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Description
Increasingly youth need to be news literate because of fake news. Otherwise, they will not make reasoned decisions, and will suffer the consequences. As information professionals, librarians have unique skills to help teens discern and address fake news. This session explains media literacy, points out ways that news can be misleading and distorted, and suggests ways that librarians can help teens be news savvy and media literate, including how to address fake news through citizen journalists and citizen scientists.