Cronkite is an AI-powered media literacy platform. Teachers assign real articles and videos. Students receive scholar-grade analysis — bias, persuasion techniques, credibility scores — in seconds.
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Articles, YouTube videos, social media posts — Cronkite analyses any piece of media. No preparation required from the teacher.
Bias direction, credibility score, persuasion techniques, loaded language, and discussion questions — all in under 30 seconds.
Add the article to a curriculum module, assign to individual students or a whole class, and track completion from your dashboard.
Paste a news article, YouTube video or social media post. Cronkite returns a full scholarly analysis — bias, persuasion techniques, credibility indicators — instantly.
Create curriculum-aligned modules (KS3, KS4), curate articles, and assign them to students with custom instructions and due dates.
Students log in with school Google accounts, view assigned content, read the original article, and review the AI analysis — all in one place.
The only platform that analyses video content for schools. Cronkite extracts and analyses the spoken content of any YouTube video for rhetorical devices and credibility signals.
Track which students have completed assignments, how they engaged with the analysis, and generate evidence for Ofsted inspection.
Google OAuth login, GDPR-compliant data handling, no student data used for AI training, and a safeguarding-first architecture. No third-party data sharing.
Every morning at 8:30am, subscribed schools receive the Cronkite Daily Briefing — a curated, AI-analysed digest of the day's top UK stories, ready to use in form time or first lesson.
UK secondary schools have demanding data protection requirements. Cronkite is architected around those requirements, not retrofitted to them. Every decision — from how students log in to how AI analysis is generated — was made with safeguarding and GDPR compliance in mind.
Student data is stored in UK-based infrastructure. No student data is shared with third parties or used to train AI models.
Students log in with existing school Google accounts. No passwords to manage, no new accounts to create.
AI sessions are single-turn with no persistent memory of student interactions. No AI chatbot access for students.
A full Data Processing Agreement and DPIA are available for school data protection leads and IT managers.
Use your school Google account to log in instantly — no password required.
We're working with a small number of pilot schools in 2026. Request a demo and we'll be in touch within 48 hours.
Or email us directly at csestap@gmail.com