W E ’ V E B E E N T E AC H I N G I T A L L A LO N G

NEWS LITERACY

WHAT IS IT?

• News Literacy courses challenge students by immersing them in the act of news consumption themselves — allowing them to realize their personal experience and the climate of today’s news with a hands-on approach. Center for News Literacy, Stony Brook University• Verification and Transparency Needed:

Journalists need to reveal not only who their sources are, but what their connections and biases are. Stony Brook

WHAT IS IT?

• News literacy is the ability to use critical thinking skills to judge the reliability and credibility of news reports and information sources. —The News Literacy project• This group also encourages students to produce

news.• NLP volunteer journalists drop in to classes• Part of another course• Now in Chicago, New York City and Washington, D.C.

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WHAT IS IT?

• “To be news literate is to build knowledge, think critically, act civilly and participate in the democratic process.” —Robert R. McCormick Foundation• News is what somebody somewhere wants to

suppress. — Lord Northcliffe, British newspaper publisher

WHAT IS IT?

• News literacy is doing dirty laundry. —Dr. Megan Fromm, JEA professional support director • “To be news literate is to build knowledge about

how media work – and how not to be a jerk.”• Students need to develop a process to discern

fact from fiction and assess materials.• “What we call the news.” (Perhaps not PG rated)

NEWS LITERACY

• One of the 11 areas of the Journalism Education Association’s curriculum• Developed by Megan Fromm • 7-week, 4-week and 2-week models• Foundations of News Literacy• Information-gathering and fact-checking• Bias and credibility• The Business of Media• News Literacy in hybrid platforms• News Literacy for the publications staff