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Cory Turner, senior editor with NPR Ed, spoke with students and their teacher at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia, about their use of NLP’s virtual classroom to discern fake news and build their critical-thinking skills.

As we reflect on 2016, we look back at some of our social media posts that you liked most. We’re sharing your top five favorites for one more read: Our guide to spotting fake news Facebook taking steps to combat misinformation Our new Checkology™ virtual classroom “In Jest” Biggest publishers of hoaxes and fake news

The Alaska news organization published NLP’s column on how to tackle “fake news.” It was written by guest journalist Gene Foreman.

Peter Adams, NLP’s senior vice president of educational programs, urges MarketWatch readers not to forget the role that quality journalism plays in a democracy when some types of news coverage frustrate them.

A survey released by the Pew Research Center today shows that fabricated news stories are causing members of the public to be confused about basic facts. About two in three U.S. adults say that fake news has caused “a great deal of confusion about the basic facts of current events,” while roughly another quarter say it causes…

NLP journalist fellow Alicia Shepard mentions NLP as a key force in educating the next generation how to navigate news and information in a piece for Moyers & Company about how news consumers can avoid getting duped by fake news.

Peter Adams, NLP’s senior vice president for education programs, led a workshop on how educators can use authentic examples of viral rumors to drive civic learning and engagement. The session couldn’t have come at a better time. With little regulation or controls, social media platforms occupy a greater and greater space in the public attention…

Appearing this week as the featured speaker at a News Literacy Project breakfast in Washington, Chris Wallace, the anchor of Fox News Sunday, called NLP “a terrific program.” The 52-year veteran of the broadcast industry added, “News literacy in the 21st century is literacy.” And, he continued, “Knowing how to consume and judge the news is…

A new study by Stanford History Education Group shows that students’ digital fluency does not include understanding the news and information they read online. “The News Literacy Project has been working with educators for the past eight years to teach middle school and high school students how to address the challenges reflected in the Stanford study,”…

Christian Armstrong grew up in the same housing projects where Michelle Obama had lived as a young girl — a notoriously dangerous section of Chicago’s South Side now known as O Block. He never read a newspaper, watched the news on television or listened to it on the radio. “I figured it had nothing to…

This year, we’re kicking off the charitable season by joining #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving. #GivingTuesday is less than a week away, and we’re looking forward to joining in for the first time! The outpouring of support we’ve seen for news literacy since the presidential election underscores the…

In her column, Washington Post opinion writer Kathleen Parker argues that the mainstream media was this year’s “biggest loser,” and that programs like the News Literacy Project are part of the solution. “The mainstream media need to work harder at presenting balanced reporting to rebuild trust,” she writes. “And education programs aimed at teaching students how to evaluate…

Gwen Ifill, one of the most respected journalists of her generation and a member of the News Literacy Project (NLP) board, died today in Washington, D.C. She was 61. Ifill was the award-winning moderator and managing editor of Washington Week on PBS and co-managing editor and co-anchor of PBS NewsHour. She covered the presidential campaign and the…

In The Mercury (Manhattan, Kansas), Adams, the News Literacy Project’s senior vice president for educational programs, discusses the ways in which confirmation bias and media echo chambers distort fact — and how news literacy education can help moving forward.

Editor Gilbert Bailon discusses the need for reliable information during election season — and how news literacy skills such as what NLP teaches can help bolster civic engagement.

The Spokane, Washington, news organization published retired AP reporter Larry Margasak’s piece that grapples with media fairness standards in the context of the 2016 election — and how journalism can move forward.

Judy Patrick of The Daily Gazette in Schenectady, New York, discusses the importance of developing critical-thinking skills in an era where fake news is everywhere — and how groups such as NLP are working to educate future news consumers.

We have just weathered a presidential election in which a bitterly divided nation seemed incapable of agreeing on facts — let alone solutions — for the country’s myriad challenges. Meanwhile, the press, polls and pundits proved to be stunningly wrong in crafting the narrative of this election and appeared out of touch with broad swaths…

Eva Haller, a much-honored nonprofit leader and philanthropist, is the newest member of the News Literacy Project board. She has been informally advising NLP President Alan C. Miller for the last three years. “Eva brings a wealth of experience in both the business and nonprofit worlds to the project’s board at just the right moment,” said…

Reprinted with permission of the National Council for the Social Studies: Confronting Confirmation Bias: Giving Truth a Fighting Chance in the Information Age By Alan C. Miller Guns. Immigration. Climate change. Abortion. Race relations. Trade. Global terrorism. Across the spectrum of politically charged issues confronting the nation, Americans are more deeply divided along ideological lines…