Qualcomm Inc., a San Diego-based world leader in 3G and next-generation mobile technologies, has become the lead sponsor of the News Literacy Project’s expansion into Washington, D.C. NLP will launch its partnership with E.L. Haynes Public Charter School with an event at the school on Sept. 6 featuring journalist Gwen Ifill, the moderator and managing editor of “Washington Week” and senior correspondent for “PBS NewsHour.”
“With the generous support of Qualcomm, a company with a deep commitment to education, we are eager to begin NLP’s expansion into Washington, D.C., and to...
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Columnists David Brooks of The New York Times and E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post will discuss “Demosclerosis: The Challenge of Moving America Forward in a Hyper-Partisan Age” at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19, at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Md. Jessica Yellin, CNN’s chief White House correspondent, will be the moderator of the event, which is the News Literacy Project’s second annual Fall Forum focusing on politics, public policy and the press.
The News Literacy Project is active at Whitman, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, E.L. Haynes Public Charter School in...
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The News Literacy Project (NLP) is gearing up for a landmark school year in New York City, more than doubling its roster of educational partners as it expands the program’s reach and impact into a broad array of learning environments.
For the 2011-12 school year, NLP is adding four high schools to its program: Bronx Academy of Letters and The Cinema School, both in the Bronx; Cristo Rey New York High School in East Harlem, and KIPP NYC College Prep in West Harlem.
NLP will also continue its partnership with the Facing History School and the School for Global Leaders, both in Manhattan. Facing...
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Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps told leaders of community newspapers on July 21 that Americans need to become “a news-literate people” and praised the News Literacy Project for its efforts toward achieving that objective.
“Our goal should be that every American possesses the skills to discern news from infotainment, fact from opinion, and trustworthy information sources from untrustworthy,” Copps told publishers and editors of community publications attending the National Newspaper Association’s annual Government Affairs Conference in Washington, D.C.
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The News Literacy Project is partnering with The Washington Post’s Young Journalists Development Program to offer two half-day workshops for high school students at the paper this summer.
The sessions will be held from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm on Saturday, July 16, and Saturday, August 6. Students should register for only one session; each will cover similar ground.
The sessions will combine some of the project’s most successful classroom lessons and presentations from experienced NLP journalist fellows from The Post, the Los Angeles Times and National Journal.
The workshops will focus on...
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The News Literacy Project has been selected to be part of a social action campaign associated with the release of “Page One,” a documentary about The New York Times, which opened nationwide July 1.
Work done by students in the project and interviews with students who have completed the project’s unit in New York City, Chicago and Bethesda, Md., will be featured on the film’s social action campaign website.
A video about the News Literacy Project will be included as a DVD extra when the “Page One” DVD is released in the fall. The video, produced by the project, focuses on NLP’s...
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