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Adams on KCBS Radio: Tailor your algorithm by following credible news organizations

NLP in the News

KCBS Radio’s Ask an Expert series featured Peter Adams, the News Literacy Project’s Senior Vice President of Research and Design, in an interview that highlighted findings from NLP’s new study of teens and their media habits. The news anchors focused on the encouraging news that most teens wanted media literacy lessons in schools. Adams also offered advice for adults: Seek standards-based sources and multiple credible reports.

Listen to the KCBS interview here. The study, News Literacy in America: A survey of teen information attitudes, habits & skills, is available here.

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