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Research & Reports

The latest studies and research in the field to help you make the case for news literacy in your school or community.

2014

News Literacy: Teaching the Internet Generation to Make Reliable Information Choices (Brookings Institution)
Life After Youth Media: Insights about Program Influence into Adulthood, Executive Summary

2013

Continuance Magazine: The Intergenerational Summit on Why News Matters (pp. 5-21)
The Challenges of Defining News Literacy: Different approaches to defining, framing, and understanding core concepts such as "news" and "news literacy"
Youth News Perceptions and Behaviors Online: How Youth Access and Share Information in a Chicago Community Affected by Gang Violence
Teens and Technology 2013: A report released by the Pew Internet & American Life and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society
News Literacy Research Briefs: A Berkman’s Youth & Media Project collection.
Fair Use for Journalism: A set of principles by American University.
Nonprofit journalism: A growing but fragile part of the U.S. news system.
Measuring News Media Literacy: How knowledge and motivations combine to create news-literate teens.
Mapping approaches to news literacy curriculum development: A navigation aid by the Berkman Center.
The Challenges of Defining News Literacy: A brief by the Berkman Center’s Youth and Media Team.
Measuring News Media Literacy: A Mizzou report on how knowledge and motivations combine to create news-literate teens.

2012

Why News Matters is a $6 million grantmaking program of
the Robert R. McCormick Foundation. It is designed to enhance
news literacy skills and programs in Chicago and nationwide.