NLP’s Facebook PSA campaign creates international buzz

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The News Literacy Project’s plans to create public service ads for Facebook made headlines around the world.

Founder and CEO Alan C. Miller told The Christian Science Monitor that the effort “makes sense” because Facebook is the place to “share the tools to be better-informed consumers and sharers of all that people are getting on the platform.”

In The Irish Times and the Financial Times (registration may be required), Miller described how NLP may create video ads to reach beyond its secondary-school roots to reach a broader Facebook audience.

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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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