Illinois Is the First State to Have High Schools Teach News Literacy
I&#x27;ve taken a news literacy class at Stony Brook about 10 years ago, when it was then a relatively new program.  I think it&#x27;s an incredibly valuable thing.<p>It was taught in more the general sense of how to apply critical thinking to judge news stories. To the people saying that this just instills propaganda about specific news sources: consider learning a little bit more about the class.<p>It teaches about how to tell journalism apart from other kinds of information, like entertainment and opinion; the hallmarks of good reporting, like transparency; discerning assertion from verification, and evidence from inference; the idea of seeking out multiple sources and how to reconcile them, etc.  It&#x27;s more a toolbox of how to inform oneself, regardless of any specific source.<p>It definitely included examples of bad reporting from all sorts of sources, because the message is that its ideas are applicable to any source of information.<p>Ideas: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.centerfornewsliteracy.org&#x2F;what-is-news-literacy&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.centerfornewsliteracy.org&#x2F;what-is-news-literacy&#x2F;</a><p>Class: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.centerfornewsliteracy.org&#x2F;stony-brooks-center-for-news-literacy-launches-groundbreaking-mooc&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.centerfornewsliteracy.org&#x2F;stony-brooks-center-fo...</a>