The first National News Literacy Week, presented by The News Literacy Project and The E.W. Scripps Company, will be Jan. 27-31.
The initiative, which was first announced last fall, intends to raise awareness of news literacy as a fundamental life skill. As part of the project, educators, students and the general public will be provided with easy-to-implement tools and tips for becoming news-literate.
Scripps will use both its local and national brands to promote the need for news literacy, including student-produced news segments on local television stations and a national advertising campaign. Its national brands, such as Newsy and Stitcher, also will publish stories on news literacy during the week.
The News Literacy Project will offer daily lessons related to news literacy using its Checkology virtual classroom. Each day the lessons will have a different theme.
- Monday, Jan. 27: Navigating the information landscape (“InfoZones”)
- Tuesday, Jan. 28: Identifying standards-based journalism (“Practicing Quality Journalism”)
- Wednesday, Jan. 29: Understanding bias — your own and others’ (“Understanding Bias”)
- Thursday, Jan. 30: Celebrating the role of a free press (“Democracy’s Watchdog”)
- Friday, Jan. 31: Recognizing misinformation (“Misinformation”)
Journalists who are interested in covering news literacy can connect with NLP to learn more about its Newsroom to Classroom program and NewsLitCamps® — one-day professional development events for educators, hosted by news organizations and taught by journalists and NLP. For more information contact cmccarthy@newslit.org.
Print, digital and broadcast assets are also available to news outlets interested in participating in the public awareness campaign by contacting Kari.Wethington@scripps.com.
