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Peter Adams, NLP’s senior vice president for educational programs, shared tips for spotting “fake news” with Glamour’s Kat Brown. “The internet has allowed anyone to create a webpage that appears to contain verified information,” he said. “Give it a name that sounds like news media – a city plus ‘Gazette’ or ‘Times’, for example –…

IVY, which describes itself as “the world’s first social university, created to unite thoughtful individuals through a lifetime of new inspiration and connections,” talks with NLP founder and CEO Alan C. Miller about the work of the News Literacy Project, including the Facebook public service ads aimed at people who share fake news online.

The hour-long sessions cover the basics of news literacy and delve into more complex topics, such as the connection between news literacy and civic involvement. You will come away with fresh ideas, new tools and top-of-the-line resources that will help you integrate news literacy into your lessons and empower your students to become active and…

Lisa Nielsen (a/k/a The Innovative Educator), director of digital engagement and professional development at the New York City Department of Education, attended the News Literacy Project’s Aug. 1 #NewsLitCamp at Time Inc. headquarters. She wrote two blog posts about her experience — one outlining the benefits of the Checkology® virtual classroom (which she said provides “high-quality,…

“Today, misinformation, rumor and spin can overwhelm real news, and the News Literacy Project provides the tools to meet this challenge,” NLP’s founder and CEO, Alan C. Miller, writes in a blog post for the Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington. In his post, he outlines NLP’s purpose, accomplishments and goals.

Damaso Reyes, who is overseeing NLP’s expansion in Miami, was recently interviewed on Topical Currents, a public affairs program on South Florida’s public radio station, WLRN. He discussed how NLP’s growing presence in Miami is empowering students to resist fake news.

Then, Mitchell recalled some lessons she had learned from the News Literacy Project in her U.S. government class at KIPP DC College Preparatory, and she decided to check the rumors out. What she discovered brought relief to her and her friends: The number of missing youths had actually declined, and most of the young women…

“We were the antidote to fake news long before anybody coined that term,” NLP’s president/CEO tells writer David Frey. The article explores how NLP grew from an idea that hatched during Miller’s visit to a Bethesda middle school to a national nonprofit that today has a potential reach of more than 1 million students worldwide.

The News Literacy Project got a shout-out in a Philadelphia Inquirer op-ed by Larry Atkins, a journalism professor at Temple University and Arcadia University. One way to fight fake news, he writes, is including media literacy as a mandatory part of every child’s educational experience.

“I am so honored,” she said after being presented with the award at an NLP dinner in June. “To be selected from among well-deserving colleagues by a respected group of journalists and journalism educators makes this beautiful plaque quite valuable to me.” Named for one of the most revered newspaper editors of his generation, the…

After a “murky” survey made its way across the country, Glendora Meikle of the International Reporting Project analyzed the effects of publishing news items that haven’t been properly vetted. In a piece in Columbia Journalism Review, she highlights NLP’s tips for determining the accuracy of what we’re reading, watching and hearing.

The launch of the News Literacy Project’s Checkology® virtual classroom was “fortuitously timed,” Elia Power of MediaShift writes in a Q&A with Peter Adams, NLP’s senior vice president for educational programs. The two discussed the use of e-learning methods to teach news literacy.    

The News Literacy Project’s Checkology® virtual classroom is being offered this summer to patrons of the Miami-Dade Public Library System. Holly Pretsky of WLRN, Miami’s public radio station, has the details.    

A senior writer at Wired returns to her old high school in Philadelphia, where today’s students are learning how to know what to believe — thanks to the Checkology® virtual classroom. (And the online magazine Ozy included the Wired piece in its Presidential Daily Brief, a daily listing of articles that it considers “important” or “intriguing.”)

In reporter Jim Rutenberg’s story on why fake news dies hard, Alan C. Miller, the News Literacy Project’s president and CEO, explains how organizations such as NLP are responding to viral rumors, hoaxes and conspiracy theories.

In a report on the prevalence of false news pieces about celebrities, NLP President and CEO Alan C. Miller talks with Suzanne Marques, an entertainment reporter at CBS2 in Los Angeles, about the News Literacy Project’s collaboration with Facebook in fighting fake news.

“Paul has been one of NLP’s most engaged and effective journalist fellows since he first volunteered in 2011,” said NLP President Alan C. Miller. “His remarkable dedication to our mission has earned him our heartfelt appreciation and this well-deserved recognition.” The award — named after the revered editor of three U.S. newspapers and the former…

The Columbia Chronicle captured humor writers’ discussions about the hard work behind satire, news and “fake news” in its report on the News Literacy Project’s VIP breakfast at Columbia College Chicago on April 28. “Fake News, Alternative Facts and Microwaves: We’re Just Trying to Keep Up!” featured Chad Nackers, head writer of The Onion, and…

And because of NLP’s latest resource, the Checkology® virtual classroom, Alexander now looks at what she reads a lot more skeptically. She acknowledged that she hadn’t really cared about the news before she participated in the virtual classroom as part of her government class at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. But now, she said, she…

“How ‘News Literacy’ Gets Web Misinformation Wrong” was published last month on Caulfield’s own website and earlier this month on Medium and Observer.com. In it, Caulfield specifically cites our Checkology® virtual classroom, a web-based e-learning platform for educators and students in middle school and high school. We thank Caulfield for his interest in our work and…