📣News literacy for AI content looks like: 🧐Questioning the poster’s intention. Is it to inform, or to incite feelings from the viewer? 🔍Looking for AI labels. Are there any indicators in the caption or page description? 💡Observing others’ reactions. What are other viewers saying in the comments?

🙂 It's been a busy news week + now the Olympics + the Super Bowl. So, yeah ... If you didn't get to National #NewsLiteracyWeek, we get it! The good news is our resources aren't going away. Here are a few links: 🏡 newsliteracyweek.org 🌳 go.newslit.org/InfoEcosystem 📚 go.newslit.org/NNLWlibrarians

😮 Even our host got duped by this week's #2TruthsAndAI! 🔎 But some basic debunking skills can help you determine which extreme nature video is the fake. Can you get it right? 🎞 Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/I_lr_... #NewsLiteracyWeek

"We must empower the next generation with the skills they need to know credible information when they see it, to seek out the facts, & become more active, informed members of our society. That work starts in America’s classrooms." - NLP board member Melanie Lundquist in this @startribune.com op-ed

For News Literacy week, here are some great resources from News Literacy Project #EduSky #TLSky newslit.org/wp-content/u...

🚨 ICYMI: Our 1st National News Literacy Conference is coming to Salt Lake City in October & registration is open! 👀 Grab your spot today with our early bird pricing. 🔗 Learn more / register: newslit.org/conference/ #NewsLitCon #NewsLiteracyWeek

This National #NewsLiteracyWeek, let’s restore trust in standards-based news & embrace a healthy skepticism (not cynicism) by helping young people stay grounded with facts. Join the @newslit.org, @ewscrippsco.bsky.social & @usatoday.com Feb. 2-6. NewsLiteracyWeek.org 

I really like this resource @newslit.org Well done! Good analogy...The Information Ecosystem Depends on News newslit.org/news-and-res... #tlsky #librarians #edusky

Join me next week for this webinar!

✏️ In the 2nd edition of our "Spill the Ink" series, Grace Harman of‪ @wboctv.bsky.social on the East Coast's Delmarva Peninsula takes us behind the scenes of her job reporting both on the street & behind the news desk. 🎞 Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/75ToW... #SpillTheInk #NewsLiteracyWeek

❌ NO: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt did not say the movie “Melania” sold more tickets than “Star Wars.” ✔️ This is a fake quote that originated with a satirist. Many other falsehoods spread about the film, including that it would be mandatory in schools. 🔗 go.newslit.org/FakeQuote

1/ 🎉 NEWS: We're thrilled to announce a partnership with the @startribune.com to bring news literacy education to high schoolers in Minnesota! Full story: go.newslit.org/NewsLitMN #NewsLiteracyWeek

As we continue News Literacy Week, we're lifting up the voice of one Birmingham librarian. She is making it her mission to make sure students learn how to separate fact from fiction early on.

In the era of “AI slop,” we’re increasingly surrounded by fake images and videos engineered to hijack attention and provoke outrage. Strengthening psychological and media literacy not only helps us spot these fakes, but also resist being manipulated in the first place. Here’s how.

1/ 🌳 Use the analogy of an ecosystem to help students understand today’s info landscape with our NEW infographic. 👀 Analyze the poster to learn how: - the news-driven ecosystem forms an info web - content about news largely couldn’t exist without standards-based journalism #NewsLiteracyWeek

This National #NewsLiteracyWeek, let’s restore trust in standards-based news & embrace a healthy skepticism (not cynicism) by helping young people stay grounded with facts. Join the @newslit.org, @ewscrippsco.bsky.social & @usatoday.com Feb. 2-6: NewsLiteracyWeek.org

1/ Educators: Do you have a FREE #Checkology account? Our virtual classroom covers every aspect of #NewsLiteracy. Lesson topics include: - InfoZones - The First Amendment - Misinformation - Conspiratorial thinking - Algorithms + so much more! ✨ Start exploring: go.newslit.org/TeachWithChe...

