Navigating the News

Weekly sessions for paid subscribers
NEWS LITERACY SESSIONS LED BY VANESSA OTERO
Vanessa Otero, founder and CEO of Ad Fontes Media, leads this weekly series to help all of us become more savvy media consumers.
This free series is exclusively for paid subscribers: News Nerds, News Newbies, News Navigators, News Nurturers, Campus Pro, Classroom Premium, and legacy paid subscription members.

10 minute lesson

Vanessa opens each session with a media literacy lesson tied to our methodology for rating the news.

Live discussion

Attendees can join News Club, ask questions, and discuss a piece of content from Topic of the Week.

One hour

Each session lasts one hour.

Recording emailed

A recording is emailed to paid subscribers after the session.
Log in to register
UPCOMING SESSIONS
  • Friday, May 22, 1 p.m. MT
    Subfactors of Bias
  • Thursday, May 28, 5 p.m. MT
    Lateral Reading, Text/Claims, Images/Videos, AI
  • Friday, June 5, 1 p.m. MT
    Likelihood of Veracity & Fact-checking
  • Thursday, June 11, 5 p.m. MT
    Fact-Analysis-Opinion Continuum
  • Friday, July 3, 1 p.m. MT
    Original, High-Effort, and Investigative Fact Reporting, and Thorough Fact Reporting And Fact-Dense Analysis (49-64 for Reliability)
  • Thursday, July 9, 5 p.m. MT
    Middle and Balanced Bias (-6 to +6 for Bias)
  • Friday, July 17, 1 p.m. MT
    Use of Quotes
  • Thursday, July 23, 5 p.m. MT
    Fact Reporting and Mix of Fact Reporting and Analysis (40-48 for Reliability)
  • Friday, July 31, 1 p.m. MT
    Skews Left and Right (-6 to -12, +6 to +12 for Bias)
  • Thursday, Aug. 6, 5 p.m. MT
    Guests and Hosts on Video and Audio Content
  • Friday, Aug. 14, 1 p.m. MT
    Analysis or Other Issues (32-40 for Reliability)
  • Thursday, Aug. 20, 5 p.m. MT
    Strong Left and Right (-12 to -18, +12 to +18)
  • Friday, Aug. 28, 1 p.m. MT
    Opinion or Other Issues (24-32 for Reliability)
  • Thursday, Sept. 3, 5 p.m. MT
    Hyper-Partisan Left and Right (-18 to -30, +18 to +30 for Bias)
  • Friday, Sept. 11, 1 p.m. MT
    Selective or Incomplete; Unfair Persuasion (16-24 for Reliability)
  • Thursday, Sept. 17, 5 p.m. MT
    Most Extreme Left and Right (-30 to -42, +30 to +42 for Bias)
  • Friday, Sept. 25, 1 p.m. MT
    Contains Misleading Information (8-16 for Reliability)
  • Thursday, Oct. 1, 5 p.m. MT
    Contains Inaccurate and/or Fabricated Information (0-8 for Reliability)
  • Friday, Oct. 9, 1 p.m. MT
    AI-Generated Content