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The News Literacy Project is a national education nonprofit offering nonpartisan, independent programs that teach students how to know what to believe in the digital age. Learn more at https://newslit.org/

News Literacy Project
flipped into Journalism, local news, and press freedom.
North Carolina
Is Substack the panacea local news is looking for? - Poynter
poynter.org - Elizabeth Djinis
Local newsrooms have some competition — their own best beat reporters Tony Mecia was at a crossroads. His job as a senior writer at The Weekly Standard …
1 day ago
News Literacy Project
flipped into Journalism, local news, and press freedom.
Maria Ressa
No one in the Philippines would air a documentary about press freedom. So Frontline is doing it itself.
The Washington Post - By Elahe Izadi
On the evening before Valentine’s Day in 2019, journalist Maria Ressa was arrested by the Philippine government and charged with “cyber-libel.” At issue was a seven-year-old article that her news website,...
1 day ago
News Literacy Project
flipped into Journalism, local news, and press freedom.
Myanmar
Journalists Detained For Covering Democracy Demonstrations In Myanmar Face Prison
NPR - Dustin Jones
At least eight journalists in Myanmar have been detained by authorities while covering protests against a coup that took place last month. Six of those journalists, including 32-year-old Associated Press...
1 day ago
News Literacy Project
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U.S. Politics
How Americans Navigated the News in 2020: A Tumultuous Year in Review
journalism.org - Amy Mitchell
(Mark Makela/Getty Images) How we did this Americans are divided – that much is obvious after a contentious presidential election and transition, and …
Feb 22
News Literacy Project
flipped into Journalism, local news, and press freedom.
Diversity
The ongoing fight against racism in newsrooms
cjr.org - By Jon Allsop, CJR
Yesterday, Alex Goldman—a co-host of Reply All, a popular tech podcast produced by Gimlet—popped up in the show’s feed with a brief programming …
6 days ago
News Literacy Project
flipped into Journalism, local news, and press freedom.
Policing
They were arrested while covering protests last year. They’re still in legal limbo.
cjr.org - By Jon Allsop, CJR
On June 1, as protests intensified across the US following the police killing of George Floyd, Richard Cummings, a freelance photojournalist in …
2 days ago