Skip to Main Content

General Use: News and Media Literacy: Professional Resources

Professional Resources

Professional Resources

Webinars

Webinars

edWeb Webinar: Fight Fake News: Media Literacy for StudentsPresented by Tiffany Whitehead, School Librarian, Episcopal School of Baton Rouge, LA

edWeb Webinar: Fighting Fake News: How to Outsmart Trolls and Troublemakers: Presented by Adam Lewandowski, Museum Education, NewseumED

Fact vs. Fiction: Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in the Age of Fake News. Presented by Jennifer LaGarde and Darren Hudgins

Books from the Library

Books

Professional Resources

Professional Resources

News Literacy Project Educators' Resources

News Literacy Project's The SiftWeekly email of real world media literacy instances

Reading The Pictures: This website is intended for adults and it features a variety of topics.  It chronicles photography surrounding a topic and discuss the photojournalism qualities.

Courses

Educator Courses

Making Sense of the News: News Literacy Lessons for Digital Citizens: Here's a Coursea course developed by Stony Brook University's Center for News Literacy.

Teaching Media Literacy in a Post-Truth World: This self-paced course provides more foundational information surrounding media literacy.  In this course, you'll set your own goals and work through the syllabus in meeting your own individual goals.

Media Literacy Micro Credential from PBS and KQED

Credit

Information for this LibGuide was adapted from the News Literacy LibGuide developed by Caitlin Bennett at Londonderry Middle School. It is used with permission.