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News Literacy Project @newslit.org · 05/06/2026

1/ "A lot of teenagers want clarity about what they can trust." Meet Ridley Mentzer, 14, from Los Angeles, whose service project about helping his peers find credible information won an eighth-grade fair competition. He was awarded $100 that he could donate to a nonprofit, & he chose NLP.

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L.A. area teen gives prize winnings to News Literacy Project

Ridley Mentzer, 14, knows teens struggle to make sense of news and other information today. That's why he donated $100 to the News Literacy Project.

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Hannah Covington @hannahcov.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Nothing can touch me today because I’m quoted in Scholastic News. I know third grade Hannah, who lived for Scholastic book fairs, would be very proud. 📚

An issue of Scholastic News magazine is open to a two-page story about social media influencers. The headline is “Be a smart scroller.”

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News Literacy Project @newslit.org · 26/03/2026

✨ In early March, the growing NLP team gathered in Savannah, GA, for our annual staff retreat! 💡 After a few action-packed days, we departed with a stronger than ever resolve to bring news literacy to classrooms across the U.S. 👉🏾 Learn more about NLP & how to support this mission: newslit.org/

A diverse group of people, the staff of the News Literacy Project, stands on outdoor steps, smiling warmly. The backdrop is brick and trees, creating a welcoming, collegial atmosphere.

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News Literacy Project @newslit.org · 02/03/2026

Educators: Can your students separate news from content about news? It's a distinction that matters, as NLP's @hannahcov.bsky.social explains in today's special edition of The Sift! Check out the newsletter for classroom slides on this topic + our new infographic 👇🏽

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The Sift: Special issue: Information ecosystem - The News Literacy Project

Special issue of The Sift on the role news plays in the information landscape — including slides for students to practice separating news from content about news.

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Hannah Covington @hannahcov.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Liz was one of my first friends at the Star Tribune. She's passionate, kind and — like many in the Twin Cities — exhausted. Liz talked to the AP about juggling daycare concerns while she and her husband cover a story with no end in sight. This is local journalism. apnews.com/article/immi...

An excerpt from an AP story quoting public safety reporter, Liz Sawyer:
As a reporter, Sawyer says the public response to the outlet’s work, sharing stories and images, has lifted her spirits. Readers see it as public service journalism. Still, she could use a break. She and her husband, Star Tribune photographer Aaron Lavinsky, have a baby daughter and make sure to stagger their coverage. They can’t both be tear-gassed or arrested at the same time; who makes the daycare pickup?

“I think both residents and journalists in this town are running on fumes,” she said. “We’re tired of being in the international spotlight and it’s never for something positive. People are trying their best to get through this moment with grace.”

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News Literacy Project @newslit.org · 20/01/2026

From influencers to podcasters, much of our info ecosystem is focused on discussing current events. But not all content about news is equally credible — or, in the age of AI, legit. 👀 NLP's @hannahcov.bsky.social breaks it all down during a FREE #NewsLiteracyWeek event: go.newslit.org/Feb3NLP2026

Webinar ad with a tree and digital icons, text: 'Influencers, AI, and Credibility.' Scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 3, 4-5 PM ET. Presented by News Literacy Project.

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News Literacy Project @newslit.org · 30/12/2025

📢 Educators: During National #NewsLiteracyWeek, join us for a FREE webinar on influencers, AI & credibility. 🗓️ Tuesday, Feb. 3, 4-5pm ET ℹ️ @hannahcov.bsky.social will explore teaching strategies & resources to help students identify different kinds of content online. 🔗 go.newslit.org/Feb3NLP2026

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Influencers, AI, and Credibility: Teach Students About the Information Ecosystem - The News Literacy Project

Join the News Literacy Project’s Hannah Covington for this National News Literacy Week edWebinar to explore teaching strategies and resources to help students distinguish between different kinds of content on social media.

