Your own reading routine
Five steps to a calmer feed: news windows, notifications switched off and regular breaks.
Collections
Collections
Each collection is built around a specific situation. Start with the one closest to where you are today: each has three pieces and can be read in a single quiet evening.
Looking after yourself in the news does not start with giving it up, but with deciding for yourself when and how much to read.
A collection brings together pieces that, taken together, answer one practical question. We do not give medical advice: if news fatigue is affecting your sleep or work, it is worth talking to a doctor or someone close to you.
If you are tired of the news
For anyone who catches themselves scrolling endlessly and wants to put limits back on the feed.
Before you share
For anyone who wants to forward only what they are sure of.
Six questions before reposting
A quick check that takes a couple of minutes and saves you awkward corrections.
Before reposting (in Russian)
The path to the original source
How to follow a chain of retellings back and find whoever reported it first.
Original source (in Russian)
A photo without a caption
What to check about a photo before believing it shows what happened today.
Talking with family
For anyone whose relatives forward alarming messages, and for parents whose children ask about what they have heard.
News or opinion
A simple table of genres that is easy to show relatives: how to spot a column or an advertorial.
News vs opinion (in Russian)
Who makes the news
Explaining the roles helps children understand that behind every text there is a person with a job to do.
Where to learn together
Library talks, school lessons and conversations at home about how to read the news.
Related sections
- Articles
The magazine's topics: reading routines, genres, headlines, photos out of context, reposts, children and the news. Plus the article catalogue.
- Events
Where people learn to read the news: library talks, school lessons, open workshops and conversations at home.
- People
Who makes the news: the reporter, the editor, the photo editor, the fact-checker, the columnist and the reader who shares.
Sources
- Library materials on media literacy
- Materials from media literacy education projects
The magazine draws on general principles of media literacy and encyclopedic knowledge of the history of print. How feeds work, notification settings and menu names in your apps may differ from the general descriptions given here.