On this episode, Mark Simon talks to Darragh Worland, the vice-president of creative services for the News Literacy Project.
The News Literacy Project is a non-partisan non-profit group devoted to making people better news consumers using educational tools.
Darragh talked specifically about what the group does, about programs like Checkology that can be used by students, educators, and the public. She discussed ways to handle disinformation and misinformation, how social media and groups like QAnon make their work more challenging, and how the group is trying to educate people on the use of statistics in stories.
(** Note: This episode was taped before the news about Facebook's QAnon ban broke**)
She also explained the goal of the Project's new podcast, which she hosts - Is That a Fact?
Darragh also gave tips for aspiring journalists and talked about a group working with stopping the spread of disinformation that she wanted to salute.
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NOTABLE LINKS
The News Literacy Project website
The News Literacy Project on Twitter
Darragh Worland on Twitter
Darragh's article in the New York Daily News
Is That a Fact podcast
Aaron Elson: On Copy Editing & World War II Oral History
Steve Novotney, Lede News (West Virginia)
Kassidy Arena (Iowa Public Radio & Report For America)
College Media Roundtable: Hadriana Lowenkron & J.D. Duggan
Columnist, Book Author, Professor Fernanda Santos
Graham Lee Brewer, NBC News, Native American Journalists Association
Dr. Ed Madison, Journalistic Learning Initiative
Ben Chase: From Social Worker to Small-Town Journalist for The Huron Daily Plainsman
Iliana Limón Romero & Ashley Colley of The Association for Women in Sports Media
Barbara Crossette: Covering the U.N. for PassBlue to Round Out a 50+ Year Career
Donna Ladd & Ashton Pittman - Important Investigative Reporting for the Mississippi Free Press
Khushbu Shah of The Fuller Project on Covering Women's Issues Nationally and Globally
The Marjorie: Covering Women & The Environment in Florida
The 1619 Project As A Teaching Tool for High School Journalists
Hadar Harris of the Student Press Law Center on Supporting & Defending Press Freedom
Ken Lemon On How The NABJ Is Raising Important Issues For Black Journalists
Journalism teacher P.J. Cabrera on Being An Educator of Color, Scholastic Journalism Week & More
Nathaniel Rakich of FiveThirtyEight on The Ways He Analyzes Elections
Robin Kemp of the Clayton Crescent: 21 Hours of Election Coverage and a Lifetime Connected to Journalism
Morgan Mullings of the Bay State Banner & Report For America On The Beginning of a Journalism Career
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