News Literacy

In Demand: News Literacy

Shawn Healy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shawn Healy

News literacy is "distinguishing--and appreciating--excellence." It requires confronting consumers' cynicism about media, where only a fifth of Americans believe "most or all" reporting.

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Media Literacy 101: Power to the People

Susan Moeller | Posted 05.25.2011

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Susan Moeller

We call our children digital natives. But a digital generation is made, not born. Children must learn not just how to surf, link, load and click, but how to ask, judge and think to understand our world.

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The Responsibilities of Citizenship: A Bundle of Literacies

Charles M. Firestone | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charles M. Firestone

Literacy today is not simply learning to read. There are additional literacies -- abilities to understand and operate -- in 21st century America.

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