Getting Better News
Getting Better FoundationGetting 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 | 41 | Founded | 8 months ago | Last Issue | 9 days ago |
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🕵️ School Is Back, but the Most Important Homework Isn’t in a Textbook
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...
🧭 How a Handful of Local Newsrooms Found a Way to Stay Alive
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...
🧠 Curiosity is the New Critical Thinking
Turns out the antidote to doomscrolling isn’t more willpower, it’s a specific set of trainable habits that psychologists and journalists have been quietly refining for decades. Being curious and just asking more questions before reacting sh...
🕊️ Why the World's Faith Data Refuses to Cooperate with Predictions
Every generation seems to declare religion’s obituary, and every generation gets the timeline wrong. This one’s about why the “God is dead” headline keeps getting recycled even as the actual data tells a much slower, more nuanced story.
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🌉 The Surprising Case for Talking to People Who Disagree Politically
Doomscrolling has convinced a lot of us that discussing politics with someone of a different opinion is basically a contact sport now. Turns out the data on dialogue, division, and mental health is surprising, and more hopeful, than the hea...
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