E.W. Scripps joins our fight for facts

On Thursday, NLP and the E.W. Scripps Company, one of the nation’s largest independent TV station owners and steward of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, announced a multi-year partnership to help the next generation of news consumers learn to separate facts from falsehoods in today’s challenging information landscape.

Working together, educators, journalists and media organizations can create the momentum to achieve NLP’s vision: to embed news literacy in the American middle school and high school  education experience. We are excited to join forces with Scripps toward this urgent goal.

Scripps journalists will visit schools, either in person or virtually, through our Newsroom to Classroom program to talk with students about what they do and why their work is important. They also will participate in NewsLitCamps® — our one-day professional development events, hosted by news organizations and taught by journalists and NLP staff that provide educators with the knowledge and resources to teach news literacy.

In addition, the Scripps National Spelling Bee will help connect its national audience of students and teachers with NLP’s programs, including the Checkology® virtual classroom.

Another key initiative of the partnership is National News Literacy Week, which is slated to run from Jan. 27 to Feb. 2, 2020. During this week, Scripps’ local television stations and national media brands will use NLP’s news literacy offerings to produce special coverage, programs and events across the country that engage audiences in discussions about the importance of news literacy and the role of a free press in a healthy democracy.

We will keep you informed about key events and activities as this significant partnership takes shape. And, as always, thank you for helping to give facts a fighting chance.