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Young people at risk from toxic misinformation need media literacy skills — The News Literacy Project’s Ebonee Otoo in The Hechinger Report.

Virtual panel discussion in Spanish with live interpretation to English about how to find credible, trustworthy information during the 2024 elections.

It’s easy to avoid false information online — which is particularly important in an election year. Learn how on March 20 in this free webinar.

Learn to identify credible election information in this free webinar on Feb. 29, 2024 presented by the nonpartisan News Literacy Project.

The fifth annual National News Literacy Week turned a spotlight on local news and its role in a healthy democracy. Through free events for educators and the public, this initiative provided people of all ages with the knowledge and tools to become better informed and more civically engaged. NLP staff and partners shared their expertise…

This free webinar for educators, presented by the News Literacy Project and hosted by edWeb, explores strategies for teaching students news literacy — particularly through examples of science and health misinformation.

Susan Minichiello, News Literacy Project’s senior manager of education design, produces the newsletters The Sift and Get Smart About News.

The best way to help people avoid misinformation is to give them the tools to spot it, NLP’s Dan Evon said in a recent interview with CBS News. When young people view conflicts like the Israel-Hamas war through the lens of social media, false information can seep into the views they develop about the world,…

Join the News Literacy Project and anchors from 4 national news programs as we discuss election coverage, misinformation and what the public needs to know.