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Education Week: Bezos’ gift to NLP supports quality journalism

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Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post, has donated $250,000 to the News Literacy Project to help further its mission and reach. By doing so, says Stephen Sawchuk, an associate editor of Education Week, Bezos is underscoring his support for reputable journalism.

“Media literacy has gained more attention in this era of cries of ‘fake news,’ as educators and researchers alike fret over students’ inability to distinguish between reputable and biased sources of news, and between fact and opinion,” Sawchuk wrote.

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National News Literacy Week 2025 makes headlines across the country

Some highlights: In USA TODAY, Neveah Rice, a college freshman studying journalism and the recipient of the News Literacy Project’s 2024 student Change-Maker award, wrote how learning news literacy can help teens break out of social media filter bubbles and identify bias in their information sources. Also in USA TODAY, News Literacy Project board member Melanie Lundquist urged donors to support efforts to…

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Insider Spotlight: Noreen Fitzgerald-Makar

Welcome to the Insider Spotlight section, where we feature real questions from our team and answers from educators who are making a difference teaching news literacy. This month, our featured educator is Noreen Fitzgerald-Makar from New York City, where she is an English and journalism teacher.

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Understanding bias in the news media

A News Literacy Project webinar for educators shared practical advice and tips to help students regain trust in credible news and to question faulty beliefs about media bias.

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