A NOW against 'fake news'

Barcelona / GironaThis Thursday, the ARA will be dedicated to analyzing the fake news and how they affect childhood and adolescence. To mark World Children's Day, the newspaper, as every year, will be illustrated by children and will include a reflection on media literacy.

With the support of UNICEF and the Girona City Council, schoolchildren from the city of Girona have participated in this year's initiative, which also includes a supplement for the Girona region dedicated to the topic. In this supplement, the children, with the support of their teachers and the newspaper's journalists, have acted as news outlets and YouTube sources. The reflection also arose from work done within the city's Youth Council. The Girona supplement will also include the winning entries from this year's competition on the same theme.

In the main newspaper, journalist Àlex Gutiérrez writes an in-depth report on the complex reality of minors' access to reliable information—they too have the right to truthful and rigorous information—and an interview with the director of UNICEF in Spain, José M. Vera, who believes that the only answer lies with adults. With social media as the main source of information for minors, most have the feeling—as do many adults—that they are the ones who control the algorithm. Àlex Gutiérrez provides data and speaks with experts to describe an uncertain landscape.

Both front pages, that of the main newspaper and that of the Girona supplement, have been illustrated by children, with two impactful pieces. And all the news stories in the newspaper will also be illustrated by students from Girona who have come specifically to the Barcelona newsroom of ARA.