Journalists: Get involved in spreading news literacy!

Are you connecting with your audience?

The public depends on you for accurate, reliable news and information, but not everyone appreciates the craft until they understand what goes on behind the scenes to get the story right. Share your valuable perspective with students and community members eager to share their opinions and voices.

Become a Why News Matters volunteer, be a guest speaker in a classroom or host a local neighborhood news discussion.

Fresh Voices

News makes a difference.

Why News Matters is an initiative poised to change the way the nation thinks about news and information.

Play a role—big or small.

Whether it’s talking about current events at the dinner table or making news literacy part of legislation (such as New Mexico’s passing of a media literacy bill in 2009), you can play a crucial role.