News Literacy: News Literacy

Books for Professionals:

Monroe 1 BOCES:

• News Literacy: The keys to combating fake news (Michelle Luhtala and Jacquelyn Whiting)
• Developing Digital Detectives (Jennifer LaGarde) - Folks who attend Jennifer's training in March will receive a physical copy of her book.

Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES:

• Developing Digital Detectives (Jennifer LaGarde)
• Fact vs Fiction (Jennifer LaGarde)
• News Literacy (Tom Bober)

Books for Students:

Monroe 1 BOCES:

• True or False (Cindy L. Otis)
• True or False (Audiobook) (Cindy L. Otis)
• The Sad Little Fact (Jonah Winter)

Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES:

• Debunking Conspiracy Theories (Anna Maria Johnson)
• Seeing Through Internet Hoaxes (Fiona Young-Brown)
• Recognizing Bias (Aidan M. Ryan)
• Confronting Disinformation (Elizabeth Schmermund)
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New York Public Library SORA:

• Fake News: Separating Truth from Fiction (Michael Miller)
• The News: A groundwork guide (Peter Steven) - New York Public Library SORA

This Stanford Graduate School of Education study from November 2019 looked at young people's lack of basic skills of digital evaluation. The infographic above lists their findings, and they were, in a word, troubling. The graphic is linked to the full study where you can read not only their full findings, but the activities they used.

This PSA was developed for the News Literacy Project by the global creative communications and advertising firm Saatchi & Saatchi.

Also see the webinar series, Understanding Misinformation and How to Talk to People Who Believe It by the News Literacy Project. This is a series of four free webinars offered to older adults through a partnership with AARP, but the information is valuable for all ages. Read through the paragraph to find the links to the four recorded webinars. Each one is about an hour long.