Do you value healthy skepticism, constructive dialogue, and easy access to reliable news? Try these three challenges to increase your news literacy and stay up-to-date about our information world.
1. Check out Rumor Guard
from the News Literacy Project, and learn about the 5 Factors that can help you identify a reliable claim.
2. Practice the habit of lateral reading.
It’s way more interesting than flossing your teeth (but just as important).
3. Embrace your favorite fact-checkers
like APF Fact Check, FactCheck, and Snopes.
Related Resources
Library Resource Guides
The library’s News and Current Events Resource Guide offers links to reliable news sources and fact-checkers, free to all cardholders and library visitors. If you’re seeking reliable medical news and information, check out our Health and Medicine Resource Guide.
This post originated during National News Literacy Week 2025, a program co-presented by the News Literacy Project, the E.W. Scripps Company, and USA TODAY. But every week is a good week for news literacy. Have fun! –Jeanne Walsh, Information Services Librarian, Brooks Memorial Library.