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Published in Asian Network of News & Information Educators

·Jan 27, 2021

Teaching news literacy: Images in the news (and how to vet them)

While iconic news photos can deliver powerful messages on important issues, they could also be misleading sometimes. — Overall learning objective Students will be able to develop a better understanding of how news photos are being made and chosen to be shown to the audience. Power of images In English, there is a phrase “Seeing is believing.” In Chinese, people say “眼見為實(眼见为实) — To see is to believe.”

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Images in the news: They cut both ways
Images in the news: They cut both ways

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Published in Asian Network of News & Information Educators

·Jan 25, 2021

Teaching news literacy: Truth, evidence, and limitations in journalism

Journalistic truth is not absolute. It is the best obtainable version of the truth based on verified facts up to that point of publication. News reporting builds over time. — Key takeaways Truth (journalistic truth) Journalistic truth is the best obtainable version of the truth based on verified facts up to that point of publication. News reporting is a continuing journey towards finding the truth as our understanding can only build over time.

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Truth, evidence, and limitations in journalism
Truth, evidence, and limitations in journalism

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Published in Asian Network of News & Information Educators

·Jan 24, 2021

Teaching news literacy: Editorial decisions and algorithms

Algorithms are not some mysterious magic behind social media services. Users can control what they see to a certain degree if they know how to “train” the personalized algorithms. — Key takeaways Our ‘snap judgment’ to click, like, and share media content is an ‘editorial’ decision. Platforms take our actions and preferences into the mathematical formulas known as algorithms that determine what content we encounter.

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Hack the algorithms: Be your own editor
Hack the algorithms: Be your own editor

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Published in Asian Network of News & Information Educators

·Jan 16, 2021

Teaching news literacy: What is journalism for?

In today's media and information landscape, news and journalism need to be redefined for the students. — Introduction The following introduction activities are designed to bring out the following talking points: News is something new; something people want to know and share (public interest). Rumors and gossips can be true or not true, but news should be fact-based (verified or verifiable information).

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What is journalism for?
What is journalism for?

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Published in Asian Network of News & Information Educators

·Jan 16, 2021

Teaching news literacy: Native advertising (advertorials)

Advertising material that resembles news borrows journalism’s credibility to promote a product, service, person, group, or even an idea. — Introduction [Transcript] In print newspapers and magazines, we have what we call advertorials. They look and read like news articles but in fact, they are sponsored content. In other words, someone paid to put the story into the newspaper, just like an advertisement, but it is presented in the form…

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Native advertising
Native advertising

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Published in Asian Network of News & Information Educators

·Jan 15, 2021

Teaching news literacy: Are press releases journalism?

Some news stories are re-written press releases. Should we call those reports journalistic content? — Introduction [Video Transcript] The fundamental difference between news stories and other forms of storytelling is that news is factual — it should not be a result of fictional imagination, which is to say, all the information in a news story should come from somewhere outside of reporters’ brain.

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Are press releases journalism?
Are press releases journalism?

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Published in Asian Network of News & Information Educators

·Jan 15, 2021

Teaching news literacy: Impact of social media

Do your students really understand the impact of social media on the news they consume? How about its effect on overall human psychology, behavior, and interactions? — Introduction Establish how powerful the information we like, share, and produce on social media could be. You may like to show the following videos. Activity Social media pledge + self-reflective video monologue Learning outcome Students should be able to:

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Impact of social media
Impact of social media

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Published in Asian Network of News & Information Educators

·Jan 10, 2021

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Published in annie lab

·Nov 5, 2020

Fact-checks on US election disinformation

By Annie Lab team We have created a Flipboard magazine to share our bookmarks of fact-checking stories related to the 2020 U.S. presidential election. If you have any content that seems to have not yet been investigated by any. fact checker, please contact us so that our team can look…

US Elections

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Fact-checks on US election disinformation
Fact-checks on US election disinformation
US Elections

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Published in annie lab

·Nov 1, 2020

Annie Lab @ HKU Journalism

Annie Lab does not take any political position or advocate for any course of action. — Annie Lab newsroom is a fact-checking project at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong (HKU Journalism) in collaboration with ANNIE (Asian Network of News & Information Educators), a not-for-profit educational organization registered in Hong Kong (CR number 2890935). Background In recent years, a constant stream…

Fact Checking

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About Annie Lab @ HKU Journalism
About Annie Lab @ HKU Journalism
Fact Checking

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