Media Literacy Blog Posts
Announcing the Winners of the 2025 AllSides Student Journalism Contest
Announcement / January 30th, 2026 / by Krystal Woodworth

Congratulations to our three winners: Samara Castro, Carson Fusco, and Mackenzie Wilkins — and thank you to the educators that supported them! In addition to being featured on AllSides.com, winners wi...
See more(A)dmittedly (I)gnorant: AI Misleads You, And It Knows It
Recommended Reading / June 12th, 2025 / by AllSides Staff
Why Mainstream Media Abandons Major Stories
Bias / April 2nd, 2025 / by Malayna J. Bizier

Are journalists lacking ambition in a disordered news cycle? Or has the public’s degenerative attention span stopped allowing for continued interest in the world’s most momentous affairs? Here are fiv...
See moreHow AllSides Labels Content: News, Opinion, Analysis, Fact Check
Recommended Reading / February 27th, 2025 / by AllSides Staff

A 2017 study from the American Press Institute says 32% of news readers struggle to differentiate between hard news and opinionated commentary.
See moreWhy It’s Critical to Engage Students on Political and Social Issues
Recommended Reading / November 6th, 2024 / by AllSides Staff

Educators are experiencing the direct impact of polarization in their classrooms, including receiving memos prohibiting the discussion of political topics with both students and staff.
See moreWhat to Know About Misleading Google Ads for Political Campaigns
Recommended Reading / August 27th, 2024 / by AllSides Staff

As we broke this national news story, our team members were debating it and misconceptions were running rampant.
See moreHow AllSides Broke the Viral Harris Google Ads Story
News / August 14th, 2024 / by Henry A. Brechter
Civic Learning Week 2024
Recommended Reading / March 11th, 2024 / by AllSides Staff

AllSides engages students in civic learning through experience. Students can use the AllSides app, balanced news feed, media bias chart, and newsletter to cultivate an understanding that all media is...
See moreMedia Literacy Week: What is it, and why is it important?
Announcement / October 22nd, 2023 / by AllSides Staff

This week is Media Literacy Week! Media literacy empowers people to be critical thinkers and makers, effective communicators, and active citizens.
See moreAI May Disrupt the 2024 Election. Here’s How You Can Prepare.
Recommended Reading / August 10th, 2023 / by Johnathon Held

AI will add new challenges to the election process in 2024, the likes of which voters have never dealt with before.
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