You can make a difference in helping your friends, family and community become smarter consumers and creators of news and information.

Who

You! If you use social media, read news on your phone, watch TV, and/or read the paper, then you’ll want to join students, journalists, community members, educators from around the nation who are taking the News Literacy Pledge.

What

By taking the News Literacy Pledge, you are making the commitment to:

• Uphold the ideals of news literacy as a news consumer or producer
•  Report news in a fact-based fashion, removing my own personal bias
•  Bring varying points of view into the conversation
•  Take an active role in verifying, understanding and evaluating Information
•  Identify misinformation and offer corrections based on fact
•  Make smarter, more informed decisions

Where

It’s easy to take the pledge. Visit http://donate.mccormickfoundation.org/pledge and enter your name in the form. You’ll see your name added to an interactive roster of those who’ve taken the news literacy pledge.

When

Now! It’ll only take a second! After you’ve pledged, take a moment to share the video with others and say, “I took the news literacy pledge!”#Newsliteracypledge

Why

According to the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, a growing sector of the U.S. population does not distinguish between professional journalists, information spinners and citizen voices. Technological advancements in concert with the 24/7 news cycle serve to further exacerbate this challenging situation. This is where having a personal commitment to becoming news literate is critically important. 

How will this make a difference?

Why News Matters is a grantmaking program at the Robert R. McCormick Foundation designed to enhance news literacy skills and programs in Chicago and will invest as much as six million dollars in the next three years.

The following individuals have taken the news literacy pledge. Joint hem in helping to enables citizens to become smarter consumers and creators of fact-based information. It helps them develop informed perspectives and the navigational skills to become effective citizens in a digitally connected society

Jeff Jarvis – CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
Clarence Page – Chicago Tribune
Luis Botello – International Center for Journalists
Darragh Worland – News Literacy Project
Homa Quazilbash – Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University
Andy Shaw – Better Government Association
Maria Hinojosa – Futuro Media Group
Claudia Vasquez – Lehman High School, Kyle, Texas
Robert Rosenthal – The Center for Investigative Reporting
John Kuhn – Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University
Yadira Nieves – InterAmerican University
Manya Brachear Pashman – Chicago Tribune
James Grimaldi – Wall Street Journal
Frank LoMonte – Student Press Law Center
Malcom Marhsall – Richmond Pulse
David Hiller – Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Anette Sofia Ruiz Morales – Flamboyan Foundation
Fernando Diaz – Hoy
Rene Ciria Cruz – Inquirer
Lorie Hearn – Investigative News Network
Don Wycliff – Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Emily Nelson – Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University
Michael Spikes
Andrew Lam – New America Media
Lucy Dalglish – Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland
Mark Hallett, Aaron Smith, Jennifer Choi, Cristina Diaz, Clark Bell – Robert R. McCormick Foundation

 

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