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<div class="hero3-wrap"> <figure class="hero3-image bg1 -it:2"> <picture> <source media="(orientation: landscape) and (min-width: 1441px)" srcset="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Phone-on-table-893x500.jpg 1x, https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Phone-on-table-1785x1000.jpg 2x" /> <source media="(orientation: landscape) and (min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1440px)" srcset="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Phone-on-table-893x500.jpg 1x, https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Phone-on-table-893x500.jpg 2x" /> <source media="(orientation: landscape) and (max-width: 1023px)" srcset="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Phone-on-table-714x400.jpg 1x, https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Phone-on-table-893x500.jpg 2x" /> <source media="(orientation: portrait) and (min-width: 1024px)" srcset="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Phone-on-table-893x500.jpg 1x, 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data-reveal="1"><span>to</span></span> <span data-reveal="1"><span>separate</span></span> <span data-reveal="1"><span>fact</span></span> <span data-reveal="1"><span>from</span></span> <span data-reveal="1"><span>fiction</span></span></h1> <p class="hero3-action -mt:1" data-reveal><a href="https://vimeo.com/270776108" class="button1 -teal-white" data-lity><i class="icon-play-solid"></i><span>Watch Video</span></a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wrap1 -pt:0 -b:navy -c:gray -inverted"> <div class="wrap1-contain"> <div class="scrolled1"> <div class="scrolled1-header -pt:3"> <h2 class="-ta:c"><span data-reveal="1"><span>The</span></span> <span data-reveal="1"><span>effect:</span></span></h2> </div> <div class="scrolled1-main -mb:2"> <div class="scrolled1-entry"> <figure class="scrolled1-image"><span class="chart1" data-value="26"><svg width="240" height="240" viewBox="0 0 100 100"><circle r="25" cx="50" cy="50" class="chart1-pie" /></svg></span></figure> <div class="scrolled1-content"> <p> <big class="-c:teal -ts:11">26%</big> of U.S. adults surveyed could correctly classify all five factual statements presented to them. <br/><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/2019/06/05/an-update-on-our-research-into-trust-facts-and-democracy/" class="-ts:9 -c:white">Source</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="scrolled1-entry"> <figure class="scrolled1-image"><span class="chart1" data-value="35"><svg width="240" height="240" viewBox="0 0 100 100"><circle r="25" cx="50" cy="50" class="chart1-pie" /></svg></span></figure> <div class="scrolled1-content"> <p> <big class="-c:teal -ts:11">35%</big> of U.S. adults surveyed could correctly classify all five opinion statements presented to them. <br/><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/2019/06/05/an-update-on-our-research-into-trust-facts-and-democracy/" class="-ts:9 -c:white">Source</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="scrolled1-entry"> <figure class="scrolled1-image"><span class="chart1" data-value="96"><svg width="240" height="240" viewBox="0 0 100 100"><circle r="25" cx="50" cy="50" class="chart1-pie" /></svg></span></figure> <div class="scrolled1-content"> <p> <big class="-c:teal -ts:11">96%</big> of U.S. high school students surveyed failed to challenge the credibility of an unreliable source. <br/><a href="https://news.stanford.edu/2019/11/18/high-school-students-unequipped-spot-fake-news/" class="-ts:9 -c:white">Source</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="scrolled1-entry"> <figure class="scrolled1-image"><img alt="" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/graphic-mission-audience-2x-239x240.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/graphic-mission-audience-2x-239x240.png" alt="" /></noscript></figure> <div class="scrolled1-content"> <p> Even the most sophisticated audiences find it hard to distinguish between legitimate news — information gathered in a dispassionate search for facts — and materials that are created to persuade, sell, mislead or exploit. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="scrolled1-footer"> <blockquote class="-mb:1 -c:teal">"Education moves slowly. Technology doesn’t. If we don’t act with urgency, our students’ ability to engage in civic life will be the casualty.”</blockquote> <blockquote class="-mb:1 -c:teal"></blockquote> <p class="-ts:8"><i>Students’ Civic Online Reasoning: A National Portrait</i><br/>Stanford History Education Group (2019)</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wrap1 -pt:3 -pb:0 -b:lightnavy -c:white -inverted"> <div class="wrap1-contain"> <div class="block2"> <div class="block2-main -pb:3"> <span class="anchor-link" id="nlp-mission"></span> <h2><span data-reveal="1"><span>Our</span></span> <span data-reveal="1"><span>mission</span></span></h2> <p data-reveal=""><strong>Our mission: </strong>NLP advances the development and teaching of news literacy in K-12 education.</p> <p data-reveal=""><strong>Our vision: </strong>All students in the United States are skilled in news literacy before they graduate high school, giving them the knowledge and ability to participate in civic society as well-informed, critical thinkers.</p> </div> <div class="block2-side" data-reveal> <span class="img1" style="padding-top: 68.518518518519%"> <img alt="" data-src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/solution.svg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img src="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/solution.svg" alt="" /></noscript> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wrap1 -py:3 -b:navy -c:gray -inverted"> <div class="wrap1-contain"> <div class="-xw:1 -mb:1"> <span id="org-values"></span> <h2><span data-reveal="1"><span>Organizational</span></span> <span data-reveal="1"><span>values</span></span></h2> </div> <div class="values-grid" flex="stretch wrap"> <div class="values-column collapsible-group" flex="column" data-reveal> <h3>What we believe</h3> <div class="collapsible-section"> <button class="collapse-toggle -ts:4">News literacy is an essential life skill. </button> <p>We are living in the most challenging and complex information landscape in history. News literacy education empowers people with skills to successfully navigate this landscape. People who are exposed to the News Literacy Project’s programs learn how to identify what they can trust, share and act on, and they become better-informed, more engaged and more equal participants in the civic life of their community, their country and the world.