Media Literacy Lab.
Reading the news involves decisions about evidence. A photograph may be genuine while its caption is wrong. Several articles may rely on one source. A numerical claim may be accurate while the explanation attached to it remains unproven.
These guides and games help you examine those distinctions. Use them to investigate a claim, understand a developing story, or practice assessing information before sharing it.
Examine a claim
Critical reading
Work through the wording of a headline, follow its attribution, and examine the comparison behind a statistic. The guide uses a fictional safety-program headline to separate a measured change from a claim about what caused it.
Fact-checking techniques
Investigate the origin, date, and context of material circulating online. Follow the guide’s links to the evidence and tools relevant to the claim you are examining.
Understand the presentation
News, analysis, and opinion
Follow a fictional public decision through a factual report, an explanation, an argument, and an official announcement. Learn what each form asks you to accept and what kind of support it needs.
Media literacy guide
Examine how information is selected and presented, and use the guide’s practical techniques to assess the material in front of you.
Understand the place
The geography behind a story
Follow the connection between a location and its wider consequences. Examine routes, resources, decision-making authority, and the choices built into a map.
Learn by doing
News fact-checking game / Geography game