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News Literacy Project @newslit.org · 06/11/2025

1/ 🚨Our NEW study paints a shockingly bleak picture of how teens view the press. It also illustrates that there is a chasm between what teens think is going on in newsrooms versus what happens every day at credible outlets. 🔗 Summary + full report: go.newslit.org/TeensNewsMedia

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Jake Lloyd @jakelam2116.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Great internship opportunity to work with my awesome colleague @susanmini.bsky.social & her team on taking NLP's impactful newsletters to the next level! #Interns #EduSky

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Hannah Covington @hannahcov.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

In case you're wondering, I'm still not done talking about this movie. Recently I chatted with Laura Yuen at @startribune.com about confusion over AI fakes and how the rise of these tools are deepening distrust and making people question what's real. www.startribune.com/kpop-demon-h...

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Yuen: In era of deep doubt, even ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ is mistaken for AI

AI slop and other bot-generated content is making it harder for people to discern the truth from fiction.

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Hannah Covington @hannahcov.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Love this quote from a student in Brooklyn: “ Journalism isn't only hunching over a desk and writing. Journalism is interviewing, understanding the community, and so much more."

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

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...

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Trust in elections rises after ‘inoculations’ meant to preempt false fraud claims

New U.S.-Brazil study points to ways of countering election misinformation, political scientists say

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Hannah Covington @hannahcov.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

📝New from me, on AI and young people and the educators who are making a difference. Big thanks to the librarians, teachers and students in Oklahoma who spoke with me for this piece. www.oklahoman.com/story/opinio...

Oklahoma educator Riley Barnes leads a lesson on social media algorithms. The words "search engines," "YouTube," and "TikTok" are visible on the white board behind her.

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clytiebunyan.bsky.social @clytiebunyan.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Worried 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...

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Why more AI education is needed to help kids avoid being duped, misled | 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.

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Hannah Covington @hannahcov.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Listen, our social media team was ON IT yesterday. Some engagement news, with a side of media literacy.

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Hannah Covington @hannahcov.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Wherein I take any and every opportunity to talk about this movie👇🎤 P.S. Even if the original tweet was just trolling for engagement, the challenge remains of how we engage with and view original artistry in the age of AI. P.P.S. The singalong this weekend was v fun and v joyful.

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Hannah Covington @hannahcov.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Rather than hunt for visual clues of authenticity, consider the source. My colleague Dan Evon has been saying this for two years now: Sure, you can see if the hands/fingers/text look weird, but even better is considering who shared the image/video in the first place. www.tiktok.com/@newslitproj...

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Misshapen or oddly-formed fingers are a sign that an image was made by AI, but it's even better if those fingers point you to a source. Here's a simple #misinfo #tip to spot these #ai creations.

TikTok video by News Literacy Project

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Hannah Covington @hannahcov.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

As @shiraovide.bsky.social points out, we all tend to believe things that scare us, delight us or affirm what we already think is true. Just recognizing this vulnerability is a good first step. We've got a whole infographic on these cognitive biases with some good tips newslit.org/educators/re...

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In brief: Confirmation bias and motivated reasoning

People generally feel that their opinions are rational and carefully considered. But in reality, we are all vulnerable to an array of cognitive biases that distort our understanding of the world aroun...

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Hannah Covington @hannahcov.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

"LOL, you can't" may seem cavalier, but it drives home an important point: AI tools are getting better all the time and can even fool professionals. So, what can you do? A few thoughts with some resources 👇 www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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Analysis | How to spot an AI video? LOL, you can’t.

It’s time to stop trying to be AI detectives. We need a different approach to a world awash in realistic AI.

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Hannah Covington @hannahcov.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Devastated to report I fell for this. 🐰

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News Literacy Project @newslit.org · 20/06/2025

“I feel like this is one way we can help our students — & help ourselves, to be frank — with figuring out what is real & what is not.” - Library media specialist Melinda Gallagher about #NewsLiteracy @hannahcov.bsky.social 's piece for @the74.bsky.social ⤵️ zurl.co/cEKpr

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I Talked to Teenagers About Conspiracy Theories. Here’s What They Told Me

Covington: For students who watched the viral social media response to a classmate’s death, news literacy is key.

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News Literacy Project @newslit.org · 17/06/2025

NLP's @hannahcov.bsky.social spoke with 12 high school students about news habits & what it’s like trying to find credible info online. Said Kelsey Perry, 18, of seeing conspiracy theories everywhere: “It gets to the point where it’s kind of hard not to believe some of them." @the74.bsky.social

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I Talked to Teenagers About Conspiracy Theories, Here’s What They Told Me

Covington: For students who watched the viral social media response to a classmate’s death, news literacy is key.

