The News Literacy Project | NLP Chicago office

http://www.thenewsliteracyproject.org

The News Literacy Project (NLP) is an innovative national educational program that mobilizes seasoned journalists to work with educators to teach middle school and high school students how to sort fact from fiction in the digital age. Students learn how to distinguish verified information from raw information, spin, opinion and propaganda - whether they are using search engines to find websites with information about specific topics, checking a friend's Facebook page, viewing a video on YouTube, watching television news or reading a newspaper or blog post. The project gives students the critical-thinking skills tools to become smarter and more frequent consumers of credible information across all media and platforms. They are taught to seek news and information that will make them well-informed and engaged students, consumers and citizens.