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Spotting fake-news

Distinguished Lecturer Sissel McCarthy shared her passion for news literacy education at Columbia University’s Tow Center during its annual Educator’s Symposium on Sept. 19, 2017. This year’s theme was “From Fake News to AI: Teaching Journalism in Contentious Times.” Professor McCarthy presented her work on teaching news literacy at the undergraduate level in a talk called “How to Spot Fake News and Stay News Literate.”

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The Hunter College journalism program is offered as a concentration or a minor within the Department of Film & Media Studies. Its curriculum is built around production courses in journalism and analytical courses in media studies. Learn more about our course requirements.

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