Knight grant is ‘enormously validating,’ Miller tells edtech site EdSurge

NLP in the News


Following the announcement of Knight Foundation’s $5 million support for NLP’s work, NLP founder and CEO Alan Miller spoke to EdSurge, a news site focusing on educational technology. “This is enormously validating for us, and gratifying, because it says they see what we’re doing as credible,” he told reporter Emily Tate.

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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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