Young people battle to avoid fake news and alternative truths

Reporter: Wren Gillett

Learning to navigate the world online is becoming just as important as learning to navigate the world offline - especially for young people. As today’s media landscape changes with the digital age, so too is media literacy education. 

To aid young people’s apathy and cynicism towards the news, there’s a push for greater involvement of young people in news creation, and a more youth-centric media literacy curriculum.