The Poynter Institute
Project Title
For project support of The MediaWise Weekly, Educator Certificate and Toolkits
Date
Jun. 04, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
The next generation faces a growing gap between classroom learning and online content, requiring skills to distinguish fact from misinformation and disinformation, particularly with the rise of AI-generated disinformation. The Poynter Institute, a nonpartisan nonprofit leader in factchecking and news training, launched MediaWise in 2018 to teach students and young voters to identify online misinformation. With Carnegie’s support, the program will equip students and educators with advanced media literacy and AI-fluency tools, integrated directly into the platforms young people use. The program will be implemented in partnership with Dave Jorgenson’s Local News International (LNI), whose U.S. audience is primarily ages 16–35. Key deliverables include: a professional Media Literacy & AI Certificate Course and Toolkit for educators, reaching 5,000 school districts; “The MediaWise Weekly” video and lesson series with LNI; updated core curricula; new PSA campaigns via digital creators; and dissemination through teacher conferences. The initiative aims to directly serve at least 100,000 educators and 3 million students.
Website
Project Title
Toward the Journalism 101 Online Module, an interactive course for journalism education offered to schools across the country
Date
Sep. 16, 2010
Duration
12 months
Website
Project Title
Toward a project to sustain quality journalism
Date
Jun. 11, 2009
Duration
9 months