News Literacy: Strategies
Strategies for knowing what's true
- Learn the types of false news stories and how to spot them
- Read the bylines - are the authors listed? Credentialed?
- Use fact-checking sites
- Reverse Image Search
- Laterally read: look for other sources that report on and either disagree with or corroborate the story
- Do some background reading about the news source/organization
- See if you can find editorial standards for the source
Key Questions for Decoding - Project Look Sharp
Which questions from this document do you think would especially apply to News Media?