The News Literacy Project (NLP) will develop and support news literacy units and training in the Chicago, New York City and Washington D.C. regions.

This includes coordinating in-school units through NLP’s classroom and digital programs as well as proving select materials, training and other support to other youth services providers that are interested in adopting news and information literacy. NLP will expand to deliver its curriculum to more sites in Chicago, especially the blended e-learning unit that is the centerpiece of its digital program.

About The News Literacy Project 

The NLP is an innovative national educational program that mobilizes seasoned journalists to help middle school and high school students sort fact from fiction in the digital age. The project’s primary aim is to teach students the critical thinking skills that will enable them to be smarter and more frequent consumers and creators of credible information across all media and platforms. Students learn how to distinguish verified information from raw messages, spin, gossip and opinion and are being encouraged to seek news and information that will make them better students today and better-informed citizens tomorrow.

Impact

• In the 2012-2013 school year, NLP worked with a total of 54 schools, 79 teachers and reached 3,668 students in New York City, the Washington D.C. area and Chicago. Half of these school partners participated in NLP’s new digital program by completing a one-week blended e-learning unit.

• In Chicago, NLP worked with 45 teachers in 35 schools to reach 2,350 students in the 2012-13 school year, about two-thirds of whom participated in the digital program.

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