Christina Veiga drives press coverage and builds awareness of the organization’s work, mission and impact. She coordinates media requests for information and interviews and plays a key role in promoting National News Literacy Week. Christina was a journalist for more than a decade before joining NLP. She started her career at the Miami Herald in Florida, where she covered multiple local government beats and the Miami-Dade County public school system. She went on to Chalkbeat, a nonprofit digital news organization, where she wrote about school segregation and early childhood education in New York City. Christina earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Florida International University.

Select media appearances

News Channel 5 Nashville, How can you tell it’s fake news?, Feb. 6, 2025

NBCU Academy, Improve your media literacy. Think like a journalist!, Jan. 24, 2025

CNN, Expert shows 3 ways you can detect an article written by AI, June 12, 2024