NEW: Over the next 4️⃣ years, we're taking bold action by pushing back against the flood of misinformation & turning our mission into a national movement.

✨ Join us to create a more news-literate America: newslit.org/future/

#NewsLiteracy
We will mobilize news literacy practitioners — educators, students & the public — to collectively push back against misinformation in all its forms. This work will move us much closer to changing cultural attitudes toward mis- & disinformation. newslit.org/future/
"#Misinformation is one of the greatest threats of our time," says current COO & soon-to-be CEO @saltercrs. "While we cannot eliminate #Disinformation, there is a solution."
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"News literacy education teaches people how to separate fact from fiction - how to identify the different types of information." - @EboneeSpeaks
"News literacy helps people know HOW to think about the news & information they consume - not WHAT to think."
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