In the past, most people received their news from newspapers, magazines and broadcasters. But now, just about anyone can report and publish on the Internet and share it as news through social media. The problem: not all of the information is true and not all of the reporting is trustworthy. After the presidential election last November, many people even questioned whether “fake news” had influenced the election results. This has led Facebook to work with organizations to find out whether a disputed story is true or false and educators to train students to become responsible readers of news. The term “fake news” is complicated, because it is not always clear what that means. People have used the term to identify everything from news stories reporting false facts, to stories reporting facts they disagree with. Howard Schneider, a former editor of the newspapers Newsday, started the Center for News Literacy at Stony Brook University in 2007. The center has multiple projects, but the most visible is a course to teach News Literacy. The course trains students to look for various details that may indicate the validity of the story. Does the body of the story actually relate to the headline? Are there a lot of overstated or extreme sentences? Are there facts in the story and can they be proven? Is it written by a well-known journalist? Richard Hornik is the Director of Overseas Partnership Programs for the Center for News Literacy. He says the problem of fake news really has two parts: stories with actual false information, and poor journalism in general.