Pamela Brunskill develops and updates educational resources such as the Framework for Teaching News Literacy, oversees professional learning opportunities for educators and those in Family and Community Engagement, and supports cross-team projects. Before joining NLP in 2021, she was an elementary and middle school teacher, a literacy coach for grades 4-8, an adjunct instructor in the education departments at several universities, and a developer of curriculum resources for publishers and children’s authors. Pamela has authored five books for the education market and co-authored Information Literacy: Separating Fact from Fiction. She holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from SUNY College at Buffalo and a master’s degree in education from the University of Buffalo.

Select media appearances

Encyclopedia Britannica, What is news literacy? And why does it matter?, Sept. 9, 2025

Chalkbeat, Misinformation is pervasive — not invincible. Teachers are helping students learn to adapt., Oct. 31, 2024

Education Week, How to help students judge fact from fiction around the assassination attempt on Trump, July 16, 2024