NLP founder’s tweets praised by Reading Eagle managing editor

NLP in the News


A series of Presidents Day tweets by our founder and CEO, Alan C. Miller, featured the words of several U.S. presidents — from Thomas Jefferson to George W. Bush — about the role of the press. The tweet thread caught the eye of Dave Mowery, managing editor of the Reading (Pennsylvania) Eagle, who wrote about it, noting that it shouldn’t take a holiday to remind us all of the importance of a free press.

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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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Newsweek quotes NLP CEO Salter on solution to lack of news literacy

News Literacy Project CEO and President Charles Salter responded to Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s comments on the need for news literacy in preserving democracy, while underscoring NLP’s focus on a solution. “We agree with Justice Sotomayor that the lack of news literacy skills today poses a danger to all of us. But we also…

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