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UNESCO launches global media literacy week with concern over disinformation, elections and “lost generation” of youth

UNESCO’s Global Media and Information Literacy Week kicked off today with keynote speakers, students and citizens talking about a world at war between truth and disinformation, changing everything from education and governance to the shape of tomorrow’s cities.
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Read this: A citizen journalist’s guide to covering dissent

If you're covering events like this for the first time as a student or citizen journalist, check out "A Citizen Journalist's Guide to Covering Dissent," by GSS executive director Beatrice Motamedi. You'll find tips on what to bring, how to prep your cellphone, which mobile apps to download, plus hotlines and help on navigating your legal rights.
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Appeals court set to rule on restraint of Muslim ban as California student journalists cover impact of “Executive Disorder”

Beginning Friday, Jan. 27, student journalists at the Blue Devil Hub spent the next seven days covering an airport protest in San Francisco, a fundraising drive that raised $22,000 for a local Islamic mosque after it was vandalized on Jan. 22, the story of a Davis High School parent who was refused permission to travel to Iran for her father's memorial service after the Trump ban went into effect, and a meeting of the local school board to answer questions on "what can schools do to protect their most vulnerable students from a federal government that is targeting them and their families?"
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