Richard Gingras in 2014. Their idea: to develop digital tools and strategies to … Read more
In the run-up to last year’s presidential election, Kennady Wade found herself challenging her peers on the dubious stories they posted on social media, like links to obscure conservative blogs that claimed Hillary Clinton was a money-laundering devotee of the late … Read more
At times like this, News Literacy faculty look at each other and quip, “What have we done to deserve such riches?” The wisecrack reminds us to relish the meaningful work of keeping our finger in the leaking dike of fact-based … Read more