A Dutch Christian newspaper has built a game to help teenagers spot fake news, a move that touches on how young people come to trust Christian media sources.
The Reformatorisch Dagblad has introduced an interactive tool called The Box aimed at secondary school pupils, designed to help them distinguish reliable information from misleading content. The initiative places a Christian media organisation directly in the media literacy space, a role usually associated with public broadcasters or schools. For Christian media, it signals an effort to stay relevant to younger audiences by addressing a skill gap rather than only producing content. It also raises the question of how Christian outlets position themselves as trusted sources of information for a generation that consumes news differently from its parents.
ECMS 2026 data, not nationally representative, found 52 per cent of under-35 respondents named Christian organisations a trusted source compared with 34 per cent of over-55s, a gap that sits alongside this outlet’s move to reach younger audiences directly.
Source: ECMS 2026