@jakelam2116.bsky.social
Social for the News Literacy Project (https://bsky.app/profile/newslitproject.bsky.social); 🏀 nerd; fan of nuance; opinions are my own. Livin' the PNW life in & around Seattle. https://newslit.org/
scroll smarter a family guide to news literacy. image shows 2 stick figures holding hands. Tone is light and informative.
🤔 Parental controls on social media can be confusing. We're here to explain & help!
➕ When friends & family have opposite beliefs, where is a good place to find facts?
👀 Check out today's NEW edition of Scroll Smarter, our monthly newsletter for families: go.newslit.org/ScrollSmartO...
No longer is critically examining a video enough to tell if it's real or AI. Sora has changed the game.
🎞 Our very real explainer: www.tiktok.com/@newslitproj...
#MediaLiteracy
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"Until recently, videos were reasonably reliable as evidence of actual events, even after it became easy to edit photographs & text in realistic ways. Sora’s high-quality video, however, raises the risk that viewers will lose all trust in what they see, experts said."
@stuartathompson.bsky.social
The #AI cat is so, so outta the bag. Be careful scrolling your feeds, folks... (or just go touch grass!)
02.10.2025 17:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0agreed. don’t understand it at all
19.09.2025 04:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0WNBA has to stop the lights off bullshit that soon, if the shot had been released on time we would not have seen whether it went in or not
19.09.2025 03:51 — 👍 292 🔁 37 💬 13 📌 15
A kid blowing out candles on a birthday cake next to the text:My birthday wish this year is for more kids to have access to free news literacy resources.
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🎙 Use your voice to amplify the urgent need for our work with ready-to-go templates that make it easy to start a fundraiser & promote it to your friends, family & community.
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🎉 BIG NEWS: We're excited to announce that 14 school districts have joined our District Fellowship program, including Chicago Public Schools.
ℹ️ The 3-year fellowship provides $30,000 grants & customized support to implement news literacy education districtwide.
🔗 Read more: go.newslit.org/DFP2025
Two people misidentified online as suspects in the fatal shooting of right-wing US activist Charlie Kirk told me today they were terrified by the misinformation targeting them, as the manhunt for the real killer continued. www.france24.com/en/live-news...
11.09.2025 21:38 — 👍 145 🔁 59 💬 5 📌 6
With the way students experience & consume info about breaking news stories, it's critical to build news literacy into conversations about events like the shooting of Charlie Kirk & give them agency + the skills to navigate our increasingly fraught digital landscape.
🎞 go.newslit.org/TikTokKirk
👀 Scroll Smarter will keep things upbeat & actionable, but we also won’t shy away from real-world issues facing young people. Today's edition includes:
- AI bunnies on a trampoline: Why they went viral & what you can do to help kids not be duped
- The health impacts of AI
- KPop Demon Hunters
🧵 Scroll Smarter with us!
✨ The first issue of our NEW monthly newsletter for families is here & action-packed with tips + videos to help you navigate today’s complex info landscape.
➕ Each month, we'll answer a reader question in the family Q&A.
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Kudos to the awesome team of @hannahcov.bsky.social @pamelabrunskill.bsky.social @peteradams.bsky.social @susanmini.bsky.social @lourdesvenard.bsky.social & others on a tremendous first issue of the school year.
The Sift An educator's guide to the week in news literacy Free newsletter! Cutout images of Rinaldo, Taylor Swift and Al Roker
Graphic of world globe Text Real-world lessons from real-world headlines Engage students with news literacy lessons pulled from timely, trending news. The Sift is a free weekly newsletter for educators that offers teaching tools and applications from the latest topics in social media, artificial intelligence, journalism and more.
Graphic of two hands making the heart shape Text Every Monday, you'll get: TWO classroom-ready slide decks (with teaching notes!) Discussion prompts to spark critical thinking and analysis Walk-throughs of debunked viral rumors
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👀 Is it Monday yet?? The Sift newsletter returns for the school year Sept. 8 & you don't want to miss out!
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➕ so much more
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A social media post reads, “Polish millionaire CEO who snatched a hat meant for a child on live TV at the US Open speaks out. “Yes, I took it. Yes, I did it quickly. But as I’ve always said, life is first come, first served… If you were faster, you would have it… I remind you that insulting a public figure is subject to legal liability. All offensive comments, slander, and insinuations will be analyzed for the possibility of taking the matter to court” and features an image showing a man taking a hat from a child in the bleachers of a tennis match. The News Literacy Project has added a label that says “FAKE STATEMENT.”
❌ NO: This isn't a legit statement from Piotr Szczerek, the Polish CEO who snatched a hat intended for a child after a #USOpen match.
⚠️ When a topic stirs up outrage online, expect trolls to exploit that anger by sharing misleading or entirely fabricated content.
🔗 go.newslit.org/USOpenHat
New study by @brendannyhan.bsky.social, @jasonreifler.bsky.social & colleagues demonstrates that prebunking election fraud rumors — by warning about anticipated false claims & filling conceptual gaps that those claims exploit — helps to reduce belief in falsehoods: www.science.org/content/arti...
29.08.2025 19:40 — 👍 908 🔁 377 💬 12 📌 23We can’t control a lot of things online, but we can control how we engage and use critical thinking techniques
31.08.2025 22:20 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1Listen, our social media team was ON IT yesterday. Some engagement news, with a side of media literacy.
27.08.2025 13:30 — 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0Worried about teens and AI? Teach them news literacy | Opinion
News literacy helps young people understand that not all information generated by AI tools is accurate and gives them the skills to fact-check.
www.oklahoman.com/story/opinio...
Screenshot showing 7 news stories that populated at the top of a Google news search for "Taylor Swift engaged."
✨ Often, the best way to verify a viral claim is by going directly to the source.
✔️ While there are constant rumors about public figures like #TaylorSwift, her verified Instagram account posted today's news that she is engaged to #TravisKelce.
➕ A search shows several credible reports, too.
this might be the best racquet destruction job i've ever seen!
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🎶 KPop Demon Hunters presents the perfect lesson in media literacy.
🎞 NLP's @hannahcov.bsky.social explains how AI is causing cynicism of authentic content, such as the music from the highly popular animated urban fantasy film.
#KpopDemonHunters #MediaLiteracy
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🚀 Today, we're excited to launch the best Checkology® yet - your destination for news literacy tools.
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🔗 Get started with our Back-to-School Toolkit: go.newslit.org/Back2School
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"Everyone can benefit from having more tools in their toolbox to identify credible sources, news, & information. We get to give people tangible things they can use." - NLP's Alee Quick
Read more about how Alee is leading community outreach for NLP 👇🏾
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"Grok, the chatbot made by Elon Musk’s Bay Area-based xAI and embedded in the social media site X, repeatedly told the site’s users that Hawaii’s tsunami warning had been canceled when it actually hadn’t, incorrectly citing sources."
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
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