Ida B. Wells was an investigative journalist, civil rights leader, and anti-lynching advocate who fought for equality and justice. -- In the late 1800’s, lynchings were happening all over the American South, often without any...

Pupil outcome: I can explain how to tell if a media source is trustworthy and how to find reliable information. Key learning points: - Some media outlets are trustworthy because they verify facts and do investigative journalism, but not...

Pupil outcome: I can evaluate the power of the Government and media. Key learning points: - The Government has power through elections, gaining a mandate to make decisions for all. - Parliamentary sovereignty lets the Government change...

Pupil outcome: I can create a reasoned discussion about whether the media holds those in power to account. Key learning points: - A deliberative discussion is well planned and respectful, it's not an argument. - Holding someone or...

An essential part of any functioning democracy - the press helps to make governments accountable for their actions; but when the first investigative reporters started working in the United States, not everyone saw them as a good thing.

Codenamed Deep Throat, FBI chief William Mark Felt, Sr., displayed immense courage to expose abuses of power at the heart of government during the infamous Watergate investigation.

The Pentagon Papers revealed how the U.S. government had lied to the public about its involvement in the Vietnam War. Leaked by the New York Times, this opened the door for future whistleblowers to expose the truth.

Julia Cage warns that a media ravaged by market forces cannot serve democracy’s need for an informed citizenry.

Investigative journalist Ida B. Wells made it her mission to exposing the horrors of racism in the American South, but it wasn't easy.