A day-long conference on Nov. 6, sponsored by Reuters and the National Association of Media Literacy Education, kicked off Media Literacy Week, an annual celebration of the power of media […]
2017
MediaShift lists NLP as a resource to help students
Author and journalism professor Kim Lisagor Bisheff writes in MediaShift about the importance of teaching students to become responsible news consumers. She recommends the News Literacy Project as a great […]
Jordan Maze joins NLP as Checkology® virtual classroom coordinator
She served as an English teacher and as a research assistant at the Center for Applied NonViolent Actions & Strategies in Belgrade, Serbia, and as a project assistant for Sarajevo […]
Report calls for schools to teach news literacy
A new report by PEN America — Faking News: Fraudulent News and the Fight for Truth — calls on schools to provide news literacy lessons in the classroom, and on […]
Daily Herald lists NLP as a resource for spotting fake news
The Daily Herald, which covers eight suburban Chicago counties, published a column by Jim Baumann, vice president and managing editor, in which he discussed misinformation frequently found online and the […]
An intern’s path to news literacy
By Amanda Muntz 2008: I was 10. I looked away from the television, where Fox News was broadcasting the election results. My father shook his head in disbelief. “Well, that’s […]
NLP partners with Arizona State University on news literacy education
Today, that time has come. We’re proud to announce that we will be working with NewsCo/Lab, an initiative launched yesterday by the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication […]
NLP’s new NewsLitCamps bring teachers to newsrooms for innovative professional development
Welcome to NLP’s NewsLitCamp, where educators from some of the country’s biggest school districts, including Chicago, New York City and Miami, are getting a first-hand introduction to news literacy, along […]
NLP’s Alan Miller participates in UN panel about news literacy
Alan C. Miller, the News Literacy Project’s founder and CEO, participated in a panel about fake news and news literacy, hosted by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations.
The News Literacy Project talks misinformation with USA Today
As flooding from Hurricane Harvey devastated southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana, many people shared news online that wasn’t always what it seemed to be. Whether a shark on a freeway […]