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Ask Jessenia Martinez: What does news literacy mean?

Jessenia Martinez, a DePaul University and former participant of the Pasos al Futuro program talks about how to figure out what real news is vs. false information.

 

For two weeks in June, students from Benito Juarez Community AcademySolorio Academy High SchoolJohn F. Kennedy High SchoolWhitney Young and other local schools—and a few from schools in California—did the work of reporters, videographers, photographers and editors. And under deadlines that would keep Anderson Cooper on his toes. Read the full story: “Want to get to the heart of a news story? Replace fear with curiosity.”

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