How to Find News You Can Trust. A free webinar series, sponsored by News Literacy Project to provide help in navigating an increasingly crowded and rapidly changing information environment. Each session will last approximately 45 minutes; journalists will be joining the discussions to share their thoughts about trust and credibility as they report the news. Register once to access all three sessions. 

The News Literacy Project presents a 3-session webinar on How to find news you can trust

Understanding news media bias. People frequently perceive and allege bias in news coverage, but what does this really mean? What makes a piece of news biased, and who decides? This session will empower you to evaluate the fairness, accuracy and impartiality of news coverage.

People frequently perceive and allege bias in news coverage, but what does this really mean? What makes a piece of news biased, and who decides? This session will empower you to evaluate the fairness, accuracy and impartiality of news coverage. Journalist Amethyst J. Davis of the Harvey World Herald will join us to talk about how the journalistic standards we learned about in Session 1 can be applied to confront and avoid bias in news reporting.

Amethyst is the founder of the Harvey World Herald in Harvey, Illinois, where she oversees growth and development, including outlining editorial trajectory and content. A member of the community advisory board for Chicago Public Media, she was recently named a Casey Fellow with the National Association of Black Journalists Black News & Views, where she covered health and COVID-19 for the NABJ’s newly launched digital news service.