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For Everyone
Free Resources and Programs
The Sift®, our newsletter for educators
delivered weekly during the school
year, explores timely examples of
misinformation and includes classroom
discussion prompts and activities.
NLP brings news literacy professional
learning to the next level with a free, ondemand learning platform for educators.
NewsLitCamp® is a national, virtual
daylong participatory workshop that
brings together educators and journalists
to discuss news literacy and journalism.
85%
of students recognized that one
of the appeals of conspiracy theories is
the sense of community and belonging
they provide — a gain of 27 percentage
points from pre-assessment.
“The skills I’m learning here
are essential for every citizen
in this world. Our democracy
depends upon these skills
and upon future generations
being informed and alert.”
— Kathy Blevins, attendee
AARP/OATS webinar series for
the public, fall 2021
RumorGuard
Our RumorGuard platform helps people learn to recognize
misinformation and stop it in its tracks. RumorGuard fact-checks
timely examples of viral content and provides users with the context
and know-how to evaluate the credibility of claims they encounter
online. The public can “join the RumorGuard” and push back
against misinformation by subscribing to weekly alerts here:
rumorguard.org/join.
More free resources:
The non-educator version
of Checkology includes
lessons most relevant
to people of all ages.
Our podcast Is that a fact?
enhances listeners’ news literacy
knowledge through conversations
with subject matter experts.
NLP’s weekly newsletter,
Get Smart About News,
is modeled on The Sift.
Webinars provide news literacy skills
to recognize misinformation around
current events, local and national
elections, and other timely topics.
This annual event, held in partnership
with The E.W. Scripps Company,
underscores the vital role of
news literacy in a democracy.
JAN. 22–26 · 2024
