News literacy is crucial to sustaining a healthy democracy, according to an op-ed column co-authored by News Literacy Project executive director Alan C. Miller and published April 13, 2010 in USA Today, the nation’s largest general-circulation newspaper.
“With actual news, and items that look suspiciously like news, coming at us all day from a variety of outlets, how do we know what to trust?” asks the article, which appeared in almost 1.9 million papers distributed nationwide and on USA Today’s website.
“How do we distinguish credible information from raw information,...
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The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting has joined the News Literacy Project as the 14th news organization to enroll in the national effort to help middle school and high school students become more frequent consumers and creators of credible information.
The Pulitzer Center is an innovative non-profit leader in supporting the independent international journalism that U.S. media organizations are increasingly less able to undertake. The Center focuses on underreported topics, promoting high-quality international reporting and creating platforms that reach broad and diverse audiences. Reports...
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Building on a successful pilot program in late 2009, the News Literacy Project is growing in Chicago this year, expanding its presence in the pilot school and adding two new middle schools. It is now active in extended-day programs as well as in the classroom.
After completing a 6th-grade pilot at the Marquette School in December, the project plans to also work with 7th- and 8th-grade students there this spring. The two new schools are the Calumet campus of Perspectives Charter Schools and the Reavis School in the Grand Boulevard community.
All three Chicago schools are working with...
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We are pleased to present the following report on the News Literacy Project’s first year of operations in the classroom.
Eleven months after launching our inaugural pilot, we look back upon a year of extraordinary progress. We now have programs under way in New York City, Bethesda, Md., and Chicago and plans for expansion in the months ahead.
In the past year, we:
* REACHED more than 1,200 students in six middle schools and high schools and worked with 16 history, government and English teachers in three regions;
* ENGAGED more than 70 volunteer journalists in our classroom and...
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Edutopia.org, a website that highlights "what works in public education," has posted an article showcasing the News Literacy Project and a primer for teachers.
"A Program Teaches Teens What to Believe in the Digital World" focuses on projects done by students in News Literacy Project classes at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Md. It links to a video created by the project that features exemplary student work.
Edutopia is sponsored by the George Lucas Educational Foundation and includes the Edutopia.org website, Edutopia magazine and Edutopia video. Its success stories and best practices...
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Slate has joined the News Literacy Project as a participating news organization, becoming the first online news provider to join the effort to help middle school and high school students become smarter and more frequent consumers and creators of credible information.
“The News Literacy Project has a mission that Slate is very pleased to support,” said John Alderman, publisher of the Slate Group. “As the media landscape multiplies in size and complexity, helping students navigate and vet information sources is more vital than ever.”
Slate is an award-winning, Web-based daily magazine. Founded...
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