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A common theme of rumors swirling this election season claim that celebrities like Taylor Swift and Aaron Rodgers have endorsed – or snubbed – the presidential candidates, according to a CNN analysis of data in the News Literacy Project’s Misinformation Dashboard: Election 2024.   CNN found that about 1 in 10 rumors in the dashboard dealt…

Beverly Hills Unified School District in California has been accepted to the News Literacy Project District Fellowship Program, a two-year grant that provides funding, professional support and resources for school systems that want to design and implement plans to teach news literacy. Beverly Hills joins school districts across the country, including the nearby Los Angeles…

Fake celebrity endorsements, video clips taken out of context, rumors that start small and end up spreading worldwide: In an on-camera interview, the News Literacy Project’s Peter Adams, Senior Vice President of Research and Design, focuses on the need to identify and resist election-related falsehoods. Adams points to NLP’s Misinformation Dashboard: Election 2024, which is…

The News Literacy Project has selected nine school districts to join its growing News Literacy District Fellowship program.

The News Literacy Project’s Misinformation Dashboard: Election 2024 so far contains more than 600 hundred examples of online falsehoods.

This blog post, part of a new limited series from the News Literacy Project, provides updates and analysis from the Misinformation Dashboard: Election 2024.

NLP’s Misinformation Dashboard: Election 2024 collects viral falsehoods and puts them in context by analyzing common trends and topics.

In my life before NLP, I was a middle school teacher, and later, a school district superintendent. These experiences were ideal preparation for doing the important work of ensuring news literacy is a national education priority. In fact, there is a direct through line. Let me explain. When my eighth grade U.S. history students walked…

The Broad Foundation awarded the News Literacy Project, a $1.15 million grant to for a partnership with Los Angeles Unified School District.The Broad Foundation awarded the News Literacy Project, a $1.15 million grant to for a partnership with Los Angeles Unified School District.

We are all susceptible to misinformation, but news literacy skills can protect you from being misled. On the In Clear Terms podcast, presented by the AARP, NLP Senior Manager of Education Design Dan Evon emphasizes the importance of verifying content before sharing it.    “If we can resist engaging with this content, resist sharing this content,…

We are all susceptible to misinformation, but news literacy skills can protect you from being misled. On the In Clear Terms podcast, presented by the AARP, NLP Senior Manager of Education Design Dan Evon emphasizes the importance of verifying content before sharing it. 

Misinformation about the upcoming presidential election is rampant on social media.  In a recent Philadelphia Inquirer article, Dan Evon, Senior Manager of Education Design of NLP, highlights the challenges with finding credible information on social platforms.

With advancements in artificial intelligence, news literacy skills are key to recognizing when photos are faked or altered. The Washington Post recently published a guide for identifying  doctored  images and included NLP’s expertise. 

In an Education Week article, Pamela Brunskill, Senior Director of Education Design at NLP, offered advice for teachers to help their students avoid conspiracy theories that swirled after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

District fellowship educators see news literacy as an educational imperative and believe a lack of news literacy skills disempowers students.

This free webinar for educators, presented by the News Literacy Project on edWeb.net, explores resources every educator needs in their toolkit to teach news literacy this school year.

This free webinar for educators, presented by the News Literacy Project, explores and introduces educators to the Checkology virtual classroom and lessons that are ideal for the back-to-school season.

News Literacy Project joins those troubled by the attempt on former President Trump’s life and encourage all to share information responsibly.

In a CNN interview, the News Literacy Project offered strategies for determining whether news coverage is AI-generated. Christina Veiga, NLP’s senior director of media relations, explained how to read laterally – leaving one online source to read what others have to say about a topic or issue – and how to conduct a reverse image…

News literacy experts warn that this use of artificial intelligence could lead to declining trust in news organizations.

In the “Decoding Democracy” series on American Public Media’s Marketplace Tech program, NLP’s senior manager of education design, Pamela Brunskill, discussed how to have a constructive conversation with loved ones who may be misled by misinformation. 

The CBS News station in Pittsburgh featured NLP’s 2024 Alan C. Miller Educator of the Year Lindsay Downs, a librarian at Sewickley Academy.

News Literacy Projects honors Juneteenth, the events of June 19, 1865, when Union troops freed the last enslaved people in Galveston, Texas.

To break through a confusing and misleading information landscape, the News Literacy Project hosted a panel of experts who work with the military community to discuss common types of election-related misinformation and practical tips for finding reliable news before voting.

Neveah Rice, a senior at Cornell High School in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, is the News Literacy Project’s 2024 Gwen Ifill Student of the Year.

Pennsylvania educator Lindsey Downs has been named the News Literacy Project’s 2024 Alan C. Miller Educator of the Year.

The News Literacy Project has named Tamoa Calzadilla, editor in chief of Factchequeado, as its 2024 John S. Carrolll Journalist of the Year.

NLP’s Hannah Covington discusses how news literacy skills can help people detect pink slime news sources, especially in an election year.

A recent NJ Spotlight News segment featured a middle school class at Princeton Montessori School in New Jersey, where News Literacy Project Ambassador Aish Sami uses free educator resources from NLP to teach a media literacy course. “My hope and dreams for the students when they walk out of the classroom is that they feel…

This free webinar for educators, presented by the News Literacy Project, explores virtual lessons and other resources that can be used to teach students fact-checking skills over the summer.

The News Literacy Project is hosting a panel of experts who work with the military community for a virtual discussion about common types of election-related misinformation and practical tips and tools for finding reliable news sources before voting.

In a recent update to Encyclopedia Britannica, the News Literacy Project breaks down the meaning of news literacy and why it matters.

Paul Beckett, assistant editor at the Wall Street Journal, spoke to NLP about press freedom and the imprisonment of reporter Evan Gershkovich.

To help us navigate a flood of content, the News Literacy Project’s Dan Evon shared ways to be an active consumer of information online.

The News Literacy Project hosted experts who addressed how voters in news deserts can be sure they find credible information and sources.

The News Literacy Project’s Checkology digital learning platform has won a Webby Award from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.

The News Literacy Project is hosting a panel of experts who work with the military community for a virtual discussion about common types of election-related misinformation and practical tips and tools for finding reliable news sources before voting.

This April Fools’ Day, NPR offered tips for people to avoid falling for online pranks, and included news literacy tips from Dan Evon, NLP’s senior manager of education design.

Pennslyvania educator Pam Szabo develops a media and news literacy curriculum for all freshman using News Literacy Project resources.

Checkology® is in the running for top honors in The Webby Awards, the Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences’ signature awards program.