Mediagazer: A look at news literacy programs teaching students in the US how to spot fake news, including Civic Online Reasoning, Center for News Literacy, and Checkology (Alina Tugend/New York Times)

11:45 AM ET, February 21, 2020

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Alina Tugend / New York Times:

A look at news literacy programs teaching students in the US how to spot fake news, including Civic Online Reasoning, Center for News Literacy, and Checkology — News literacy instruction is flourishing in the wake of the 2016 election as worries about fake news grow.

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CNN:

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