SPRINGFIELD – All high schools in Illinois would be required to offer instruction in how to understand and evaluate news and social media as part of their computer literacy courses…
Whenever someone tells me I’ve written a nice story, I’m insulted. But if I’m told I’ve written a good story, that’s entirely different. “Good” infers you did the right…
WOODFORD COUNTY Illinois Prairie libraries to hold workshop on Fake News The Illinois Prairie District Public Library is collaborating with New York City-based startup NewsGuard to…
“We hold these truths to be self-evident,” Eureka Professor of History Dr. Junius Rodriguez began. “Now hold all truths to be self-evident.” “All truths”,…
Fact finding alone can be a challenge on the Internet, especially when lies are dressed up to look like real news. At the beginning of September, the Illinois Prairie District…
The nation’s legacy media — traditional newspapers, radio and television — continue to find their dominance slipping as new information sources gain increased relevance. “This…
Chicago police plan DUI patrolsThe Chicago Police Department will be conducting DUI Saturation patrols this weekend ...
Zoning Committee votes against solar ...Second of three stories looking at a proposed solar farm in Winnebago ...
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West Chicago teen creates haunted ...For a kid who at 5 years old was afraid of Halloween ...
