Charles Salter
@saltercrs
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President & CEO of @NewsLitProject. Defender of democracy. Champion of educators and equality FOR ALL. Animal lover. Opinions mine.
Washington, DC
Joined September 2014
More than 90 percent of teenagers want media literacy instruction included in their education as the group grapples with conspiracy theories and #disinformation online, the findings of a new 360-degree survey from @NewsLitProject reveals. https://t.co/Kk98XcWgd7
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If you follow me here and are also on Bluesky, please follow me there @crsalter. I’ll be sure to follow you back!
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🧵 News literacy in action: This thread shows 4 major wins from the 2023-2024 school year made possible by our donor community + 2 short student video clips illustrating our impact 👇🏾 #NewsLiteracy
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Check out this RumorGuard post from the @NewsLitProject and push back against misinformation!
rumorguard.org
Conspiratorial claims that satellites from billionaire Elon Musk’s high-speed internet service provider Starlink helped rig the recent presidential election to favor President-elect Donald Trump are...
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🤔 It's common for people of all persuasions to say "the media" is biased against their beliefs. 1 - Why do people feel this way? 2 - And what counts as bias in news? 📌 Spend some time with our infographic, which you can also download: https://t.co/LCpCgQUwOg
#MediaLiteracy
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Holy cow! 🐄 Teach With TikTok: Help Students Stick to the Facts webinar was 🤯! “Time converts into data which converts into ad sales. Everything they do online generates data about them.” @AlexaVolland @Brittney_HSmith @newslitproject @edwebnet 👉 https://t.co/TkOjXU9gy7
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“News literacy is fundamental to preparing students to become active, critically thinking members of our civic life - which should be one of the primary goals of a public education." - NLP's Kim Bowman in this @EdSurge story about our new teen survey https://t.co/ypvXSC0VNY
edsurge.com
Teens who use social media see conspiracy theories come across their feed at least once per week, according to a new study from the News Literacy ...
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❌ NO: Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites were not used to manipulate or change votes during the presidential election. ℹ️ GA, PA & other swing states don’t allow voting equipment to be connected to the internet during ballot counting. 🔗 RumorGuard® post: https://t.co/dyrepe3WSf
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⚠️ Don't let your echo chamber exclude the facts. ⚠️ Understand the power of confirmation bias & motivated reasoning. 🤔 If you see a post that gets your head nodding, take a moment to verify it's legit before sharing. 🔗 Download the poster: https://t.co/xRwxPz57A4
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🚨 Here are 5 disinformation trends & tactics to be aware of on #ElectionDay & beyond: https://t.co/a941DP4WAu ℹ️ This prebunking guide is a collaboration between NLP & the @MentalImmunityP.
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🚨 Here are 5 disinformation trends & tactics to be aware of on #ElectionDay & beyond: https://t.co/a941DP4WAu ℹ️ This prebunking guide is a collaboration between NLP & the @MentalImmunityP.
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🗳️ #ElectionDay is here & it's never been more important to practice news literacy. 🤔 Especially with a constantly developing event like the presidential election, remember these 6 tips for sticking to the facts ⤵️ 🔗 Download the infographic: https://t.co/jk1jMySBVT
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Here are five election disinformation trends you should expect -- and warn others not to fall for: 1. Raw video voting/polls. 2. Vote totals will jump. 3. Premature claims of victory. 4. Last-minute AI-generated images/videos. 5. Partisan claims of fraud. https://t.co/7fG72NV0Nu
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Confirmation bias & motivated reasoning are powerful influencers & are often exploited by bad actors. As #ElectionDay nears, scroll social feeds with an extra careful eye & don't let preconceived beliefs dictate what you share or act on. 🔗 Download: https://t.co/xRwxPz57A4
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Come join our growing team!
We're hiring 2 software engineers with technical expertise to help us build toward a more news-literate country⤵️ 💡 Senior Software Engineer: https://t.co/xKJA48aOu1 💡 Junior Software Developer: https://t.co/cjKzQxgqS0 ➕ We now have 6️⃣ openings: https://t.co/BC3bWklHvi:
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“The future of our shared civic life depends on young people learning the skills necessary to find credible information online,” said NLP CEO @saltercrs. “Checkology is the most comprehensive resource on the internet to do just that." Read more: https://t.co/r47b4fGO0J
#Webbys
newslit.org
The News Literacy Project's Checkology platform has won a Webby Award from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.
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Nobody is going to eliminate #misinformation. But, says @saltercrs, "What we can do is make people much more resilient & discerning consumers of information so that they're somewhat inoculated against some of the nonsense that will come their way." 🎙
bushcenter.org
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On the anniversary of the wrongful detention of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich, we are reminded that democracy depends on a free press. The @NewsLitProject stands with those calling for Evan’s release. Support Evan and his family: https://t.co/GiTlQNNjbS
#IStandWithEvan
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Chuck Salter (@saltercrs), president and CEO of the @NewsLitProject, discusses the organization’s work to help students become news literate, what makes him optimistic about the future, and how news consumers can determine fact from opinion as disinformation is on the rise.
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🎉 Today, we're honored to receive the @librarycongress David M. Rubenstein Prize in person! Learn more about the award 👇🏾
🎉 BIG NEWS: NLP has received the highest honor from the @librarycongress Literacy Awards Program, the David M. Rubenstein Prize, in recognition of our work helping people of all ages identify misinformation and help stop its spread. Learn more:
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