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News Literacy Project
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Tangentially relevant to AI safety via its focus on epistemic resilience and misinformation resistance — important societal infrastructure as AI-generated disinformation scales, but not directly an AI safety resource.
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Summary
The News Literacy Project is a nonprofit organization providing free educational resources and a virtual classroom platform (Checkology) to help K-12 students identify misinformation, understand media bias, evaluate sources, and think critically about digital information. It supports educators across all 50 US states with lessons covering misinformation, conspiratorial thinking, algorithms, and journalistic integrity.
Key Points
- •Offers Checkology, a free virtual classroom platform with lessons on spotting misinformation, media bias, source reliability, and critical thinking.
- •Reaches 73+ educators and 3,000+ students across 26+ school districts in the 2024-25 school year.
- •Covers topics relevant to AI-era information challenges including algorithmic influence, conspiratorial thinking, and disinformation.
- •Focuses on building resilient, independent thinkers capable of navigating the modern digital information environment.
- •Targets K-12 education as a systemic intervention against the erosion of trust caused by false information.
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| Page | Type | Quality |
|---|---|---|
| AI Disinformation | Risk | 54.0 |
| Epistemic Learned Helplessness | Risk | 53.0 |
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# Young people deserve news literacy education
We provide educators in all 50 states with the resources they need to help students learn to confidently navigate the digital world.
[Our mission and vision](https://newslit.org/mission-vision/)
## Our impact, thanks to your support
[Our work in numbers](https://newslit.org/our-impact/)
False information erodes the trust that connects us. Thanks to you, our national movement is rebuilding it. Every day, we help educators shape the next generation of resilient, independent thinkers.
**During the 2024-25 school year our resources were used by:**
## 73+
**Educators**
with
## 3,067+
**Students**
in
## 26+
**School districts**
## Start teaching now
### Our digital learning platform
With our free virtual classroom, you can help students learn to spot falsehoods, understand media bias, find reliable sources and think critically. Lessons, activities, infographics and other resources cover misinformation, conspiratorial thinking, algorithms and more. See how it can help in the video below.
[Explore Checkology and all we have to offer](https://newslit.org/our-checkology-virtual-classroom/)
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## What others are saying
### Journalists, educators and students agree — Checkology isn’t just useful, it’s essential for 21st-century learning.
#### “One of the most important educational tools for our time.”
#### “With Checkology, I learned about the First Amendment, journalistic integrity, deciphering sources. I think that does empower me.”
**Neveah Rice**
Student
Cornell High School, Pennsylvania
#### “Checkology is one of THE best resources I’ve used in 25 years of teaching.”
**Beth Holmgren**
CTE Business Teacher
Negaunee High School, Michigan
## See how we’re making news — and making a difference
[Read our latest news](https://newslit.org/our-updates-announcements/)
[Read Post Our People: Aji Bakare, Senior Major Gifts Officer, East](https://newslit.org/news-and-research/our-people-aji-
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