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Run SIFT Verify a claim the way real fact-checkers do — Stop, Investigate the source, Find better coverage, Trace to the origin. 
Bias Detector Catch the slant hiding in a headline or story — loaded words, missing context, one-sided framing. 
SIFT Desk Your fact-checking desk — work a real-feeling claim through each SIFT move, one step at a time. 
News Quest A journey through every media-literacy topic at your own pace — one honest example at a time. All activities
In the newsroom
Run SIFT Verify a claim the way real fact-checkers do — Stop, Investigate the source, Find better coverage, Trace to the origin. SIFT Desk Your fact-checking desk — work a real-feeling claim through each SIFT move, one step at a time. Bias Detector Catch the slant hiding in a headline or a story — loaded words, missing context, one-sided framing. Every example made-up, nothing partisan.
Practice & play
Mixed Practice A short round across the kits you have played — brought back to make it stick. Quick round — a calm sprint Quick recall of ideas you have mastered. Self-paced; turn on a timer only if you want one. Trick Questions Reasoning traps with a twist — spot why the obvious take does not hold up. Teach the Cast Teach a fact-checking move to a cast member still learning it — teaching makes it stick.
Play together
Newsroom Together 2–4 reporters take turns on one device — same questions, and a chance to compare how you read a story. News Quest — the map A progression trail through every kit. Clear each stop of real practice, then move on. Progress Your levels, days active, and how each topic is coming along — saved on this device. Progress report For grown-ups — a private on-device snapshot mapped to the media-literacy topics. Export a CSV or print.
Concept Kits — 16 kits of journalism & media literacy
Kit 1: Foundations of Journalism Journalism Basics · grades 5-6 · 25 questions Kit 2: Source Evaluation and Credibility Media Literacy · grades 5-6 · 25 questions Kit 3: Digital Literacy and Online News Digital News · grades 6-7 · 25 questions Kit 4: Writing and Reporting Skills News Writing · grades 6-7 · 25 questions Kit 5: Data Journalism and Visual Storytelling Data Journalism · grades 6-7 · 25 questions Kit 6: Investigative Journalism and Accountability Investigative Journalism · grades 7-8 · 25 questions Kit 7: Propaganda, Misinformation, and Media Ethics Misinformation · grades 7-8 · 25 questions Kit 8: Master Editor: Multimedia Newsroom Capstone Editorial Decision-Making · grades 7-8 · 25 questions Kit 9: Broadcast and Podcast Journalism Journalism and Media · grades 5-6 · 25 questions Kit 10: Photojournalism and Visual Media Journalism and Media · grades 6-7 · 25 questions Kit 11: Opinion Writing and Editorial Journalism and Media · grades 6-7 · 25 questions Kit 12: Press Freedom and Global Media Journalism and Media · grades 7-8 · 25 questions Kit 13: Cross-topic Connections Investigative Journalism · grades 5-6 · 25 questions Kit 14: Real-world Applications Investigative Journalism · grades 6-7 · 25 questions Kit 15: Misconceptions & Reasoning Investigative Journalism · grades 6-7 · 25 questions Kit 16: Advanced Synthesis Investigative Journalism · grades 7-8 · 25 questions
More ways to play
Same idea, another world
Meet the cast — the characters who teach this
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Source Source-quality evaluation -
Tilt Bias-and-perspective detection -
Frame Headline-and-framing craft -
Verify Verification + lateral-reading discipline -
Serve Community-information-needs framing -
Attest Attribution -
Deed Primary source -
Errata Corrections -
Uncrop Framing -
Widen Context
Ensemble stories — the cast together
What next? Pick a door
- More like this TruthQuest Is this viral claim true? ClaimCraft How strong is your argument, really? DebateForge Can you argue the other side fairly?
- A bit harder EthosForge What would each moral lens say? FeedForge What does your feed leave out? QuizQuest Can you host the quiz?
- Something different SortTales Which sort is fastest for this list? SynaForge Which picture does this sound feel like? ConveyorForge How many machines keep up with the ore?
