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The Columbia Journalism Review describes how news roundups can be an important part of a varied media diet and discusses the relevance of a News Literacy Project lesson: “Learning what goes into a news roundup is reminiscent of a lesson called ‘The Page One Meeting’ created by the News Literacy Project, where students get a…

News literacy, says Paul Gigot, editorial page editor and vice president of The Wall Street Journal, “is critical to much more than just the future of our business, of journalism, but to the future of democracy and governance.” During a News Literacy Project VIP breakfast on Oct. 28 at the Journal’s New York City headquarters,…

This school year, participating NLP students are engaging in a new lesson that explores the importance of a vigilant free press by bringing to life four case studies of notable investigative reporting. As Cristo Rey New York High School students discussed a 60 Minutes report about a black man wrongly convicted of armed robbery by an…

Schieffer, the moderator of the CBS Sunday public affairs show Face the Nation, says it’s vital for today’s young people to learn how to determine what news and information they can trust. “With the coming of the Internet, we are bombarded with more information than any of us can process — some of it right,…

The News Literacy Project is launching a series of online professional development workshops for teachers nationwide who are interested in introducing news literacy into their classrooms. The first workshop lesson will be Nov. 12. The series, Teaching News Literacy, is part of NLP’s new fee-for-service program that includes its classroom and after-school programs, as well…

The Kiwanis Club of Washington, D.C., has awarded the News Literacy Project a $10,000 grant to support a classroom program at a public school in the District during the 2014-15 school year. The grant will enable an under-resourced school to offer NLP’s curriculum, including visits by journalist fellows. To date, NLP has partnered with four…

Detailed reports compiled by Anita Baker, the project’s evaluation consultant, reflect the impact of NLP’s classroom, after-school and digital programs in middle schools and high schools in New York City, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Fairfax County, Virginia, and Montgomery County, Maryland. This was the most finely tuned set of surveys that NLP has used. “The results…

NLP is pleased to announce the hiring of Tamara Johnson as the project’s new full-time program coordinator in New York, NLP’s third hire since the spring. Tamara started on Aug. 25, just ahead of the new school year, which officially kicks off on Sept. 4. She will work with Darragh Worland, New York program manager,…

Alan C. Miller, NLP’s president and founder, discussed NLP and news literacy on The Diane Rehm Show on public radio this morning. You can catch the podcast here. The focus of the show was: “News Literacy in the Digital Age: Americans have access to more news than ever before. But polls suggest trust in our sources of…

Elizabeth Marino, an experienced classroom teacher, has joined the News Literacy Project as program coordinator in Chicago. She will oversee expansion of NLP’s digital unit and work with other youth media programs throughout the city. “The addition of Elizabeth to our team is particularly exciting given the crossroads NLP is at as an organization,” said…

The Asian American Journalists Association is looking for 42 high school students for its 2014 journalism workshop at Emerson College in Boston this summer. The JCamp program will run from July 29 to Aug. 3 and is open to teenagers with an interest in broadcasting, newspapers, magazines, photojournalism or online media. Freshmen, sophomores, and juniors…