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24 Journalists Join the News Literacy Project

Twenty-four journalists have recently joined the News Literacy Project, bringing the total of participating news professionals to 55. Among the new fellows are Mark Halperin, Time Magazine’s political reporter and blogger; Ethan Bronner, the Jerusalem bureau chief for The New York Times; Steve Inskeep, co-host of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” and Pierre Thomas, ABC News’ award-winning Justice Department reporter.

These journalists will join the project’s initial group of 31 prominent reporters, editors and correspondents. Most are based in New York City or the Washington, D.C. area—the two...

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USA Today Becomes Second Participating News Organization

USA Today is the News Literacy Project’s second participating news organization. The paper has endorsed the project, will post an internal announcement giving its journalists the opportunity to volunteer in the classroom, and help the project recruit former USA Today reporters and editors to participate in an after-school program. “In an era in which there’s a greater quantity of news and information than ever before, it’s critically important to give the members of a new generation the tools they need to assess the quality of that content,” USA Today Editor Ken Paulson said. “The News...

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The American Society of News Editors (ASNE)
The American Society of News Editors (ASNE) supervises the High School Journalism Initiative, the largest online host of teen journalism. The site displays students’ reports, photos, podcasts and video journalism and offers training and teaching materials.
The Poynter Institute’s News University
The Poynter Institute’s News University is an online journalism training program that offers 65 courses as diverse as writing and reporting techniques, multimedia story-telling and ethics. The site also provides access to the Newseum’s “Be a Reporter” and “Be an Editor” games.
The Radio and Television News Directors Foundation
The foundation's High School Broadcast Journalism Project helps students become broadcast journalists by offering programs and activities that fund, support and advocate electronic journalism education nationwide.
CNN Student News
The network produces a daily 10-minute commercial-free newscast available to teachers and students throughout the school day. It also provides news quizzes, learning activities, fact sheets and commercial-free editions of in-depth reports by CNN’s Special Investigations Unit.
The Newseum
The Newseum, in Washington, D.C., is an interactive museum that combines information about the history of journalism with the latest digital technology and games, allowing visitors to experience what it’s like to be a reporter or make challenging ethical decisions.
Media Literacy Clearinghouse
Media Literacy Clearinghouse is a website developed by Frank W. Baker, a former broadcast journalist and media literacy instructor. It provides tools and information for educators who want to learn more about media literacy and integrate the topic into the classroom.
NewsTrust.net
NewsTrust.net provides tools for the public to evaluate news reports based on fundamental principles of journalism and news literacy.
Investigative Reporters and Editors
Investigative Reporters and Editors, or IRE, was founded more than 30 years ago by a small group of reporters who wanted to share reporting and writing tips. Now based at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, it is dedicated to improving the quality of investigative reporting. It has created a forum in which journalists worldwide share story ideas, newsgathering techniques and sources
Committee to Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent, non-profit organization based in New York City that promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the rights of journalists. Its site includes detailed information and case studies about journalists and media workers who have been abducted, attacked, imprisoned or killed.
Project Implicit
Project Implicit is an online research exercise that allows users to assess their conscious and unconscious biases on a wide range of topics.
The Committee of Concerned Journalists
The Committee of Concerned Journalists is a consortium of journalists, publishers, newspaper owners and academics. One of its aims is to create a national conversation about the principles that distinguish journalism.
Columbia Journalism Review
The Columbia Journalism Review’s mission is “to encourage and stimulate excellence in journalism in the service of a free society.” Founded in 1961 under the auspices of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, the magazine examines the news media’s performance. Its website delivers timely criticism and reporting.
FactCheck.org
FactCheck.org, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, monitors the factual accuracy of statements by major U.S. political figures in television ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases.
FactCheckEd.org
FactCheckEd.org, a sister site to FactCheck.org, provides educational materials and resources on media literacy to high school teachers and students.
The Learning Network
The New York Times' Learning Network is a free site for teachers, students and parents and includes content for grades 3-12. Each weekday the Learning Network offers new interactive activities, such as lesson plans, news summaries and quizzes, based on the reports in that week's New York Times.
Snopes.com
Snopes.com explains and exposes urban legends, myths, rumors and misinformation.
Journalism.org
The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect was written by former journalists Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel. It is taught in journalism schools nationwide and has been published in 38 languages.
Newsthinking
Newsthinking, by Bob Baker, a writing consultant and former Los Angeles Times reporter and editor, focuses on mental organization for journalists. Baker is also the proprietor of the website Newsthinking.com.
Stony Brook University’s School of Journalism
Stony Brook University’s School of Journalism offers a pioneering course in news literacy.