Get News Lit

An accurate worldview is a powerful tool for improving our mental health, the health of our society and, ultimately, the world. Use our videos, tools and resources to empower yourself to successfully navigate the news.

Use these videos, tools, and resources to empower yourself to successfully navigate the news. Develop the critical thinking skills and behavioural strategies to build a healthy news environment for yourself and others. The world may just be a better place than you think – or at least it could be

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Benefits of getting news lit' include:

Improves self-esteem and mental health

A better understanding of the world

Tools and strategies for effective change

Greater appreciation for reliable information

Learn how to think critically

Lowers levels of anxiety and helplessness

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Digital Course

Discover how our curriculum empowers students to master the art of navigating the news —an essential, an increasingly urgent, life skill for today's world.

We offer age-tailored curriculums, designed for 7-11 and 14-18-year-olds. These courses are designed to help young people engage more constructively with the news, in a way that leaves them both reliably informed about the world and empowered to act within it. We look forward to partnering with you to create a news literate generation.

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“EDUCATION IS THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON WHICH YOU CAN USE TO CHANGE THE WORLD”

Nelson Mandela

How healthy is your news diet?

Food is to the body, what information is to the mind. The consequences of our mental diet are less visible but just as powerful. Take this quiz to see how healthy your current news habits are.

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Learn the Language

“Cognitive bias”

The "tendency for the human brain to perceive information through a filter of personal experience and preferences" (What Is). It is a thinking shortcut that allows us to process information quickly and can often interfere with our ability to think accurately and objectively.

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“Editorial”

"A newspaper article expressing the editor’s opinion on a topical issue" (Oxford dictionary).

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“Fake news”

News that is "completely made up, manipulated to resemble credible journalism and attract maximum attention and, with it, advertising revenue. ... But the definition is often expanded to include websites that circulate distorted, decontextualised or dubious information through – for example – clickbaiting headlines that don’t reflect the facts of the story, or undeclared bias" (The Guardian).

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“Trust Chain”

A method used by journalists to ensure that every stage in reporting, producing and distributing news about an event or issue is accurate and reliable from beginning to end (The News Manual).

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Become an Advocate

Time has shown that any industry that has gone through a sustained shift towards a more positive purpose has relied on a conscious consumer.

News Literacy Lab will support advocacy by creating spaces to give you a voice in the movement for a more constructive news media. Join us to decide how the news could serve us better and how we can act to create and support change. Want to get involved?

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More ways we can help

Training

We empower educators, parents, librarians, and organisations with the training and resources to teach news literacy to their students, children and/or community.

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Workshops

We offer tailored workshops to meet the needs of your setting. These workshops will give you the knowledge, confidence and creativity to provide for yourself, and support others, in news literacy learning.

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Speaking

Book our founder, Jodie Jackson, to speak at your next event on news literacy as well as the impact of news on our mental health and the health of our society.

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