About

Mucktracker's platform allows students to survey coverage of newsworthy events and compare reporting from a range of diverse sources. ​Through data visualization, digital annotation, and organizational tools, students improve their 21st century media literacy skills in a fresh, relevant, and engaging way.

Engage

Online annotation allows students to critically analyze and evaluate news sources and engage in dialogue and discussion.

Connect

Interactive timelines help students see and examine the relationship between events and news narratives.

Reimagine

Visualizations provide a birds-eye view of the news ecosystem, allowing students to step outside of their filter bubbles.

 

Online Tools

• digital annotation
  
• data visualization
• organization of research 
• tracking of source 

Rethinking Media Literacy

• go beyond an individual story and consider why certain stories are covered
• recognize patterns in news coverage and linguistic framing 
• determine which sources use original reporting 
• compare fact with opinion
• access a simple organizational system that students can customize to meet their research needs