#2TruthsandAI is back - & this week we're focusing on new tech gadgets: Can you identify the fake? 🔎 Looking for specific details such as a company's name that you can do a keyword search on + going to the posting account's profile can help. 🎞 Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/IAzZL...

We need not just digital and AI literacy education in K-12 schools - we need journalism literacy.

#2TruthsandAI is back - & this week we're focusing on new tech gadgets: Can you identify the fake? 🔎 Looking for specific details such as a company's name that you can do a keyword search on + going to the posting account's profile can help. 🎞 Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/IAzZL...

New from 404 Media: the future of advertising is AI generated ads that are directly personalized to you. We're already basically seeing this with the same AI Ticketmaster ads being tweaked to different sports teams etc. Meta is pushing for this AI personalization www.404media.co/the-future-o...

Teens overwhelmingly used negative words like "biased," "boring," "chaotic," and "bad" to describe the news media and journalists in a new @newslit.org survey. Those doing the hard and important work of teaching media literacy to high schoolers are unsurprised. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/bias...

“'Biased,' 'Boring' and 'Bad': Unpacking perceptions of news media and journalism among U.S. teens": newslit.org/news-and-res...

About half of the teens surveyed believe that journalists frequently “make up details, such as quotes” and “pay for sources.” More than a third of teens believe journalists could improve by simply “Telling the truth,” “Fact checking,” and “Not lying.” buff.ly/7vgO0ci

👀 “We’re raising generations of kids who don’t trust the press, potentially because no one has taught them how credible newsrooms operate or how to distinguish between news & other kinds of information," says study co-author Kim Bowman #AcademicSky #EduSky

These results are shocking. But luckily, @newslit.org helps educators turn these numbers around. #newsliteracy

More than three-quarters of teens surveyed have negative views of the press, a new study finds. Read Carolina Abbott Galvão, www.cjr.org/analysis/bia...

84% of Teens Distrust the News. Why That Matters for Schools: Teenagers' distrust of the media could have disastrous consequences, new report says.

1/ 🚨Our NEW study paints a shockingly bleak picture of how teens view the press. It also illustrates that there is a chasm between what teens think is going on in newsrooms versus what happens every day at credible outlets. 🔗 Summary + full report: go.newslit.org/TeensNewsMedia

Great internship opportunity to work with my awesome colleague @susanmini.bsky.social & her team on taking NLP's impactful newsletters to the next level! #Interns #EduSky

❌ NO: Several research facility monkeys that escaped after a truck crash in Mississippi are not highly contagious. 💡 While many of the false claims we see online are meant to deceive, some viral falsehoods are the result of unintentional inaccuracies. #NewsLiteracy tips: go.newslit.org/LabMonkeys

"I cannot stress enough to students how important it is to leave the source they are viewing & check it against other sources. I especially encourage students to do this when they are having a heightened emotional reaction to something they are viewing." - Missouri #educator Anna Gray Read more ⤵️

📢 Educators: Join us today or tomorrow for a 30-minute info session on how to get rolling with #Checkology! 👇🏾

News literacy for mental health and wellness https://newslit.org/wellness/ @newslit.org

📊 Data is everywhere, & you can find any viewpoint with supposed evidence on any topic in record time. But what about credible data, especially when it comes to health and wellness? ⤵️ See below for tips on finding legit data online & get more resources here: newslit.org/wellness #DataLiteracy

A new issue of The Sift is out! In this week's newsletter: ✨ A journalist in #Idaho shared her experience covering the anti-vaccine movement ✨ The rise of 'creator journalists' ✨ And speaking of new terms, what is ‘McVulnerability?' 🔗 Read & subscribe: go.newslit.org/Sift3Nov2025 #Journalism

📊 Data is everywhere, & you can find any viewpoint with supposed evidence on any topic in record time. But what about credible data, especially when it comes to health and wellness? ⤵️ See below for tips on finding legit data online & get more resources here: newslit.org/wellness #DataLiteracy

1/ “It may seem really overwhelming, that it’s really high tech, but the solutions have been around for a long time. There are some tools that we can teach kids that can help them take some of the power back.” - NLP's Alee Quick in this School Library Journal story #NewsLiteracy #TLSky

👻 Two Truths and AI is back & just in time for Halloween. Can you spot the viral video? 🎞 Watch: www.tiktok.com/@newslitproj... #2TruthsAndAI

🍊 #Florida educators: Join NLP's Ryann Lynn tomorrow, Nov. 1, at the Florida Council For The Social Studies annual conference. ℹ️ At 4:10pm ET, Ryann is presenting "Truth Avengers: Equipping Students with #NewsLiteracy Superpowers." 🔗 Learn more: fcss.starchapter.com/meetinginfo....

⚠️ Old videos & images shared out of context are common during big storms. Now too are AI fakes. 🔎 Our RumorGuard post takes a look at 3 examples that went viral during #HurricaneMelissa + provides concrete news literacy tips to avoid being duped. 🔗 go.newslit.org/MelissaAI

⚠️ AI-generated health & wellness fakes are here. And with tools like OpenAI's Sora, clips of AI doctors providing nonscientific medical advice are spreading, too. 💡 Watch our video for tips to protect yourself from such falsehoods. 🎞 www.tiktok.com/@newslitproj...

