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develops and provides lesson plans, media materials, training and support for
teachers to integrate media literacy and critical-thinking skills into curricula at all
levels (though most are designed for students in high school or college). Resources
include curriculum kits for U.S. history, global studies, science and the environment,
health and psychology, along with a general media literacy course.
SchoolJournalism.org, based at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri,
has compiled a listing of news literacy lessons and resources, including model
curricula for English/language arts, math, science and social studies that were
prepared by the American Society of News Editors and the Journalism Education
Association.
News literacy resources: International
NORTH AMERICA
Canada
MediaSmarts, based in Ottawa, Ontario, has been developing digital and media
literacy programs for homes, schools and communities since 1996. Its programs
help children and teens develop the critical-thinking skills needed to become
engaged digital citizens.
NewsWise, a news literacy program for students ages 10-18 (grades 5 through
12), is the product of a partnership between CIVIX and the Canadian Journalism
Foundation, both based in Toronto. Started in 2018, in advance of federal elections
in 2019, it is designed to help these students develop habits of news consumption
and critical thinking that allow them to become informed citizens.
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SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina
Chequeado, based in Buenos Aires, is a digital media project that is dedicated
to the verification of public discourse and the promotion of access to information
and public data. Founded in 2010, it was the first fact-checking organization in Latin
America.
Brazil
Lupa, based in Rio de Janeiro and founded in 2015, is Brazil’s first fact-checking
service. Its educational arm, LupaEducação, offers a course in the basic techniques
of fact-checking.
Colombia
FNPI, established in 1995 by the Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García
Márquez, offers programs and workshops to train journalists and citizens in