
Getting Better News is a media literacy newsletter from the UNESCO and Walter Cronkite Excellence in Journalism award-winning Getting Better Foundation for people who want to understand the world as it really is - without the noise, outrage, or spin.
| Platform | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly | |
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| Issues | 44 | Founded | 9 months ago | Last Issue | 9 days ago |
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Democracy has had a challenging decade by most scorecards. Yet roughly half the world’s countries are still governed democratically, making it humanity’s most widespread system for giving ordinary people a voice in how they are governed....
AI is evolving from being the shiny new toy to something young people will have to navigate at school, at work, and all over the internet. The good news is that the evidence points to a useful response that is less dramatic than either “AI...
Ever notice how the person you disagree with most on politics is often someone who volunteers at their kid’s school and tips generously?
That’s not a contradiction. We dive into exactly why decent people build entirely different moral rul...
Media literacy is becoming one of the most practical back-to-school skills as AI meddles with political ads, viral “animal tricks,” and even kid-focused media.
Here’s a quick tour through campaign spots, a suspicious coyote, and a surprisi...
Local news has been on a two-decade losing streak, but a few scrappy newsrooms just figured out how to stop the bleeding. Some small newsrooms are actually thriving, and educators are turning “quality journalism” into something you can prac...
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