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Hannah Covington @hannahcov.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

4/4 They want help making sense of it all. Our national survey found an overwhelming majority of teens (94%) want media literacy instruction, but most aren’t getting it. Young people didn't ask for this online mess, and we owe it to them to show how to navigate it with thought and care. Full story⬇️

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I Talked to Teenagers About Conspiracy Theories, Here’s What They Told Me

Covington: For students who watched the viral social media response to a classmate’s death, news literacy is key.

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Hannah Covington @hannahcov.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

3/4 A lot of teenagers (8 in 10!) are encountering conspiracy theories. Students told me they find this content entertaining and silly. But what starts out as a joke can become something more. “It gets to the point where it’s kind of hard not to believe some of them,” said Kelsey Perry, 18.

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Hannah Covington @hannahcov.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

2/4 At Owasso High School, the death of 16-year-old Nex Benedict last year put this community at the center of viral rumors and hate. For some students, it also marked a turning point in how they think about verifying information online.

An excerpt of a news article where one student describes how their classmate's death and the online rumors that followed made them rethink their perception of influencers and how to know whether online information is credible.

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Hannah Covington @hannahcov.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

1/4 *taps mic* My byline is back for the first time in many moons. I wrote about teenagers, conspiracy theories and what it was like when social media rumors became personal and painful at an Oklahoma high school. 🧵with the some takeaways: www.the74million.org/article/i-ta...

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I Talked to Teenagers About Conspiracy Theories, Here’s What They Told Me

Covington: For students who watched the viral social media response to a classmate’s death, news literacy is key.

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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Good morning, America! Our Digital News Report 2025 is out 📊48 markets 🌏Almost 100K respondents 📰Key headline: Audiences lean into video news and influencers, raising misinformation concerns and new dilemmas for publishers 📱Explore now buff.ly/xLP67Tg 🧵Findings in thread #DNR25

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Craig Silverman @craigsilverman.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

The Wayback Machine is an indispensable tool for archiving web content. It's also a powerful search engine that can dig up deleted webpages and social media posts. Here's the Indicator guide to getting the most out of the Wayback machine: indicator.media/p/ge...

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Getting the most out of the Wayback Machine

Tips for the Wayback Machine browser extension, API, and more!

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 25/04/2025

Seven-in-ten Americans are at least somewhat concerned about potential restrictions on press freedom. This includes 43% who say they are extremely or very concerned.  These numbers are almost identical to the findings of an April 2024 survey. www.pewresearch.org/...

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Americans remain concerned about press freedoms, but partisan views have flipped since 2024

A majority of Democrats (60%) are highly concerned about press freedoms – about double the share of Republicans (28%).

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Peter Adams @peteradams.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Reminder: teaching #newsliteracy #medialiteracy effectively means spotlighting positive examples of quality journalism *at least as often* as focusing on coverage you think is problematic. Excellent example of the impact of the watchdog role & the importance of a free press to democracy here 👇

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News Literacy Project @newslit.org · 03/02/2025

📢 National #NewsLiteracyWeek in partnership with @ewscrippsco.bsky.social & @usatoday.com begins TODAY! ✨ Whether you're an educator or not, you can make a difference in young people's lives by empowering them to identify credible information. 🔗 Get involved & share: newsliteracyweek.org

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- Teens are navigating the most complex information landscape in history.
- News literacy can help them learn to identify credible information

NATIONAL NEWS LITERACY WEEK
Presented by News Literacy Project, the E.W. Scripps Company and USA Today
Feb. 3-7, 2025
For a future founded on facts, visit NewsLiteracyWeek.org

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Hannah Covington @hannahcov.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

These text scams have really leveled up to Dickens-level pathos

A text reads “Dad? When are you coming back with the milk? It’s been 4 months…”

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Hannah Covington @hannahcov.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I'm a big believer that news orgs should make these types of pages *easy* for readers to find and access.

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Hannah Covington @hannahcov.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Recently visited a high school student newspaper staff and talked about the importance of journalism standards. We discussed how standards separate their work from so much else online. I encouraged them to publish a code of ethics as a staff. Went back last week, and they did! 🥹

The words "Owasso Rampage Code of Ethics" sit on a webpage that includes a starry night sky background with pine trees.

