Next Tuesday, Oct. 7 is National News Engagement Day!
by Janet Liao Kornas - October 3, 2014
Spearheaded by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, people are encouraged to engage in the news by reading, watching, liking, texting, posting, emailing, listening to or commenting on the news on National News Engagement Day (Oct. 7). According to NewsEngagement.org: National News Engagement Day will not only contribute to an informed [...]
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Erie House pilots a community news literacy program
by Clare Curley - October 1, 2014
Also known as La Casa Erie, Chicago’s Erie House received a McCormick Foundation grant last year to help fund a news literacy curriculum created by four teen interns for out-of-school teen participants. The interns wrote and piloted their curriculum, based on Stony Brook University’s News Literacy course, to integrate into Erie House’s Youth Options Unlimited [...]
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Westside Writing Project offers digital media workshops this fall
by WNM editors - September 29, 2014
This fall the Westside Writing Project (WWP) will partner with Loyola University of Chicago’s (LUC) School of Communications (SoC) to offer a series of hands-on, digital media workshops for area students. Workshop sessions: Program Overview/Intro to WWP Saturday, October 11th 10:00 am-11:30 am This workshop will introduce students/parents/ school administrators to WWP. Research/News Literacy Saturday [...]
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New Digital Resource Center to provide news literacy resources and curriculum
by Janet Liao Kornas - September 25, 2014
Why News Matters caught up with Rory O’Connor, Director of the Digital Resource Center at Stony Brook University’s Center for News Literacy, at the recent Because News Matters news literacy summit in Chicago. O’Connor discusses how a new online resource hub will deliver news literacy teaching materials at any grade level, anywhere in the [...]
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Day One Recap: Because News Matters News Literacy Summit
by Janet Liao Kornas - September 16, 2014
Storify by Why News Matters Mon, Sep 15 2014 12:56:53 Edit Because News Matters: A News Literacy Summit, Sept. 14-15, 2014, Chicago, IL #nlsummit Funded by the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, Coordinated by The Poynter Institute Day One of the News Literacy Summit kicks off with sessions on how news literacy is making a [...]
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