Research Guides: Evaluating News Sources: Further Reading

Articles on How to Evaluate News Sources

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The Fact Checker’s guide for detecting fake news
Washington post article by Glenn Kessler, published Nov. 22, 2016.
Fake Or Real? How To Self-Check The News And Get The Facts
NPR article by Wynne Davis, posted Dec. 5, 2016
How to Spot Fake News
An article from FactCheck.org, by Eugene Kiely and Lori Robertson, posted Nov. 18, 2016.
My Fake News List Went Viral. But made-up stories are only part of the problem
Washington Post article by Melissa Zimdars, assistant professor of communication and media at Merrimack College
A Savvy News Consumer’s Guide: How Not To Get Duped
A Moyers & Company article by Alicia Shepard, posted Dec. 9, 2016.
Tips for Evaluating News Sources and a List of Problematic News Sources
Melissa Zimdars's Google document containing her tips for evaluating news articles and sites as well as an alphabetical list of problematic news sites.
Truth, Truthiness, Triangulation: A News Literacy Toolkit for a “Post-truth” World
A good, in-depth look at different tools for evaluating news from the School Library Journal, written by Joyce Valenza, posted November 26, 2016.