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The News Literacy Project
@NewsLitProject
We're a national education nonprofit offering nonpartisan programs that teach students & the public how to know what to believe in the digital age #NewsLiteracy
Oct 21 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
📢 BIG NEWS: Today we're excited to release "News Literacy in America," a survey of teen information attitudes, habits & skills.

👀 One key finding: A large majority of teens (94%) say that schools should be required to teach media literacy.

🔗 Read: bit.ly/NewsLiteracyAm…Image of teen looking at their phone next to text: Header; News Literacy in America Subheader: A survey of teen information attitudes, habits and skills More text: GET THE REPORT 2/ The report shows that access to media literacy instruction is associated with higher trust in news media, more active news habits, & an increased confidence in doing reverse image searches, a foundational verification technique.

Key findings: bit.ly/NewsLiteracyAm…Graphic with plain background and the following text: Header: News Literacy in America Subhead: A survey of teen information attitudes, habits and skills READ NOW!
May 5, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
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/
Mar 1, 2021 • 26 tweets • 14 min read
THREAD: During #WomensHistoryMonth, we will share stories of influential female journalists & women-led news media throughout U.S. history.

We begin in the mid-1800s with Mary Ann Shadd Cary literaryladiesguide.com/author-biograp… Shadd Cary launched an abolitionist newspaper in Windsor, Ontario, just across the border from the U.S., which had many readers in the states. Later, she returned to the U.S. to become the 2nd Black woman attorney & fight for women's suffrage.

#WomensHistoryMonth2021
Feb 2, 2021 • 9 tweets • 7 min read
During #BlackHistoryMonth, we will share stories of influential Black journalists & news media throughout U.S. history.

We begin in 1827 with "Freedom's Journal," the 1st Black-owned & -operated newspaper in the U.S. (photo: @librarycongress).

—> pbs.org/blackpress/new… A photo of a newspaper from... In 1847, Frederick Douglass & Martin Delany launched The North Star. It became the most prominent abolitionist newspaper of its time. After 4 years, it merged with the Liberty Party Paper & became Frederick Douglass’ Paper.

Learn more: thenorthstar.com/honoring-fredr…

#BlackMedia