Finding Facts

Episode 27

In this episode

It’s becoming increasingly more difficult to sort fact from fiction in this digital age. In this episode, we talk to Alan Miller, who founded the News Literacy Project—an educational, nonpartisan nonprofit organization that is helping people determine what information to trust and share.

Related Resources

The News Literacy Project

Don’t Get Fooled: 7 Simple Steps. The News Literacy Project

Many Americans Believe Fake News Is Sowing Confusion, Pew Research Center, December 15, 2016

How Americans Encounter, Recall and Act Upon Digital News, Pew Research Center, February 9, 2017

Publics Globally Want Unbiased News Coverage, but Are Divided on Whether Their News Media Deliver, Pew Research Center, January 11, 2018

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