News Literacy
A Project to Encourage Civil Discourse and a News-Savvy Community
“Wait a minute?!” is about the moment when you stop yourself to be skeptical of the information you just heard. “Is this real? Should I share it? Let me investigate, first!”
ATMI youth and our partners are working to help students, teachers, journalists and community leaders navigate news literacy! If you would like ATMI to provide a news literacy presentation to your classroom or workplace, connect with resources, be a news literacy presenter or know more information on the topic, fill out this form and we’ll be in touch!
Thank you to our partners: the Alaska Humanities Forum, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the University of Alaska Department of Journalism and Public Communications.
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Classroom Presentations
Alaska Teen Media Institute youth producers host an interview/facilitated discussion with a local Alaskan journalist. Discussion ranges from what journalists do day-to-day, to how to combat misinformation as a consumer of news and media. We welcome questions from students that are focused on a specific classroom topic, or sparked by their curiosity, because curiosity is a key part of journalism!
Email us here to find more information about hosting a classroom presentation.
Our Work about News Literacy
Free Documentary Screening of “Trust Me” during National Media Literacy Week. Contact us if you’re interested in showing this film, or using its curriculum, in class.
Podcast: Zoom Room Episode 26 – Misinformation with Morgan Krakow (Winner of the Alaska Broadcasters Association Best Student Radio Podcast Award)
Podcast: Zoom Room Episode 33 – News Media Literacy: A Roundtable Discussion
Podcast: Zoom Room Episode 35 – Freelance Journalist Nat Herz
Anchorage Youth Vote – Alaska’s 2022 Gubernatorial Race (ATMI News Literacy discussion starts at 26:45)
News Literacy Resources
MediaWise (The Poynter Institute) – MediaWise empowers people of all ages to become more critical consumers of content online. We teach people digital media literacy and fact-checking skills to spot misinformation and disinformation. Here you can sign up for a 7-day text message course on media literacy, follow on social media, and check out the Teen Fact-Checking Network.
Newslit.org – News literacy resources for everyone from NewsLit.org, a national, nonpartisan education nonprofit building a national movement to advance the practice of news literacy throughout American society. Here you can find their Checkology platform, and download the Informable app.
Anchorage Public Library’s Fact or Fake? – Understanding how we use and consume information is more important than ever. It’s becoming harder and harder to tell legitimate sources from those that are spreading lies and misinformation. APL librarians have created an 8-part video series to show you some helpful techniques for how to spot a fake and evaluate your media sources.
Media Literacy & Students Headlines
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