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One student wanted to know why so many nurses were spreading vaccine misinformation.
Other participants drew parallels to popular crime-fighting myths found in shows like “Criminal Minds.”
But most of the college students who participated in a fact-checking workshop from MediaWise, the social-first digital media literacy initiative of the nonprofit Poynter Institute, were simply happy to report feeling more digitally savvy after the hour they spent learning to spot fact from fiction online.
MediaWise and its Campus Correspondents have been working since 2020 to slow the spread of online misinformation. In 2022, the goal is to train at 100 diverse colleges and universities, and availability is now opening up for another 25 workshops.
Via Elizabeth E Charles
