Media literacy · KS2–KS5 Bias · Credibility · Persuasion technique For UK secondary schools

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Cronkite is an AI media literacy platform. Teachers assign real articles and videos. Students get a scholar-grade read on them in seconds: bias direction, credibility score, and the persuasion techniques doing the work.

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literacy strategy
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Same story, four newsrooms

One event. Four different readings.

Broadsheet A −38
Public broadcaster +4
Mid-market daily +48
Online-only outlet +71
Cronkite's neutral summary

The facts the four reports agree on, separated from the verbs, the framing and the voices each newsroom chose to leave out.

Illustrative example, not live scores
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Paste any URL

Articles, YouTube videos, social media posts. Cronkite analyses any piece of media, and the teacher prepares nothing.

02

Cronkite marks it up

Bias direction, credibility score, persuasion techniques, loaded language and discussion questions, all in under 30 seconds.

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Teachers see the thinking

Add the article to a curriculum module, assign it to a student or a whole class, and track completion from your dashboard.

Features

Everything a media literacy lesson needs, built in

Analysis

Article & video analysis

Paste a news article, YouTube video or social post. Cronkite returns a full analysis instantly, covering bias, persuasion techniques and credibility indicators.

Planning

Teacher module system

Create curriculum-aligned modules (KS3, KS4), curate articles, and assign them to students with custom instructions and due dates.

Students

Student dashboard

Students log in with a verified email address, view assigned content, read the original article, and review the analysis, all in one place.

Video

YouTube transcript analysis

Cronkite extracts and analyses the spoken content of any YouTube video for rhetorical devices and credibility signals.

Evidence

Teacher reporting

Track which students have completed assignments, how they engaged with the analysis, and generate evidence for Ofsted inspection.

Safeguarding

Safe for schools

Email-verified logins with role-separated access, GDPR-compliant data handling, no student data used for AI training, and no third-party data sharing.

Daily Briefing

The morning news, analysed before registration

Every morning at 8:30, subscribed schools receive the Cronkite Daily Briefing: a curated, analysed digest of the day's top UK stories, ready to use in form time or first lesson.

  • Cronkite Coverage: neutral summaries across international conflicts, domestic politics, business and economics, social and cultural issues, technology and AI
  • Business of Bias: the five most biased headlines of the day, explained
  • No lesson prep required, because it arrives ready to use
  • Links directly into Cronkite modules for assignment
CronkiteDaily Briefing Today
Cronkite Coverage: domestic politics
What happened, stated plainly
The facts every outlet agrees on, written without the adjectives, so a class can start from the same page.
Where the reporting diverges
Which papers led with which detail, and which voices each of them left out of the story.
Business of Bias: today's five
A headline that argues instead of reporting +62 Right
Technique: loaded verb, fear appeal
A headline that assumes its own conclusion −54 Left
Technique: loaded language, selective framing
Built for schools

Designed around student safety from day one

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 analysis is generated, was made with safeguarding and GDPR compliance in mind.

UK GDPR compliant

Student data is stored in UK-based infrastructure. No student data is shared with third parties or used to train AI models.

Verified email login

Teachers and students sign in with an email address and password. Every address is verified by email before an account becomes active.

Safeguarding-first architecture

AI sessions are single-turn with no persistent memory of student interactions. No AI chatbot access for students.

DPA available on request

A full Data Processing Agreement and DPIA are available for school data protection leads and IT managers.

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Interested in bringing Cronkite to your school or organisation? Send an enquiry and Christian will respond personally, usually within 48 hours. Tick the box below if you'd like a copy of the Truth Formula methodology document.

Focus areas
Evaluating Content Persuasion Techniques Online Behaviour Identifying Risks Managing Information