International Fact-Checking Day is on 2 April – the day after the annual feast of benign fake news stories and hoaxes that is April Fool’s Day. It promotes fact-checking to combat malicious fake news around the world. The day is organised by the International Fact-Checking Network, a team of journalists around the world coordinated by … Continue reading “International Fact-Checking Day”
Traditionally, on April Fools Day, the media in the English-speaking world love to run hoax stories. But in these days of fake news, how easy will it be to tell the April Fools from the usual run of internet rumours on 1 April? Luckily, April Fools Day is followed by International Fact-checking Day. Which of … Continue reading “April Fools”
April Fools Day is a perfect opportunity to get your pupils thinking about the “news” they see. April Fools Day will be followed by International Fact-checking Day, a great occasion to do some media education with your classes, working on fake news. A great way to get pupils thinking about fake news is to ask … Continue reading “April Fools Fact-checking Resources”