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The News Literacy Project (NLP) is an American nonpartisan national education nonprofit, based in Washington, D.C., that provides resources for educators, students, and the general public to help them learn to identify credible information, recognize misinformation and disinformation, and determine what they can trust, share, and act on.
Alan C. Miller (born March 5, 1954 [1]) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and the founder of the News Literacy Project, [2] a national education nonprofit that works with educators and journalists to offer resources and tools that help middle school and high school students learn to separate fact from fiction.
As National News Literacy Week begins, ABC 10News speaks with the News Literacy Project about the tools they have to help people ensure the news they read, watch, and scroll is credible.
Media Literacy Now (MLN) is a nonprofit company that "teaches students to apply critical thinking to media messages, and to use media to create their own messages." [ 1 ] They advocate for this through "public awareness campaigns, policymaker education, coalition-building, and influencing regulations and legislation."
News literacy means understanding and making sure the news consumers read, watch and hear is actually keeping them informed. Eric Jourgensen, an English and journalism teacher at Palm Beach ...
Rhue teaches media literacy, something she says students need now more than ever. For Rhue, those lessons include examining newspapers and even popular memes. Media literacy helps students think ...
Rather than panic, democracies can mitigate the influence of fake news by making critical news literacy education available to the citizenry. [5] Higdon warned that treating government regulation and censorship as a solution to fake news empowers corporations and government to determine what is true and what is false for citizens. [ 5 ]
The E.W. Scripps Co. is partnering with the News Literacy Project to ensure the public has the skills to be informed and participate in a democracy.