In May, the American Society of News Editors awarded 40 secondary school educators $1,000 each for their innovative efforts while teaching the First Amendment in classrooms across the country. To learn...
The Stony Brook University Center for News Literacy is hosting its third summer workshop from July 20-24 at Roosevelt University in Chicago’s South Loop.
Dean Miller is the director for the Center...
Media Literacy provides a framework to access, analyze, evaluate, create and participate with messages in a variety of forms. From print to video to the Internet, media literacy builds an understanding...
The National Association for Media Literacy Education is hosting its annual conference June 26 and 27 in Philadelphia. NAMLE will host a special news literacy themed kick-off event on the evening of June...
As the old newsroom adage goes, “A reporter is only as good as his or her sources." The success of a story often depends on the information a reporter gathers from sources, but what is a source and how...
The American Society of News Editors welcomes the introduction of the Speak Free Act, which is Anti-SLAPP legislation that will help protect the rights of current and future journalists. Careful reporting...
Teachers from across the country took the First Amendment Challenge, and 1 For All has awarded $1,000 to 40 of them for their outstanding lesson plans and student projects. The teachers’ innovative efforts...
An introductory news literacy curriculum for middle school students as well as a variety of other lesson plans and resources for teaching news literacy are available from the American Press Institute.
The...
For teachers looking to incorporate news literacy into their curricula, The News Literacy Project offers a collection of instructional videos, lessons and other digital resources on its Learn Channel.
According...
Although a transparent reporting process is necessary for a publication to build trust and credibility with its audience, there are times when ethical standards dictate the use of anonymous sources.
Schools...
