More about Learn to Discern

More about Learn to Discern

Success Stories

Youth leader teaching a lesson in front of a class of students

Youth leaders increase resilience to manipulative information in communities across India

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L2D India trainers utilize brave space approach to enhance media literacy for youth in India

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IREX information literacy L2D methodology is proving vital during the war in Ukraine

Youth trainers holding certificates.

Youth trainers in the Baltics unite for Media Literacy Skills Month

Insights

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What media and civil society leaders can do to mitigate technology-fueled misogyny in the 2024 elections

By:
Elayne Deelen and Katya Vogt
Kristin Lord and others walk around a damaged school

Reflections from Ukraine: A report from IREX President and CEO, Kristin Lord

By:
Kristin Lord
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Five reasons why digital wellness should be an integral part of media literacy

By:
Stanley Currier, Tara Susman-Peña, and Matthew Vanderwerff
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What we learned about building resilience to manipulative information from Learn to Discern

By:
Katya Vogt
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Studies show pioneering media literacy approach can build citizen resistance to the COVID-19 “infodemic"

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Educators need a new approach to teaching media literacy in the age of misinformation

By:
Tara Susman-Peña

News

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IREX Launches Balkans Regional Media Literacy Network

By:
Jenna Presta
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Randomized control trial finds IREX's media literacy messages to be effective in reducing engagement with misinformation

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Media programs adapt to COVID-19 and counter misinformation

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IREX and the Great Courses launch online course to fight misinformation

Participants attending the countrywide, livestreamed media literacy lesson in Ukraine.

IREX and partners conduct countrywide media literacy lesson in Ukraine

Center for European Policy Analysis highlights IREX’s innovation in strengthening media literacy

Center for European Policy Analysis highlights IREX’s innovation in strengthening media literacy

Resources

Photo of participants and instructors from a Learn to Discern training session in the United States.

Learn to Discern: Media Literacy Trainer's Manual

A teacher and students in a classroom in Ukraine. The students are doing a media literacy exercise with orange and blue pieces of paper.

Evaluation of Media Literacy Techniques in School

Photo of participants in Learn to Discern's media literacy training

Impact Study on Citizens’ Ability to Detect Misinformation 1.5 Years After Completing a News Media Literacy Program