Created by Stacy Kitsis, Library Teacher, Arlington High School. Last updated: January 19, 2021.
According to Web Literacy for Student Fact Checkers, the following fact-checking organizations focused on US national news are generally regarded as reputable:
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For more information see our page on Evaluating Sources in the AHS Research Handbook. To help find trustworthy sources, check out our guide to Current Events & Issues for newspapers, databases, and more.
Informable (News Literacy Project)
Quiz: How Well Can You Tell Factual From Opinion Statements? (Pew Research Center)
Spot the Troll (Clemson University Media Forensics Hub)
When Seeing Is No Longer Believing: Inside the Pentagon's Race Against Deepfake Videos (CNN)
Spot the Deepfake Quiz (Center for an Informed Public)
News Lit Quizzes from the News Literacy Project:
Evaluating Sources (AHS Research Handbook)
Checkology (now free for all users!!)
Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers (Mike Caulfield)
SIFT (The Four Moves) (Mike Caulfield)
Verifying Online Information (First Draft) (includes information about verifying images, videos, and social media accounts)
Media Bias Ratings (AllSides)
Best Tips for Spotting Fake News (Teen Vogue)
Educator Resources (News Literacy Project)
News and Media Literacy Resource Center (Common Sense Media)
Resources from the Center for an Informed Public (University of Washington)
The Real Problem with Fake News (Educational Leadership) (2017)
Truth, Truthiness, Triangulation: A News Literacy Toolkit for a “Post-truth” World (School Library Journal)
Countering Truth Decay (RAND)
Center for News Literacy (Stony Brook University School of Journalism)
The Long and Brutal History of Fake News (Politico) (if you think fake news is new, think again)
Fact-Checking Won’t Save Us From Fake News (FiveThirtyEight)
Crash Course Navigating Digital Information (with John Green!)
Online Verification Skills (Mike Caulfield and Civix) (four videos)
How to Choose Your News (TedEd)
Source: Check, Please! Starter Course.
Featured Resource
Today's featured resource is Fake News Can Be Deadly, Here's How to Spot It with a comic from NPR.
Source: National Public Radio.
Easiest Quiz of All Time
Can you pass the Easiest Quiz of All Time? Give it your best shot.
Source: The News Literacy Project.
How to Spot Fake News
Source: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
Beyond Fake News
Click through to the article for great examples of each!
Source: EAVI.