NLP Strategic Framework FY23 - Flipbook - Page 5
2015
OCTOBER 2016
February: NLP moves into Houston
2018
2016
February: NLP celebrates its 10th anniversary.
May: NLP releases its Checkology® virtual classroom.
May: NLP records the 昀椀rst sale of Checkology
collaborate on “Facing Ferguson: News Literacy
in a Digital Age,” an 11-lesson unit about the
fatal shooting by a police o昀케cer of an unarmed
Black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014.
Premium licenses and unveils a robust and engaging
website, newslit.org, with tools and resources for
the public, as well as for educators and students.
auguSt: NLP releases an upgraded and expanded
version of its Checkology virtual classroom.
OctOber:
NPR’s Peter Sagal is among the prominent journalists
on the panel of the “Satire Summit 2016: Beyond
Parody?” at The New School in New York City.
2017
april: NLP holds its 昀椀rst NewsLitCamp®
in partnership with Chicago Public
Schools and the Chicago Sun-Times.
SepteMber: NLP publishes the 昀椀rst issue of
The Sift®, a weekly newsletter for educators
that turns recent hoaxes, viral rumors and
conspiracy theories into teachable moments.
OctOber: NLP offers a NewsLitCamp® for MiamiDade County educators at the Miami Herald.
JaNuary: NLP launches NewsLitNation, the
national news literacy educator network.
with a pilot classroom program.
auguSt: Facing History and Ourselves and NLP
2021
2019
February: NLP receives a $5 million
grant from Knight Foundation.
March: NLP is one of three news
literacy organizations worldwide to
receive support from Apple.
July: NLP launches the Newsroom to Classroom
program, bringing journalist volunteers into schools.
auguSt: NLP releases the Informable® app.
SepteMber: The Google News
Initiative funds NLP.
DeceMber: Microsoft becomes
a major corporate partner.
2022
March: Founder and CEO Alan Miller
announces his transition from the
role of CEO. The board of directors
names Chuck Salter, current president
and COO, as Miller’s successor.
april: NLP launches an ambitious
new strategic plan aimed at creating a
national movement to make news literacy
an integral part of American life.
OctOber: NLP launches RumorGuard™,
its 昀椀rst-ever platform aimed at serving the
broader public news literacy education.
2023
JaNuary: The NLP Board of Directors votes
2020
JaNuary:
to allow the organization to participate in
direct, state-level policy advocacy in an effort
to expand the teaching of news literacy.
Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery speaks with
students at Wake昀椀eld High School in Arlington, Virginia,
as part of the Newsroom to Classroom program.
March: In response to the COVID-19 epidemic,
NLP removes the paywall on Checkology, making
the platform free to all educators and parents.
OCTOBER 2017
april: Because of the growing threat of
misinformation to our democracy, NLP formally
expands its mission and makes its resources
available to educate the general public in addition
to working with educators and students.
JANUARY 2020
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