NLP Annual Report FY23 - Report - Page 8
Our Impact and
New Initiatives
EDUCATORS
We are proud to showcase what we have accomplished
this year and the impact of our work. Several new
initiatives helped deepen the understanding and
application of news literacy skills for everyone.
NEW THIS YEAR!
13,450 educators
nationwide used NLP resources,
reaching an estimated
2 million students
8,253 educators
participated in 77 events
throughout the year
NEW THIS YEAR!
Framework for
Teaching News Literacy
Our Framework for Teaching News
Literacy brings consistency to
instruction and outcomes by providing
educators with common standards,
essential questions, knowledge and
skills objectives for teaching news
literacy. The framework also includes
suggested performance tasks and
learning activities and can be used to
integrate news literacy into existing
curriculum or standalone courses.
RumorGuard, our website
of viral rumor fact-checks
and concrete debunking tips,
launched in October 2022.
In its 昀椀rst nine months it:
»
Drew over 390,000 unique
— nearly double our goal
»
Inspired 3,435 people
to sign up for alerts
»
Resulted in 4,887
social
media shares of RumorGuard
posts by people motivated to
challenge misinformation
NEW THIS YEAR!
News Literacy Educator Certi昀椀cate
In spring 2023, we piloted a self-paced
news literacy certi昀椀cate program for
educators, which will be included in
the comprehensive NewsLitNation
on-demand professional learning
portal launching in fall 2023. Sixtyeight educators took part in this pilot
program from March to June 2023.
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