📍Times Square during National #NewsLiteracyWeek in partnership with @ewscrippsco.bsky.social, @usatoday.com & The USA TODAY Network! 👀 We're halfway through the week. Whether you're a classroom teacher, a librarian or a community member, there are FREE resources for you. 👉🏾 newsliteracyweek.org

In the age of AI, young people need news literacy skills more than ever. Join @newslit.org, @ewscrippsco.bsky.social & @usatoday.com for National #NewsLiteracyWeek Feb. 2-6 & help students learn to judge for themselves what info to base decisions on NewsLiteracyWeek.org 

"Discerning fact from fiction is even challenging for adults! By educating these students at a younger age, I can help them develop a better ability to identify #misinformation in the rapidly changing digital landscape we live in today." - Ohio middle school social studies teacher Madeline Stewart

This National #NewsLiteracyWeek, let’s restore trust in standards-based news & embrace a healthy skepticism (not cynicism) by helping young people stay grounded with facts. Join the @newslit.org, @ewscrippsco.bsky.social & @usatoday.com Feb. 2-6: NewsLiteracyWeek.org

It's #NationalNewsLiteracyWeek, a time when educators work with students to help them navigate the information landscape. Throughout the week, @newslit.org will be adding resources to this Flipboard Magazine on everything from spotting AI to Googling like a pro. flipboard.com/@newslitproj...

📢 Educators: Get a behind-the-scenes look at The Sift & our popular Daily Do Now slides! ℹ️ Join us next Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 5pm ET for a FREE webinar about our weekly newsletter. 🔗 Register now: go.newslit.org/SiftWebinar26 #AcademicSky #TLSky @susanmini.bsky.social

Being a good citizen starts with being an informed one. CSD is proud to celebrate #NewsLiteracyWeek and empowering students to think critically, spot misinformation, and ask questions about what they see and hear every day. youtu.be/8MNjEICgF2s?...

❌ NOPE: This is not from a genuine video of an earthquake spilling a man’s McDonald’s fries in Toronto. ✔️ It's AI-generated. 🤔 Some AI fakes look incredibly real. This is not one of those cases, with odd visuals + jumbled text. 🔗 RumorGuard post: go.newslit.org/AIQuake #NewsLiteracyWeek

1/ Teach a different standard of news literacy each day of National #NewsLiteracyWeek with our activity planner! 📚 From zoning information all the way to civic participation, use our free, downloadable resource as a guide throughout the week. 🔗 Download it at NewsLiteracyWeek.org

It's National #NewsLiteracyWeek! This year's focus is helping students develop the skills they need to separate facts from falsehoods in an online ecosystem flooded with AI-generated content. Join @newslit.org, @ewscrippsco.bsky.social, @usatoday.com#NewsLiteracyWeekand USA TODAY Network: https://bit.ly/4qdlJUo

1/ "In an artificial intelligence information environment full of AI slop, viral rumors & endless hot takes, our kids deserve to learn how to separate fact from fiction & make up their own minds about important issues." - Teacher librarian Christine Ledgerwood-Flores in this @usatoday.com op-ed ⤵️

Today, Tuesday, February 3 from 4-5pm EST (I can't attend): #NewsLiteracyWeek

This National #NewsLiteracyWeek, let’s restore trust in standards-based news & embrace a healthy skepticism (not cynicism) by helping young people stay grounded with facts. Join the @newslit.org, @ewscrippsco.bsky.social & @usatoday.com Feb. 2-6: NewsLiteracyWeek.org

A local museum & library in Knoxville, TN, are working to preserve the legacy of the region's first Black newspapers by digitizing them. We focus on that story + more in this week's edition of The Sift newsletter for educators. 👉🏾 Read & subscribe: go.newslit.org/Sift2Feb2026 #BlackHistoryMonth

