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The News Literacy Project is hosting a four-part series of professional learning webinars focused on essential news literacy concepts.

The News Literacy Project is hosting a four-part series of professional learning webinars focused on essential news literacy concepts.

Please join us on Thursday, Oct. 28 for an important, free, day-long event, Summit: In Community, hosted by the School Library Journal (SLJ). 

Join the News Literacy Project on Twitter on Thursday, Aug. 26, from 4-5 p.m. ET. Throughout the hour, we will ask eight to 10 questions related to the new school year.  Anderson, our staff and anyone else participating can answer using the #NLPChat hashtag.

In this virtual edWebinar on Sept. 2nd, join subject matter expert John Silva and Shaelynn Farnsworth of the News Literacy Project for a conversation about conspiracy theories.

The News Literacy Project is hosting a four-part series of professional learning webinars focused on essential news literacy concepts.

NewsLitCamp is an immersive, free professional learning experience primarily for middle and high school educators.

Peter Adams, NLP’s senior vice president of education, will discuss media bias and show consumers how to evaluate news coverage in a virtual presentation for the St. Charles City-County Library Current Conversations series. People frequently perceive and allege bias in news coverage, but what does this really mean? What makes a piece of news biased,…

What happens when you bring together a news literacy expert and an experienced reporter who covers all things media? Find out during our first Instagram Live event!

Miami Dade Public Schools, in partnership with the News Literacy Project, is hosting a news literacy essay writing contest to empower students to be civically informed and engaged.

NewsLitCamp helps teachers and librarians develop expertise in news literacy, demystifying what distinguishes quality journalism from misinformation. Join the News Literacy Project (NLP), South Carolina ETV and Public Radio, The Post and Courier, and Richland School District Two on May 14 and 21 for NewsLitCamp, a virtual teacher-centered professional learning event over two afternoons featuring breakout sessions with Columbia journalists.…

Join the News Literacy Project and OATS Senior Planet for a free webinar to learn how to fact-check content and use existing tools to verify information before you share it. The discussion will take place on Wednesday, March 31 at 1pm ET / 10am PT. In this webinar, we’ll share tips to help you understand the motivations of bad actors who push misleading, inaccurate and false information, and we’ll help you build skills to identify it and stop its spread. We’ll also teach you the basics of fact-checking so that you can protect yourself from falling for misinformation.