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Building a Foundation with News Literacy: Essential Tools for Educators
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT
Presented by Susan Minichiello, Senior Manager of Education Design, The News Literacy Project; and Brittney Smith, Senior Manager of District Partnerships, East, The News Literacy Project
Sponsored by News Literacy Project
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In today’s world, news literacy is too important to leave out of your curriculum—in fact, it’s where you must start if you want to ensure that your students understand how to think critically and identify news, sources, and information they can trust. News literacy skills have a part to play in nearly any subject or grade level, so why not develop them from the get-go?
In this edWebinar, let the News Literacy Project help you kick off the back-to-school season with free foundational tools you can count on! You hear about what makes news literacy the key building block of media literacy, why it’s so critical today, and how many states are meeting this moment with news and media literacy education requirements.
The News Literacy Project’s Brittney Smith and Susan Minichiello cover the resources every educator needs in their teaching toolkit this year, including a key framework for developing and assessing news literacy skills, a newsletter that helps you bring teachable moments from the news straight to your students, and standards-aligned Checkology® lessons.
This recorded edWebinar is of interest to middle and high school teachers, librarians, and school and district leaders.
About the Presenters
Susan Minichiello is a Senior Manager of Education Design at The News Literacy Project. She joined the team in August 2022. Susan spent a decade working as a reporter and editor at community newspapers in California, Nebraska, Montana, and North Dakota. Previously, she was the Education Reporter at the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, where she won California Journalism Awards for her writing on equity in schools. Susan’s freelance magazine work was recognized with an honorable mention at the Eddie & Ozzie Awards. She also has a background in copywriting for nonprofit organizations and in editing textbooks for diversity, equity, and inclusion. She studied English at the University of Montana with a focus on creative writing. She is based in Northern California.
Brittney Smith is a Senior Manager of District Partnerships (East) at The News Literacy Project. Brittney joined NLP in July 2022 after eight years of teaching life science in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was a high school teacher to diverse populations of students, including English language learners. In her tenure as science department chair, she focused on building partnerships with community stakeholders to enrich and improve students’ educational experiences. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biological science from the University of Cincinnati and a master’s degree in teaching science to adolescents and young adults from Mount St. Joseph University. She is currently pursuing her doctorate in educational practice and innovation with a STEM focus at the University of South Carolina.
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The News Literacy Project, a nonpartisan, national education nonprofit, provides programs and resources for educators and the public to teach, learn and share the abilities needed to be smart, active consumers of news and information and equal and engaged participants in a democracy.