</p> </div> <div class="collapsible-section"> <button class="collapse-toggle -ts:4">Facts matter.</button> <p>We believe that the standards and ideals of fact-based journalism — especially the process of verification — are the best means by which to measure the credibility of news and other information. We also recognize that verifiable information includes research, data, context and reliable sources as key elements in formulating facts.</p> </div> <div class="collapsible-section"> <button class="collapse-toggle -ts:4">A free press is a cornerstone of democracy.</button> <p>Our commitment to the First Amendment is absolute. We cannot sustain our democracy — nor build a more equitable future — without full access to facts and credible information that comes from a variety of sources representing a full range of experiences and viewpoints.</p> </div> </div> <div class="values-column collapsible-group" flex="column" data-reveal> <h3>How we achieve what we believe</h3> <div class="collapsible-section"> <button class="collapse-toggle -ts:4">Innovation.</button> <p>Because information today is shaped by constant change, including in the creation and distribution of misinformation and disinformation, we continuously work to improve our programs and resources to produce tools that are consistently useful for all communities.</p> </div> <div class="collapsible-section"> <button class="collapse-toggle -ts:4">Independence and nonpartisanship.</button> <p>We are independent and rigorously nonpartisan. Our audience can trust that NLP has final approval of the content of our programs and resources, which teach people how to think, not what to think. Educators can trust that we focus on the resources and skills that students need to master news literacy. We recommend that educators, students and the general public go to standards-based media organizations for reliable information, but we do not endorse specific news outlets. </p> </div> <div class="collapsible-section"> <button class="collapse-toggle -ts:4">Inclusion and diversity.</button> <p>Our work culture embraces diversity and inclusion to ensure a plurality of perspectives and agency. By prioritizing inclusion and belonging among our staff, board, partners and schools, we produce more resonant and representative programs for educators, students and the public, whoever and wherever they are. </p> </div> <div class="collapsible-section"> <button class="collapse-toggle -ts:4">Collaboration.</button> <p>We collaborate with educators to meet their needs in teaching news literacy, and we partner with educational, media and other organizations to expand our reach and impact beyond the classroom. We welcome input from teachers, journalists and other experts — and from all who share our commitment to facts, fairness and civic engagement. Through this collaboration, we aim to learn from and connect with individuals and groups that represent a wide range of identities, life experiences and perspectives.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wrap1 -py:3 -b:lightnavy -c:gray -inverted pss"> <div class="wrap1-contain"> <div class="-xw:1 -mb:1"> <span id="public-solutions"></span> <h2>Public Solution Statements:<br>News literacy is the foundation, but not a singular answer.</h2> <p>Educating and empowering the individual to be more discerning consumers of news and information (news literacy) is foundational to strengthening our democratic society. News literacy helps people civically engage in more meaningful, authentic and empowering ways while also helping people hold news media accountable. In fact, news literacy is a precondition of a modern democratic society. But it’s not a panacea and must be accompanied by a holistic societal approach to the challenges of disinformation.</p> </div> <div class="values-grid" flex="stretch wrap"> <div class="values-column collapsible-group" flex="column" data-reveal> <div class="collapsible-section"> <button class="collapse-toggle -ts:4">Social media</button> <ul> <li>Provide and enforce clear community standards.</li> <li>Pursue the removal of malicious accounts, including those dedicated to pushing extremism and disinformation.</li> <li>Design adjustment of algorithms to reduce the spread of misinformation and to promote credible information; and to help reverse political division and polarization.</li> </ul> </div> <div class="collapsible-section"> <button class="collapse-toggle -ts:4">News media</button> <ul> <li>Update standards and practices to promote public understanding, including: <ul> <li> Clearly distinguishing straight news reporting from other types of content, including opinion pieces and branded content </li> <li> Being transparent about coverage choices (news judgment, usage standards, sourcing guidelines, etc.) </li> </ul> </li> <li>Prominently correct errors of fact and clarify when coverage falls short of standards and explain how the lapse occurred.</li> <li>Push back against mis- and disinformation by calling it out and debunking it.</li> <li>Improve newsroom diversity, including at the leadership level, to better reflect the community and be transparent about methods and progress toward this goal.</li> </ul> </div> <div class="collapsible-section"> <button class="collapse-toggle -ts:4">Education</button> <ul> <li>Encourage and fund civics education that includes news literacy as part of media literacy education.</li> <li>Require media and news literacy education with the vigor given to English language arts and math, including specific learning standards, a graduation requirement and a professional teaching approach.</li> <li>Develop a structure for news and media literacy instruction in teacher preparation and certification programs. </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="values-column collapsible-group" flex="column" data-reveal> <div class="collapsible-section"> <button class="collapse-toggle -ts:4">Philanthropy & the Private Sector</button> <ul> <li>Fund nonprofit efforts to support high quality civics and media literacy education.</li> <li>Fund efforts to rebuild sustainable local news media infrastructure.</li> <li>Help raise awareness about the civic impact of misinformation and the importance of news media literacy.</li> <li>Provide employees with news media literacy learning opportunities, including access to high-quality resources.</li> </ul> </div> <div class="collapsible-section"> <button class="collapse-toggle -ts:4">Civic organizations</button> <ul> <li>Raise awareness about the civic impact of misinformation and the importance of news and media literacy.</li> <li>Provide news and media literacy programming and learning 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