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Civic Empowerment Series - News Media Literacy
2026-03-31 19:00:00 2026-03-31 20:00:00 America/Chicago Civic Empowerment Series - News Media Literacy Virtual -

Tuesday, March 31
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2026-03-31 19:00:00 2026-03-31 20:00:00 America/Chicago Civic Empowerment Series - News Media Literacy Join us virtually and learn skills for assessing the credibility of information from different outlets and strategies for building a set of reliable sources. Virtual -

Join us virtually and learn skills for assessing the credibility of information from different outlets and strategies for building a set of reliable sources.

Our media ecosystem today is increasingly messy, with a mix of professionally produced and user-generated content that often blurs together on platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and TikTok. The rapid rise of artificial intelligence has added yet another layer of complexity, making it even easier for misleading or fabricated material to appear credible.

Dr. Michael A. Spikes, of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, explores how this blending of sources—and now AI-generated material—creates a “blurring of the lines” between types of content, making it harder to know what to trust. Attendees leave with practical skills for assessing the credibility of information from different outlets and strategies for building a set of reliable sources to return to regularly.

Join us on Zoom.

About the Speaker: Michael Spikes, Ph.D., has been teaching, writing about, and developing curriculum on the subject of news media literacy and its production for more than 15 years. Currently, he is a Professor of Practice and the Program Director of Teach for Chicago Journalism at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Before joining Northwestern, Michael was a project manager for the Center for News Literacy at Stony Brook University. 

Presented with multiple Illinois libraries and the League of Women Voters of the Palatine, Schaumburg, and Barrington Areas.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Lecture |

TAGS: | Virtual | lecture |

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