News and information literacy in the classroom

#UseTheNews investigates how young people use news today – and what that means for education. Based on that, we develop specific resources that teachers can use to strengthen news literacy and critical thinking in the classroom.

For teachers

Our offers

Database

Are you looking for free teaching materials (in German)? In our database, you will find everything you need on the topic of media and news literacy.

Workshops

Would you like to invite German-speaking experts to your class? We would be happy to connect you with suitable partners from our network.

Knowledge and materials for teaching

Media use, misinformation, or the role of influencers: our materials at Hamburg Open Online University impart knowledge and present teaching ideas (in German).

Tool "Source checker"

Which source do you trust? With our tool source checker, you can playfully promote your students' source literacy (in German).

Want to get involved? There are several ways you can do so:

Together with our partners, we organise newscamps on the topic of news literacy for school classes throughout Germany. Find out more about what a newscamp is.

The Competence Centre Young Audiences (CCYA) in Hamburg is our practical laboratory, where we bring together young people, journalism and media education. At the CCYA, we test and develop innovative journalistic formats, projects and teaching concepts for our partners together with school pupils, trainees and students.