What is the News Literacy Project
The News Literacy Project (NLP) is an innovative national educational program that mobilizes seasoned journalists to help middle school and high school students sort fact from fiction in the digital age.
The project teaches students critical-thinking skills that will enable them to be smarter and …
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Mount Vernon Elementary School Students in Chicago Produce…
Jan 9, 2012 | There are 3 comments on this entryThe News Literacy Project’s fall semester at Mount Vernon Elementary School in Chicago wrapped up with the production of a short documentary by Anjanette Lipsett’s 7th-grade English class.
“Our Own Actions” tackles the issue of youth violence in five parts: “Innocent Victims,” “Youth Violence in Sports,” “Teen Violence,” “Then and Now” and “Who is Responsible?” …
Read MoreThe News Literacy Project Concludes a Banner Year…
Dec 29, 2011 | Post a comment on this entryThe News Literacy Project (NLP) made dramatic progress in 2012 in its mission to create a new generation of smarter and more engaged consumers and creators of credible news and information.
NLP is now working with 35 teachers in 21 middle schools and high schools in New York City, Chicago, Washington and Bethesda, Md., to reach well over 2,000 students this school year. This included expansion …
Read MoreThe News Literacy Project Brings Students to Newsrooms…
Dec 23, 2011 | Post a comment on this entryNot only is the News Literacy Project bringing journalists to students in schools, it’s increasingly bringing students to the journalists in their newsrooms.
Students participating in the project visited four newsrooms in New York and Chicago in the past two months, bringing the total number of such field trips in the two cities to 10 for 2011.
A group of 14 high school seniors from Cristo …
Read More“PBS NewsHour” Reports on the News Literacy Project
Dec 14, 2011 | There are 2 comments on this entryThe News Literacy Project’s growing program to give students the tools to know what to believe in a digital age was the subject of a seven-minute report on "PBS NewsHour" on Dec. 13.
The report, titled “News Literacy Project Trains Young People to be Skeptical Media Consumers,” featured NLP’s work with 8th-grade students at E.L. Haynes Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., and students at …
Read MoreChicago NLP Student Profiled by PBS NewsHour Extra
Dec 13, 2011 | There are 1 comments on this entryFor the second consecutive year, a News Literacy Project student from the Reavis School in Chicago has been featured on PBS’s “NewsHour Extra” website. Rashad Thomas-Bland, now in 7th grade at Reavis, was interviewed about his experience producing and narrating a broadcast report on the impact of video games on youth. The interview, along with an excerpt of the Reavis students’ report, …
Read MoreThe Wall Street Journal Joins the News Literacy…
Dec 9, 2011 | There are 1 comments on this entryThe Wall Street Journal has joined the News Literacy Project as a participating news organization, becoming the 21st newspaper, broadcast outlet or online publication to enlist in the effort to help middle school and high school students become smarter and more frequent consumers and creators of credible information.
"Today’s readers need to understand that not all digital information is created …
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