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Wondering how to describe news literacy or curious about the news literacy landscape? Below are resources to help you get up to speed on all the chatter around news literacy.

Articles

Can news literacy grow up? After a decade, the movement tries to prove its worth
If a Story Is Viral, Truth May Be Taking a Beating (via The New York Times)
Duncan Pushes Back on Attacks on Common Core Standards
10 tips for understanding your audiences and targeting new ones
OpEds Matter: Testimonials from The OpEd Project at Northwestern University.
Pulitzer Center Gateway: Waiting for water: A Pulitzer Center initiative covering the global water shortage.
Retreating From the World: Pulitzer Center’s Jon Sawyer on the decline of foreign news coverage by U.S. media organizations
Ask a Reporter Archives: The New York Times reporters answer students' questions.
Student News Action Network: A student-run web publication drawing from 50+ countries.
Nuf Said: Polling and youth media highlighting issues impacting Chicago’s youth.
As Journalism Changes, So Must You: A 2010 op-ed piece by News Literacy Project's Alan Miller.
Why News Matters in an Aging World: Continuance Magazine (Winter/Spring 2013)

Funding

News Literacy Grants: The McCormick Foundation’s funding and grantmaking guidelines

Presentations

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.