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

Published on February 21, 2019 Media Coverage

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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Technology news outlets note Apple’s contribution to NLP

Engadget, EdSurge and 9to5Mac featured items on Apple’s new initiative, announced March 19, to support three “nonpartisan, independent media literacy programs” in the United States and in Italy, including the News Literary Project.

Published on Mar 20, 2019 Media Coverage

Apple announces support for NLP’s news literacy education programs

I am extremely pleased to share some exciting news: Apple announced today that it has selected the News Literacy Project to play a central role in a new initiative supporting leading nonprofit organizations that provide nonpartisan news literacy programs in the United States and in Italy. Apple’s investment in our work represents the largest corporate…

Published on Mar 19, 2019 NLP Updates

International Women’s Day: Celebrating Nellie Bly

Today, on International Women’s Day, we honor a pioneer in investigative journalism: Nellie Bly. Born Elizabeth Jane Cochran in western Pennsylvania in 1864, Bly began her newspaper career when she was only 20, covering women’s rights, child labor, dangerous conditions for factory workers and social justice reform for the Pittsburgh Dispatch. But when her articles…

Published on Mar 8, 2019 NLP Updates