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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.

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. Perspective | Cherry-picking climate data, limiting social media and more news literacy lessons (Feb. 9, 2023) Using ChatGPT for disinformation and other news literacy lessons (Feb. 2, 2023) Lisa Marie Presley’s…

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.

Join a panel of experts during the fourth annual National News Literacy Week to untangle the threads in our heads and hearts that can cause us to accept and spread falsehoods, even when we should know better.

Educators! Give your students the opportunity to write about some of the most important topics of our time and explore how they can help combat misinformation and work to protect the freedom of the press.

During our fourth annual National News Literacy Week, we are exploring why trust in the news media is declining among some Americans and presenting a panel of innovative Chicago journalists to discuss how they are building trust in their work.

What can news organizations do to regain trust in their work? What lessons have newsroom leaders learned from past mistakes to help their audiences understand the lengths they go through to produce credible and trustworthy news? We’ll explore this in a panel discussion.

Learn about a free Microsoft Flip event from the News Literacy Project and Teens for Press freedom, with a student-led discussion on trust and credibility.

Learn about a free educator webinar presented by the News Literacy Project on edWeb.net, focused on critical reading skills and featuring Jeff Wilhelm.

Join the News Literacy Project for a free webinar, hosted in partnership with KQED, to learn how to support students as they analyze and create political cartoons to share their perspective about issues. You’ll also explore topics such as trust and credibility as they relate to opinion journalism.

The insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was a watershed moment for teachers of news literacy.