NLP News

Each quarter, through these updates, we’ll keep you in tune with the work our network of educators is doing and how that work is shifting the media literacy education landscape across the U.S. to create a future founded on facts.

This fall, experts at the News Literacy Project have been trusted sources to give guidance for best practices to teach news literacy, explain why certain communities are more vulnerable to mis- and dis-information, and share tips for finding and sharing credible news and information. 

Mary Lynn Hickey, our senior vice president of administration and one of the longest-tenured staffers, is featured in the latest NLPeople.

Are you — and your students — ready for the new school year?

Get ready with a foundation in news literacy — as well as best practices for teaching it — through our free educator webinars and resources.

This edWeb webinar, sponsored by the News Literacy Project, features a panel conversation with editorial cartoonists Lalo Alcaraz and Signe Wilkinson, who are both included in “Power in Art: The Watchdog Role of Editorial Cartoonists,” an innovative new lesson on NLP’s virtual classroom, Checkology®.

Ambassador Connections, our new series highlighting NewsLit Nation Ambassadors, begins with an interview with Amanda Escheman of Denver.

In this edWeb webinar, co-sponsored by the News Literacy Project and EdCuration, hear creative ideas, advice and solutions to these questions from some of NLP’s NewsLit Nation ambassadors, who are educators serving as community news literacy advocates. These educators will share how they engage students in classroom discussions and use activities that develop critical news and media literacy skills such as identifying credible information, seeking out reliable sources, and understanding the role of a free press in a democracy. 

After serving for the past four years as president and COO of NLP, Chuck Salter had the honor of becoming president and CEO on July 1.

For an L.A. middle-schooler the jarring re-entry into the social landscape of in-person school inspired an idea that led to a news story.

Join the News Literacy Project for an educator webinar introducing you to popular features and brand-new content on Checkology, a free, browser-based virtual classroom designed for grades 6-12.

The East-West Center will present NLP founder and CEO Alan C. Miller with its 2022 EWC Distinguished Alumni Award June 30 in Honolulu.

How are you celebrating the Fourth of July — with fireworks, a parade, a family cookout? Try sharpening your news literacy skills! Our nation’s founders would be proud of you. While they didn’t have to contend with the 24-hour news cycle, internet trolls or dangerous conspiracy theories, the Founding Fathers were concerned that misinformation and…

A big part of being news-literate is knowing what to watch out for and being able to recognize misinformation. And NOT sharing it!

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.