What we do
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Training
Lie Detectors empowers young people aged 10 and up to tell fact from fake online and understand how ethical journalism works - and why it’s worth knowing the difference. We train journalists and teachers to pass this knowledge to students safely and effectively.
Since 2017
100,000 +
schoolchildren trained
5,000 +
classrooms visited
1,000 +
teachers trained
500 +
journalists joined
We run our workshops in English, French, German and Polish with more languages in development
Reach
Our network of more than 500 trained journalists allows us to work at scale: Lie Detectors is Europe’s leading provider of journalist-driven media literacy education and trains teachers internationally.
Research and advice
We work with researchers on the cutting edge of media psychology and cognitive science. Insights from our work inform advisory bodies on fortifying education, democracy and digital rights from EU to city level.
Data reports:
2019, Tackling Disinformation Face to Face: Journalists’ Findings from the Classroom
2020, Media Literacy in Pandemic Times: Needs, Interests and Trends in the Classroom April-June 2020
2021, Covid and Media Literacy: Trends of Rising Engagement and Impact in the Educational Community, 2017-2020
2022, Teachers and Media Literacy: identifying needs for long-term engagement
2023/2024, Remote Communities: measuring the impact of online vs on-site media literacy training
With thanks to
Research and advice partners
Advising the High-Level Expert Group on Fake News and Online Disinformation, the EU digital literacy expert group, advisory boards of the xxxxxxxxxx
Advisory board of TITAN AI, Guardian Newswise Impact Study, Steering Committee on structural indicators for the Code of Practice.
Policy recommendations have fed into the European Democracy Action Plan
Media literacy for all
Our goal is to help build media-literate societies in which critical thinking skills are integrated into all educational curricula. We target underserved communities and regions. We are developing a practical DIY toolkit for newsrooms and educational authorities internationally to plan and take up the work we do. We advocate for the systemic integration of news literacy into school and teacher-training curricula as well as policy efforts to hold to account social media drivers of disinformation.
Ethical code
Lie Detectors trainers commit to ethical codes and we take no funding from political parties or from large online platforms. 77% of educators cite this as an important factor in their decision to host us.
Lie Detectors receives core funding from the Wyss Foundation and is accredited as a charity by the King Baudouin Foundation US. Several of its projects are funded via EU grants.
How we do it
Structure and content:
Professional journalists and media experts teach 90-minute classroom sessions in the presence of a teacher and provide follow-up “News Challenge” materials for use in the classroom. Sessions consist of two parts: in the first half, students discuss disinformation and acquire journalistic tools to decode fakes. A second half uses interactive games to explore journalistic pressures and news agendas and how these may present partial picture of reality. Material for homework or follow-up sessions – where requested – allows children to develop deeper a understanding of storytelling and perspective. All journalists have been trained to discuss their profession and its challenges honestly and transparently. Services offered to classrooms are free of charge and aim to reach a broad and diverse range of schools in Europe. Training for teachers, teacher-trainers and school managers follows the award-winning approach of hands-on, inclusive training by journalists, frank discussion and resources for follow-up.
Our impact
Thanks to extraordinary support from journalists, teachers and children, our work has xxx
Tiktok, Fortnite, Twitch: Why media literacy matters
Children increasingly inform themselves and forge their world views on their own via social media platforms. Content here is often unmonitored, unregulated and set by algorithms. Media literacy training is a proven method of fostering self-awareness in online information spaces and resistance to online emotional and polarising triggers. Lie Detectors works with scientists and researchers to investigate the impact of its work with children, teachers and underserved communities.
Our Work
Training:
Lie Detectors empowers young people aged 10 and up to tell fact from fake online and understand how ethical journalism works - and why it’s worth knowing the difference. We train journalists and teachers to pass this knowledge to students safely and effectively.
Reach:
Our network of more than 500 trained journalists allows us to work at scale: Lie Detectors is Europe’s leading provider of journalist-driven media literacy education and trains teachers internationally.
Research and advice:
We work with researchers on the cutting edge of media psychology and cognitive science. Insights from our work inform advisory bodies on fortifying education, democracy and digital rights from EU to city level.
Media literacy for all:
Our goal is to help build media-literate societies in which critical thinking skills are integrated into all educational curricula. We target underserved communities and regions. We are developing a practical DIY toolkit for newsrooms and educational authorities internationally to plan and take up the work we do. We advocate for the systemic integration of news literacy into school and teacher-training curricula as well as policy efforts to hold to account social media drivers of disinformation.
Ethical code:
Lie Detectors trainers commit to ethical codes and we take no funding from political parties or from large online platforms. 77% of educators cite this as an important factor in their decision to host us.
Lie Detectors receives core funding from the Wyss Foundation and is accredited as a charity by the King Baudouin Foundation US. Several of its projects are funded via EU grants.
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Partners
Lie Detectors partners with organisations with shared values and complementary interests. Lie Detectors and its knowledge partners reinforce one another’s networks and advocacy positions where relevant. Through cooperation, we all benefit from influencing and being associated with one another’s activities. Lie Detectors’ partnerships involve no money or capital flows.
Lie Detectors knowledge partners:
