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NLP president and CEO talks news literacy on The Strategerist podcast

NLP in the News

In a recent episode of The Strategerist podcast, presented by the George W. Bush Presidential Center, NLP president and CEO Charles Salter discussed why news literacy is a critical life skill, how to help young people navigate information on social media and evidence supporting the efficacy of news literacy instruction.

“We’re empowering the individual to apply these skills and this kind of analysis to any news and information — even their preferred news and information — and make the choice themselves,” Salter said.

Listen to the full episode here.

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