Getting Better News

🌱 How media literacy is quietly improving our health

We are swimming in health claims, from TikTok remedies to influencer supplements, yet the skills to sort signal from noise are still unevenly taught.

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🔍 What Courts and Science Now Say About Social Media Addiction

We’re exploring a landmark jury verdict against Meta and Google, and new research that complicates simple stories about “addictive” social media and…

Apr 9

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😊 What the World Happiness Report Reveals About Trust, Information, and Well-Being

Insights from the latest World Happiness Report (an annual global assessment of well-being powered by Gallup polling and international research) show…

Apr 2

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March 2026

🧱 Building Information Integrity, One Skill at a Time

Reality Check is now Getting Better News - a shift from identifying misinformation to understanding what is truly meaningful.

Mar 26

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📰 AI, Newsrooms, and How Public Trust Is Really Shifting

We look at how AI is colliding with journalism, local news, and public trust - and what the evidence suggests is actually changing versus what only…

Mar 19

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🛸 Aliens, Conspiracies, and the Growing Need for Critical Thinking

We look at why UFO narratives are surging, what actually works (and doesn’t) to counter conspiracy thinking, and why critical thinking skills matter…

Mar 12

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✅ Rethinking Digital Childhood, Screen Time, and Social Media

Let’s move past headlines proclaiming that “screens are destroying a generation” to see what long-running data actually shows about screen time, social…

Mar 5

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February 2026

🗳️ How Americans Agree, Disagree, and Doubt the System in 2026

Three national surveys sketch a quieter, less divisive picture of American democracy than the crisis narratives dominating social feeds.

Feb 26

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🧠 How to Rewire Your Brain in an Age of Doubt

We explore how neuroscience supports civil disagreement, why loaded terms like “misinformation” can hinder dialogue, and what drives young people’s…

Feb 19

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🤔 Why Do We Trust AI Chatbots (Even When They're Not That Accurate)

AI chatbots are at the forefront of a quiet shift in how people get information.

Feb 12

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📚 What the Data Really Says About Education’s Recent Progress

We examine three education stories, from K-12 literacy to college access, where progress is genuine - and where important challenges remain.

Feb 5

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January 2026

🎭 When Seeing Isn’t Believing: How to Outsmart Deepfakes

Three vivid deepfake stories all seem to tell the same story - seeing is no longer believing. Explore our curated media and information literacy…

Jan 29

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