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Craig Silverman @craigsilverman.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Massive change at Meta, as Zuckerberg announces they’re ditching fact checkers in the US and replacing them with community notes. Meta is probably the single largest funder of fact checking in the world right now. But that appears to be coming to an end. www.facebook.com/share/v/18Rc...?

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Redirecting...

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

A big one today with @mikecaulfield.bsky.social. It's about Jan 6th but its really about trying to diagnose what precisely is broken about our information ecosystem and why everything feels so stuck. It's about how the internet is a justification machine. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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The Internet Is Worse Than a Brainwashing Machine

A rationale is always just a scroll or a click away.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

It may seem strange to folks outside of academia, but there has been a line of prominent research within it arguing that misinformation isn't a problem. This paper pushes back, noting how those arguments often rely on poor definitions & operationalizations of what misinformation is & how it works.

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Hannah Covington @hannahcov.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Yeeep. A quick Google search is usually all you need to turn up reams of coverage for whatever topic “the media isn’t covering.” With platforms de-prioritizing news, it might feel like journalists are ignoring a story, but it’s likely just that an algorithm hasn’t surfaced it in your feed.

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Hannah Covington @hannahcov.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I remember a newsroom colleague teaching me the "site:WEBSITENAME.com" trick back when I was an early career reporter and how much of a gamechanger it was for my research. These tips are even more handy with the decline in Google search quality amid SEO spam, etc.

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Hannah Covington @hannahcov.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Why I go to work each day: "Education is also critical. It can empower individuals to think independently, question sources and understand the complexity of the endless information available on the internet." www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/s...

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Fact-Checkers Cannot Save Us

In our interconnected modern world, education is critical in the fight against disinformation.

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Hannah Covington @hannahcov.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

It's true! Just added the new slides. 🔔 This week we've got slides on Wicked, the watchdog role of the press, filter bubbles, AI and more.

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Hannah Covington @hannahcov.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

It's that time of year again for journalists to feel crippling self-doubt* (and ok yes, inspiration) by clicking through roundups of the best story topics unearthed this year www.bloomberg.com/features/202... *jk that's year-round.

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The Stories We Most Admired in 2024: Businessweek’s Jealousy List

The stories we admired most this year.

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Megan Carpentier @megancarpentier.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

This is one of the most well-written explanations of certain kinds of AI errors I’ve seen to date. (The whole article is great too.) www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...

When you pose the question to a language model, what you are really asking is, “Given the statistical distribution of words in the vast public corpus of text, what are the words most likely to follow the sequence ‘what country is to the south of Rwanda?’” Even if the system responds with the word “Burundi,” this is a different sort of assertion with a different relationship to reality than the human’s answer, and to say the AI “knows” or “believes” Burundi to be south of Rwanda is a category mistake that will lead to errors and confusion.

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 04/12/2024

When you see a post that outrages you: - You're more likely to share it without stopping to check if it's true - It's statistically more likely to be false or misleading Wrote about a new study in Science that finds misinfo thrives in part because social media optimizes for outrage: wapo.st/3D0waHZ

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Analysis | Outraged? You’re more likely to share misinformation, study finds.

Research sheds light on viral falsehoods as a separate report finds foreign disinformation plagued social media in the 2024 election.

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News Literacy Project @newslit.org · 03/12/2024

Here are just 2 of the FREE resources YOU can support on #GivingTuesday: ✨ The Sift® newsletter, which covers teachable moments in the news & is packed with classroom activities. ✨ Our Checkology® digital learning platform, with 20 lessons on essential #NewsLiteracy topics! ❤️ newslit.org/donate/

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News Literacy Project: Donate & Support

Support news literacy by donating today.

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Craig Silverman @craigsilverman.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Still time to sign up for this! I’ll give a rundown of lots of new and updated tools to help with your reporting:

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Craig Silverman @craigsilverman.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

This is happening next week! Sign up below:

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Peter Adams @peteradams.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

We're all inclined to affirm our existing beliefs & ideas about the world, & to avoid the cognitive dissonance caused by information that complicates them. This infographic from @newslitproject.bsky.social lays out the basics about these tendencies. newslit.org/educators/re...

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