There are mornings when the news doesn’t just feel heavy — it sits like a weight on my chest. I have found myself staring at a screen, tears blurring the latest headline, aching with a need to do some...

First Amendment debates over ‘equal time’ rule, science influencers combating misinformation online, amateur sleuths in Nancy Guthrie case, and AI slop of puppies.

A group of Buddhist monks is persevering in their peace walk across much of the U.S. even after two participants were injured when a truck hit their escort vehicle.

As a teenager, he hoped to make it big in the Tejano music world. He realized that dream through his daughter.

Journalists reject the Pentagon’s new press policy, people swapping smartphones for dumbphones, and an AI-generated opossum scared off by Halloween decor.

Confusion online after Charlie Kirk’s death, global press freedoms decline to lowest levels in 50 years, and wellness influencers sharing conspiracy theories.

How social media and AI affect teens’ mental health, tips for news avoidance, a roundup of Taylor Swift rumors, Joe Rogan’s climate misinterpretation, and a Mountain Dew ban rumor debunked.

How social media and AI affect teens’ mental health, tips for news avoidance, a roundup of Taylor Swift rumors, Joe Rogan’s climate misinterpretation, and a Mountain Dew ban rumor debunked.

Our free monthly newsletter gives parents and caregivers quick, helpful tips to make sense of today’s information overload. You’ll get smart, family-friendly tools to help your kids think more clearly...

We feature real questions in the Family Q&A section of Scroll Smarter, the News Literacy Project's monthly newsletter for families. Reader questions are answered by our team of experts and are relevan...

Republican-backed funding cuts go way beyond NPR and PBS. Radio and TV stations from Alaska to the Allegheny Mountains may never be the same.

A roundup of the most popular stories and News Literacy Project resources in The Sift newsletter for educators during the 2024-25 school year, including topics like AI deepfakes and misinformation.

This special issue of The Sift newsletter honors World Press Freedom Day by sharing three ways for educators to teach about press freedoms.

This special issue of The Sift newsletter honors World Press Freedom Day by sharing three ways for educators to teach about press freedoms.

Press Democrat journalists shocked after hedge fund Alden Global Capital buys Sonoma Media group.

During Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we are shining a light on influential AAPI journalists and news media throughout U.S. history.

The data for 2024 found that California had a nominal gross domestic product of $4.1 trillion, behind only the United States, China and Germany.

How mass layoffs threaten public records requests, pushing back against algorithms, debunking false missing child posts, TikTok’s new Footnotes and climate misinformation online.

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Use this classroom activity from the News Literacy Project to help students explore the impact of generative AI. Students complete a K-H-W-L chart, an AI image quiz, and critical reflection to evaluat...

Use this fact-checking quiz from the News Literacy Project to review three social media posts and spot the red flags that indicate these posts contain misinformation.

It's been 25 years since Peanuts creator Charles Schulz died. He drew Charlie Brown, Snoopy and friends for 50 years before his death, and they still remain very popular.

The North Bay paper has been under local ownership for the past decade, winning a Pulitzer Prize in the process.

Political cartoonists in solidarity with Ann Telnaes, Meta scraps its fact-checking program, new journalism lingo list, and debunking the Temu warehouse fire rumor.

School closures were the hot topic at the Santa Rosa City Schools Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday night. Here’s what trustees said about what’s next.

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