NLP News

NLP’s News Literacy Ambassador Program, a national initiative to mobilize educators in the fight against misinformation, is expanding.

Today we recognize and celebrate the 156th Juneteenth, which became an official United States holiday yesterday.

As part of our continuing series of staff profiles, NLPeople, get to know Sara Lewis, the News Literacy Project’s operations manager.

This week the News Literacy Project celebrates the outstanding achievements of our educator, journalist and student of the year.

Alysa Baltimore, a high school junior in Gallatin, Tenn., has been selected as the News Literacy Projects 2022 Gwen Ifill Student of the Year.

The News Literacy Project has named Pierre Thomas, ABC News chief Justice correspondent, its 2022 John S. Carroll Journalist of the Year.

Jamie Gregory, a librarian and journalism teacher in Greenville, SC, is the News Literacy Project’s 2022 Alan C. Miller Educator of the Year.

End your school year on a high note by attending one of the News Literacy Project’s free professional learning events, NewsLitCamp.

Calling all Detroit Public Schools educators! Please join us on Thursday, June 23 from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. ET for NewsLitCamp® Detroit part 2.

Peter Adams, NLP’s senior vice president of education, joined the Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone podcast on May 24 for an episode on news literacy.

We’re excited to announce NewsLitCamp® Berks County, hosted in partnership with the Berks County Intermediate Unit’s Core Connections Conference 2022!

The News Literacy Project is pleased to announce our very first hybrid-style NewsLitCamp on Monday, June 6 at 8 a.m. ET, in partnership with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and sponsored by The Grable Foundation.

Please join us on Wednesday, May 25, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET for NewsLitCamp® Great Lakes, in partnership with the Star Tribune and the Akron Beacon Journal, and sponsored by the Knight Foundation.

In response to the mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York this past Saturday, the News Literacy Project released the following statement…

Between our leadership transition, op-eds and interviews, NLP has had quite a few media hits recently. Here are a few of the highlights.

Get to know the News Literacy Project’s Jake Lloyd, social media manager and intrepid backpacker, in this engaging Q and A.

Connecticut journalism teacher Kristin Larson teachers her students about press freedom with an immersive approach.

Join the News Literacy Project for a free educator webinar focused on preparing students to fight back against misinformation! Learn how to use the “Misinfo 101” course on the Checkology® virtual classroom.

Disinformation’s effect on society and culture became clear during the event “Truth in Our Time,” honoring the late journalist Peter Jennings.

“Power in Art” is the 15th lesson in NLP’s browser-based platform, which teaches students how to navigate the digital landscape by developing news literacy knowledge, skills and habits of mind.

In January 2009, philanthropists David and Katherine Moore took a leap of faith in me and the News Literacy Project when they became one of our first individual donors, despite the fact  that we had yet to provide a single classroom lesson. 

Join us for a first look at “Power in Art: The Watchdog Role of Editorial Cartoonists,” a brand-new lesson available through the News Literacy Project’s Checkology® virtual classroom.

Join us for an exclusive NewsLit Nation event focused on the award-winning documentary Storm Lake!

NLP founder & CEO Alan C. Miller will step down as CEO June 30 and transition to a new role. President & COO Charles Salter will succeed him.

Learn more about Chuck Salter, NLP’s current president and chief operating officer and incoming Chief Executive officer.

Join us on Friday, April 15 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET for NewsLitCamp® Miami, in partnership with Miami-Dade Public Schools and sponsored by The Knight Foundation.  

Mike Webb, senior vice president of communications, recently spoke with The Hill about the desperate need for news literacy curriculum in K-12 schools.

Peter Adams, NLP’s senior vice president of education, joined a March 16 Al Jazeera livestream to discuss Russian disinformation around the war in Ukraine.

NBC News recently reported that despite occasionally thinking they’re less susceptible to falsehoods on the internet, Gen Z can sometimes accidentally amplify misinformation. To flesh this out further, reporter Kalhan Rosenblatt spoke with NLP’s, Peter Adams, senior vice president of education.

In an interview with Fox 5 DC’s Jeannette Reyes, Peter Adams, senior vice president of education, discussed how to separate online fact from fiction.

While teenagers might question everything around them, pushback can be a good thing, especially when they challenge social media algorithms.

Students today are immersed in a news and information landscape that pervades every aspect of their lives. From TikTok to Instagram to Twitter, they are inundated with posts, and many of them are not credible or legitimately grounded. It is difficult to know what is true. Because this environment is complex and riddled with misinformation, it provides a prime opportunity to authentically develop students’ critical thinking abilities.

Almost immediately after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, mis- and disinformation began to seep into the information landscape.

Join us on Friday, March 18, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. CT for NewsLitCamp® Illinois, sponsored by The Robert F. McCormick Foundation.

For Women’s History Month, Carol McCarthy, NLP’s director of communications, penned an op-ed titled, “Put women who capture history with a camera in the big picture.”

In an interview with CapRadio’s Insight program, John Silva, NLP’s senior director of professional learning, discussed how to navigate the misinformation swirling around Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

When Russia invaded Ukraine, John Silva, NLP’s senior director of professional learning, spoke with The Associated Press about propaganda and fake videos circulating on social media.

New York City educators! Enter your students in our essay contest for a chance for both of you to win an Amazon gift card worth up to $100. Deadline: May 13, 2022.

The third annual National News Literacy Week, presented by the News Literacy Project and The E.W. Scripps Company, underscored the vital role of news literacy in a democracy and provided audiences with the knowledge, tools and abilities to become more news-literate.

NLP CEO and founder Alan C. Miller marks the organization’s 14-year anniversary by sharing a lesson he learned about running a successful non-profit for each year of NLP’s history.