To combat the spread of disinformation a new consortium will offer a digital tool to help teachers incorporate journalism into media literacy classes. A teen practices photojournalism. It is difficult for young people to navigate through all the information and...
We grab for news when events turn tragic and frightening. But we don’t think about the journalists who stayed put amid the mayhem to bring us that news. A camera catches the pepper spraying by police of a journalist covering protests in Hong Kong in 2014....
The 24/7 news cycle turns every news item into a headline without context. The more we consume the news the less we understand. Can we break out of that cycle? A TV screen fills with the words “Breaking News” while headlines scroll over. (Illustration by...
In this article, ND correspondent Tom Heneghan explains the tension between the immediate and the eventual in journalistic reporting. In this vein, what is “urgent incrementalism”? Help boost students’ media literacy skills with this text and accompanying classroom activity.
Exercise: Read the article and define “urgent incrementalism” as a class. Then, have students scan today’s headlines and each pick one story to read. Does their story lean “urgent” or “incremental”? How might that change the way a reader understands the issue at hand?
Your opinion matters. But how you express that opinion in print can mean a yawning reader or one who can’t stop thinking about your ideas. Girl reads by flashlight under the covers. Illustration by News Decoder. If you go to a gathering and someone starts to...
A media literacy organization asked for nominations of teachers and groups who teach youth about press freedom. Nominations came from all across the world. Children in a classroom and a blackboard that says “Test Monday: Press Freedom.” Illustration by...