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Learn how to have productive, civil conversations when discussing misinformation and conspiracy theories.

Join us on Oct. 27 for a National NewsLitCamp with Report for America, a virtual, immersive day of professional learning built exclusively for educators.

This Democracy Day, the News Literacy Project is announcing two events intended to help everyone build understanding and trust in our democracy within their own networks of influence.

NLP today received the highest honor from the Library of Congress Literacy Awards Program, the David M. Rubenstein Prize, in recognition of NLP’s outstanding efforts to help people of all ages identify misinformation and help stop its spread. The awards are given annually on Sept. 8, which UNESCO has designated as International Literacy Day. The…

The News Literacy Project and TIME for Kids are teaming up this school year to bring educators seven weeks of news literacy resources and lessons. From September through mid-October, the upper elementary editions of the TIME for Kids teacher’s guide will feature classroom-ready materials that highlight the magazine’s journalism and NLP’s free resources. Intended for…

His course was ready to meet new media literacy requirement Illinois high school educator Tom Foss credits his experience with both skeptics and conspiracy theorists and a background in science and humanities for preparing him to teach media literacy. “I used to be active in scientific skepticism circles. I did presentations on chain letters, scams and conspiracy…

This NLPeople Q&A introduces you to Pam Brunskill, senior manager of education design at the News Literacy Project.

Alicia Shepard, who died in April 2023, was a ‘journalist’s journalist,’ committed to the work of the News Literacy Project.

Each quarter, through these updates, we’ll keep you in tune with the work our network of educators is doing and how that work is shifting the media literacy education landscape across the U.S. to create a future founded on facts.

This free webinar for educators, presented by the News Literacy Project and hosted by edWeb, explores strategies for teaching students news literacy — particularly through leveraging Checkology®️ lessons and Newsroom to Classroom journalist visits.

Learn about a free educator webinar from the News Literacy Project, focused on incorporating media and news literacy learning into back-to-school plans. The event introduces the Checkology virtual classroom and other classroom resources.

Learn about a free educator webinar from the News Literacy Project, focused on how educators can begin their school year teaching issues related to the First Amendment and student press rights.

To help strengthen our democracy, news literacy skills should be taught to students of all ages, writes News Literacy Project President and CEO Charles Salter in a piece for the National Association of Elementary School Principals.

With misinformation, doctored images, and AI-generated misleading photos and videos spreading on social media, young people need news literacy skills now more than ever. For the past three years, an essay contest created by the News Literacy Project has encouraged students to fact-check online content and seek out credible sources, helping them become responsible and informed news consumers.

For NLPeople, Natalie Quan, senior manager of database operations, told us she joined NLP because she cares immensely about facts and truth.

Natalie Moore, a reporter at WBEZ in Chicago, the NPR affiliate, is the News Literacy Project’s 2023 John S. Carroll Journalist of the Year.

Ana Sesma, of Hoschton, Georgia, the News Literacy Project’s 2023 Gwen Ifill Student of the Year, stands out among her peers.

Broadcast journalism teacher Alba Mendiola of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago Is the 2023 Alan C. Miller Educator of the Year.

The American Association of School Librarians has named RumorGuard to its annual list of Best Digital Tools for Teaching & Learning.

In April, NLP was featured in the Washington Post, Poynter and AARP.

Editorial cartoonist Signe Wilkinson shares her journalism experience with New Hampshire middle school students who are studying news literacy.

Led by Urban Rural Action, a nonprofit dedicated to bringing people together across divides to address common challenges, a group of more than two dozen concerned community members will work collaboratively over the next 18 months to take action to deter targeted violence in their counties. Urban Rural Action calls the participants “Uniters.”   As part…

Join the News Literacy Project for a free educator webinar to discover how to teach news literacy skills that will serve your students throughout summer school and beyond.

Washington Post education reporter Valerie Strauss features content from The Sift®,  NLP’s free weekly newsletter for educators, in her blog throughout the school year. Banning clothes with political slogans at school, and other news literacy lessons — (May 7, 2023) Why some marginalized people distrust the new, and other news literacy lessons (April 28, 2023)…

Today marks World Press Freedom Day, which the U.N. designated in 1993. an understanding of press freedom is essential to news literacy.

Ideagen® Global has named News Literacy Project founder Alan C. Miller a 2023 Power Innovator for his news literacy education leadership.

Each quarter, through these updates, we’ll keep you in tune with the work our network of educators is doing and how that work is shifting the media literacy education landscape across the U.S. to create a future founded on facts.

Learn what motivates Texas ambassador Juan Alvarado to embed news literacy in his teaching. Ambassador Connections is a series highlighting NewsLitNation Ambassadors.

Join the News Literacy Project for a free educator webinar to discover how to teach students about misinformation.

With information generated by artificial intelligence suddenly flooding our virtual spaces, news consumers are struggling to understand what to think and how to feel about the technology. NLP’s Darragh Worland, senior vice president of creative strategy and host of NLP’s Is that a Fact? podcast, was recently featured in the Washington Post offering tips for how to make sense of this rapidly changing information environment. 

Christina Veiga, senior director of media relations at NLP talks about her commitment to news literacy and journalism, and love of the beach.

Learn about “Harm & Distrust,” a new Checkology lesson by the News Literacy Project, focused on the historical failure of mainstream news organizations to serve all people equally — particularly Black Americans — and steps toward progress in the present day.

A teacher’s media literacy class gives students skills to be more news-literate and bridges millennia, enhancing ancient history courses.

Building on its history of partnerships with journalists and news outlets, the News Literacy Project is launching its first National Journalism Advisory Council. This group of prominent leaders will help the nonpartisan education nonprofit deepen NLP’s engagement with news organizations and journalists, amplify its mission, and assist news outlets in strengthening trust with their communities.

This free webinar for educators, presented by the News Literacy Project on edWeb.net, focuses on tackling difficult classroom conversations about race, equity and injustices.

Black History Month is celebrates African American perseverance through unspeakable adversity and is intertwined with news literacy.

Today marks exactly 15 years since I founded the News Literacy Project and helped launch the field of news literacy.

NLPeople is a series that introduces you to the people of NLP. Meet Dan Evon, senior manager of education design.

NewsLitCamp: Trust and Credibility was a free, virtual event hosted by the News Literacy Project in partnership with NBCUniversal News Group! It was designed to help educators teach students to analyze news and information with a skeptical — not cynical — eye. The professional learning highlighted:  What it means for news to inform us credibly.  …

Once trust is gone, it’s tough to regain. But it’s critical that we all work to restore it. That’s because public trust and a news media industry that does its job well go hand in hand in protecting our democracy. That’s why my organization, the News Literacy Project (along with The E.W. Scripps Company), is focusing on trust in newsrooms and news coverage during National News Literacy Week.