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0 pointsjahsome3y ago0 comments

Former journalist.

I have ranted to friends and family for decades about the lack of media literacy and the lack of understanding for the newsgathering and reporting processes.

I'm glad to see others continuing those rants because I gave up shortly after j school and transitioning careers.

Media literacy should be mandated in school.

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latchkey3y ago

> Media literacy should be mandated in school.

Just try for basic literacy first.

  A Gallup analysis published in March 2020 looked at data collected by the U.S. Department of Education in 2012, 2014, and 2017. It found that 130 million adults in the country have low literacy skills, meaning that more than half (54%) of Americans between the ages of 16 and 74 read below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level, according to a piece published in 2022 by APM Research Lab.

https://www.barbarabush.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/BBFou...

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DLTADragonHawk3y ago

Is there a good list of resources for media literacy you could recommend? I had been thinking of tackling this problem and am curious on journalist's take.

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