The jury is still out on this question in the long term.

Learn more about this misguided pursuit of balance in news stories.

Representation is a huge challenge for newsrooms and they need to do better.

That depends on whom you ask.

Fact-checking is effective but it is not without its drawbacks.

A new study underscores how effective cable news has been at stoking political polarization.

Anonymous Sources and the Trust Factor

“We, the public, need to do our part and take responsibility for becoming smarter and more critical news consumers who support–and trust– a free and independent press”.

Section 230 doesn’t have many admirers in Washington, D.C., and the need to change it may be one of the few things President Biden and former President Trump agree on—albeit for very different reasons.

Although there is no cure for the timeless appeal of conspiracy theories and the genuine dangers they pose, critical thinking combined with news literacy skills can prevent these radical ideas from gaining traction, which researchers say is much more effective than debunking them after they’ve been widely embraced.

The attack on the Capitol is just the latest evidence that fake news is toxic to democracy and that it can have very real, even deadly, consequences. It also confirms that news literacy education is more urgent than ever. It’s going to take more than a week for people to recognize that we all bear a responsibility to be part of the solution.