The series, Teaching News Literacy, is part of NLP’s new fee-for-service program that includes its classroom and after-school programs, as well as in-person professional development, in the project’s major markets of New York City, Chicago, and the Washington, D.C., region.

Prices for both online and in-person professional development are modest and provide educators with a foundational understanding of this vital 21st-century subject area. Workshop participants will also receive guidance on a collection of free tools and resources that will help them immediately begin incorporating news literacy in their classrooms.

The online series will begin Nov. 12 with an overview of news literacy. Each session will be one hour long and will be led by Peter Adams, NLP’s senior vice president for educational programs, and other experienced NLP trainers.

The other workshop topics will be:

• December 10, 2014:   Exploring Bias
• January 14, 2015:       News Literacy and Civic Engagement
• February 18, 2015:     21st-century Trends, Tools and Skills

Educators can register here for the entire series for $95 or for individual sessions for $30 each.