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NIMN Winners
The winners and runners-up for Term 4 of News In My Neighourhood are in! Check them out now.
Media Explained: Misinformation
Join us as we explore one of today’s biggest media and information challenges: misinformation.
A guide to media literacy with ABC Education
Your media literacy defines your ability to critically analyse the media you engage with. These resources help students make informed choices about their own media consumption.
Media Literacy Special
Online Research, Algorithms Explained, Slopaganda, Independent Media & Her Way
Duration: 24 minutes 30 seconds
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News In My Neighbourhood
Competition submissions
Do your students have something to say about the big issues impacting their lives? Do they want to put their writing, reporting and media making skills to the test? Our News In My Neighbourhood Competition is back for another year!
Competition Calendar
Don't miss the deadlines! Download the News In My Neighbourhood Competition Calendar to keep track of key dates.
Competition FAQs
Got a question about the News In My Neighbourhood competition?
Competition rules
Explore the Learning Guides and Rules for Primary, Lower and Upper Secondary.
News Basics
Interactive Lesson: Fact vs opinion vs analysis
This all in one interactive resource for teachers is an engaging introduction to the topic that works seamlessly in the classroom on laptops, tablets and projectors.
Interactive lesson: Fact-checking: verification and debunking
How do fact checkers work? Learn from the experts how to check stories circulated on social media. The final in a series of four essential fact-checking primers by RMIT ABC Fact Check and ABC Education.
Fact vs opinion vs analysis
What are the differences between fact, opinion and analysis and how can you tell which is being used in a news story?
Duration: 2 minutes 10 seconds
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News reporting vs investigative journalism
What's the difference between news reporting and investigative journalism? What are the characteristics of different reporting styles and when might you see them used in a news story?
Duration: 2 minutes
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Discussing Mis-/Disinformation
Media Explained: Misinformation
Join us as we explore one of today’s biggest media and information challenges: misinformation.
Fake news
Go on a journey through time to discover that fake news has always been around, and what to watch out for now.
Duration: 10 minutes 12 seconds
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Why people think the Trump shooting was a conspiracy
When a 20-year-old man shot at former US president Donald Trump on 13 July 2024, the American public was ready with conspiracy theories explaining how and why he did it.
Duration: 17 minutes 42 seconds
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Will AI get good at manipulating photos?
Fake photos are everywhere, and there's a long history of people doctoring them — from photocopying and photoshopping to using AI to create them. But will we soon be unable to tell the difference between what's real and what's fake?
Duration: 14 minutes 18 seconds
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How US YouTubers were paid to spread propaganda
In September 2024, the US Justice Department alleged two Russian state media employees were paying American YouTubers, who were known for their controversial takes on the war in Ukraine.
Duration: 18 minutes 3 seconds
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For Teachers
Activity: Bias illustrated
Challenge your writing skills by re-interpreting what you see in this comic strip based activity.
Curriculum notes: Bias illustrated
Each of the comic strips feature a news story that has been written in a particular way. The task for students is to demonstrate that by changing the language used in the report they can change the way that the story is perceived.
Interactive: Source checker
Do you know what news sources are? Can you spot a reliable one in a news story? Test your re-source-fulness in our source checker quiz.
Interactive: Barrie's bias busters
Barrie has been busting bias since 1969, and now you can too! Race the clock in this series of challenges to bust up bias wherever you spot it.
Learn From Experts
Teaching media literacy in the Australian Curriculum
How can teachers approach teaching media literacy in the Australian Curriculum? Professor Michael Dezuanni explores how teachers can find curriculum links across Media Arts and English, and a framework for critical thinking about all forms of media.
Duration: 4 minutes 4 seconds
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Public service journalism
The ABC's News Director, Justin Stevens, explains the role of public service journalism, and in particular its importance at the ABC.
Duration: 1 minute 6 seconds
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What is impartiality?
The ABC's Editorial Policies Manager, Mark Maley, explains the role of impartiality in news, and in particular its importance at the ABC.
Duration: 1 minute 28 seconds
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Ethical qualities of journalists
ABC journalist and presenter Virginia Trioli describes the qualities demanded of professional journalists.
Duration: 51 seconds
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Media Literacy Week
Media Literacy Week
Media Literacy Week is an annual global initiative to combat the spread of spin, misinformation and “fake news” around the world.
ABC Heywire Remote Media Literacy Project
Students and teachers in Outer Regional, Remote and Very Remote locations took part in a specialised media literacy program.
News Champions 2021: Question What You Hear podcast
A four-part podcast series produced by the 2021 News Champions for Media Literacy Week.
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