Update-1 podcast covers efforts to educate public about misinformation

The task of helping people of all ages glean the facts and screen out the exaggeration, bias and misinformation from their sources of news requires a variety of targeted approaches.

Dr. Belinha De Abreu is a member of the leadership council of the American Association for Media Literacy Education. She assisted the American Library Association in developing programs for adults in public libraries. In the latest edition of Update-1, she tells National Press Club Broadcast/Podcast Team member Irv Chapman that Facebook is regarded by the coming generation as their parents’ social medium, while they switch to other favorites. She believes all these internet sources must come to grips with the transition from their founding precept that they are not news media.

Broadcast/Podcast Team co-vice chair Mike Hempen produces Update-1. The podcast can be heard on the Club website or on iTunes, Stitcher and TuneIn.