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Save the date for National News Literacy Week 2025

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National News Literacy Week logoTick, tock … National News Literacy Week is right around the corner. Mark your calendars for Feb. 3-7.

Now in its sixth year, the week is dedicated to highlighting the importance of helping students strengthen their media and news literacy skills so they can successfully navigate today’s complex information landscape.

Educators can get a head start on participating in the week with our free downloadable Activity Planner, a roadmap for teaching a different news literacy learning standard each day during the week. It includes virtual lessons and infographics that simplify adding news literacy to any curriculum.

🗓️ Start planning for NNLW 2025

The planner and other information are available on the National News Literacy Week landing page, where we will soon add details about all the week’s events.

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