⚠️ Old videos & images shared out of context are common during big storms. Now too are AI fakes. 🔎 Our RumorGuard post takes a look at 3 examples that went viral during #HurricaneMelissa + provides concrete news literacy tips to avoid being duped. 🔗 go.newslit.org/MelissaAI

A TikTok video viewed 3.6 million times claims to show Hurricane Melissa devastating Jamaica. But the video was posted before Melissa even made landfall, and the scenes in the compilation are all from past storms in Italy, Mexico and the United States. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

"Although it’s common for hoax photos, videos & misinformation to surface during natural disasters, they’re usually debunked quickly. But videos generated by new artificial intelligence tools have taken the problem to a new level by making it easy to create & spread realistic clips." #Melissa

📢 Students: NLP is looking for a Newsletter Intern for the spring semester! 👀 In 15-20 hours per week, the person in this position will directly impact many thousands of educators & hundreds of thousands of students across the U.S. 🔗 Learn more / apply: go.newslit.org/NewsletterIn... #Internship

This Media Literacy Week, I’m highlighting three research-backed habits that help us stay grounded and think clearly online: 🧠 Critical ignoring 💡 Actively open-minded thinking 🔍 Lateral reading matthewfacciani.substack.com/p/three-medi...

AI News Anchor Debuts on U.K.’s Channel 4 in Stunt Proving Dangers of Artificial Intelligence

Maybe you've heard of Checkology® or maybe you haven't. 💡 Either way, next week you can get a 30-min primer on our FREE e-learning platform, including lessons on #AI, news media bias & much more. Sign up today! ✨ Nov. 5, 4pm ET: go.newslit.org/Nov5NLP ✨ Nov. 6, 7pm ET: go.newslit.org/Nov6NLP

👇🏾 From our fears being exploited to the pull of community & a sense of belonging, there are many reasons why we're prone to falling for health myths. 🔗 Help boost student resilience against health & science #misinformation with our "Brain Gains" planner: newslit.org/wellness/ #HealthLiteracy

#TXCSS educators: Join NLP's @erinolson.bsky.social for "Navigating Information in the Age of AI." ℹ️ Erin's session is Friday, Oct. 31, from 8:30-9:30am CT in the Ranger meeting room. 🔗 Learn more: www.txcss.net/conference

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📢 Students: NLP is looking for a Newsletter Intern for the spring semester! 👀 In 15-20 hours per week, the person in this position will directly impact many thousands of educators & hundreds of thousands of students across the U.S. 🔗 Learn more / apply: go.newslit.org/NewsletterIn... #Internship

❌ NO: There is no indication that the well-dressed man in this photo is a detective or involved in the investigation into the heist at the #Louvre. ✔️ It's a real photo from the AP of an unidentified individual. More pics show other passersby walking through the scene. 🔗 go.newslit.org/LouvreHeist

📢 School leaders: Join us TODAY at 5pm ET to learn how you can help students recognize & spot health falsehoods! ℹ️ This FREE edLeader panel will explore how partnerships between districts, schools & communities can take on this urgent issue. 🔗 Register now: go.newslit.org/Oct28Webinar #EduSky

Important info for you AND your students. #TLsky

⚠️ When scrolling Instagram reels, 15 out of 20 videos are now #AI slop, according to internet culture researcher @aidanwalker.bsky.social. 🔎 We dive into this trend, take a look at the @localnewsini.bsky.social local news report & more in this week's newsletter. 🔗 go.newslit.org/Sift27Oct2025

This morning, NLP's @pamelabrunskill.bsky.social helped kick off #MediaLiteracyWeek by presenting about the impact of #AI at Penn State's college of communications. 🎞 Check out video of Pam + more: www.bellisario.psu.edu/u-s-media-li...

Ugh. Yet ANOTHER reason to be "wary of a confusing media landscape." AI-generated news sites spout viral slop from forgotten URLs www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/ai-g... "These sites appear to be part of a new wave of AI-generated content farms that swoop in to seize dormant domains."

2 Truths & AI is back today & focuses on a new AI slop trend - dogs saving babies. 👀 Watch our TikTok to see if you can identify the fake + get news literacy tips. 🎞 Video: www.tiktok.com/@newslitproj... #2TruthsAndAI

AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Copilot routinely distort the news and struggle to distinguish facts from opinion. That's according to a major new study from 22 international public broadcasters, including DW.

2 Truths & AI is back today & focuses on a new AI slop trend - dogs saving babies. 👀 Watch our TikTok to see if you can identify the fake + get news literacy tips. 🎞 Video: www.tiktok.com/@newslitproj... #2TruthsAndAI

🏆 Do you like our work? Want to become a champion of #NewsLiteracy? 💕 With our NEW peer-to-peer platform, you can do just that. Whether it's for a special occasion or just because you believe in the mission, creating a fundraiser for NLP has never been easier. 🔗 newslit.org/start-a-fund...

4/ "That’s where a measured, critical approach to AI comes in. Don’t let AI shake your confidence in figuring out what’s real. Credible information is out there. You just have to wade through slop to find it." - @newslit.org - newslit.org/news-and-res...

More young people are turning to #AI chatbots for advice and comfort, but these tools can also spread health misinformation. It’s important to know how they really work. Learn more: www.tiktok.com/@newslitproject/video/7564514535583894815 #MentalHealth #NewsLiteracy

❌ NO: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce did NOT recently announce that she is pregnant. This image circulating on social media is #AI generated. Be aware: False celebrity claims about pregnancies, retirements and engagements regularly resurface online. 🔗 Read more: go.newslit.org/TSwiftAIAnnouncement

Tech giants keep touting a system they built to label AI-generated content. But it only works if everyone uses it. So I checked. They're not using it. 🎁 wapo.st/4qokjaC