📢 Educators: It's not too late to sign up for our FREE National #NewsLiteracyWeek event tomorrow: ℹ️ Influencers, AI, and Credibility: Teach Students About the Information Ecosystem 📅 Feb. 3, 4-5pm ET 🔗 Register: go.newslit.org/Feb3NLP2026 #EdTech #EduSky

For #MediaLiteracyWeek, "Best Frenemies: AI’s Ambivalent Impact on News and Democracy," a conversation with @pamelabrunskill.bsky.social @newslit.org, Sean Marcus @poynterinstitute.bsky.social & Jenna Meleedy of NAMLE. shorturl.at/ag4VY

1/ As our report “Biased,” “Boring” & “Bad” made clear, the majority of teens don't trust the news media. The survey of more than 750 students also revealed a sizable gap between what teens say they think is happening in newsrooms vs what happens in credible newsrooms: go.newslit.org/TeensNewsMedia

📢 The 7th annual National #NewsLiteracyWeek is HERE! ℹ️ Presented with @ewscrippsco.bsky.social, @usatoday.com & The USA TODAY Network, we aim to give educators the tools & resources needed to help students navigate today's information landscape. 🔗 Learn more / share: newsliteracyweek.org/

National News Literacy Week 2026 Focuses on Rebuilding Trust in the Age of AI bit.ly/4qPTAnq #MediaNews #Broadcasting

News Literacy Project is doing essential work

❌ NO: This is not a genuine video still of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis. ⚠️ The image was “enhanced” with AI, which resulted in visual distortions & anomalies. 🔗 Read much more about this viral falsehood on RumorGuard: go.newslit.org/AIPretti

NLP does such important work.

🚨 Educators: In light of the news cycle, your students might be wondering what rights the #FirstAmendment protects. 💡 Have them take our 10-question quiz for an overview of the 5 protections: bit.ly/1AQuiz

⚠️ In today's AI age, confirmation bias & motivated reasoning are dangerous cognitive biases. For instance: 👍🏽 See a video that you agree with? That must be legit. 🤔 See a video that you disagree with? That has to be AI! 🔗 Download the infographic: go.newslit.org/ConfBiasPoster #NewsLiteracy

Maldita is doing some really great work exposing the polarization-for-profit mechanisms of TikTok.

“Gen Z & Gen Alpha need to learn how to confidently navigate through a sea of AI-slop & viral rumors that fill their feeds." - @crsalter.bsky.social National #NewsLiteracyWeek, Salter adds, is an opportunity for educators to equip students with the skills to separate fact from fiction. Read more ⤵️

It's hard to recognize AI-generated content because it’s increasingly realistic "and because we’re all vulnerable to the influence of our own biases, which can cause us to under-scrutinize things we want to believe.” - NLP's @peteradams.bsky.social in this @startribune.com story ⤵️

🤔 Is it legit? In today's information age of podcasters, news influencers, AI creators & others, figuring out if a story is credible isn't easy! 📝 Test yourself with our quiz: bit.ly/IsItLegit ➕ For further learning, download our poster: go.newslit.org/LegitPoster

NLP's @erinolson.bsky.social is presenting at @tcea.org! ✨ Educators: Check out Erin's session, "Infusing News and Media Literacy," Saturday at 9:30am CT in room 221B on level 2. 🔗 Learn more: tcea.org #TCEA2026 #EdTech

❌ NO: Dozens of people are not casting ballots from an empty parking lot in California. ✔️ The registrations belong to people who registered to vote at a temporary housing shelter before it closed in December 2024. 🔗 NewsLit tips to spot these divisive & dangerous claims: go.newslit.org/VotingCA

🚨 Educators: Don't wait! 👀 Registration for our first-ever National News Literacy Conference is now open! Join us in Salt Lake City, UT, Oct. 8-10. 🔗 Learn more / secure your early bird rate: newslit.org/conference/ #NewsLitCon #EduSky