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Panel discussions by university presidents and news media leaders plus partnership announcement between LSU and Stony Brook Universities to advance news literacy in the U.S. More...
Six breakout groups discussed specific ideas for moving News Literacy forward and presented two sets of conclusions specific to the theme the group was investigating. More...
At the concluding session of the conference, Dean Howard Schneider proposed what would become the conference's "big idea." More...
What is News Literacy
News Literacy is the ability to use critical thinking skills to judge the reliability and credibility of news reports and news sources. Students today are bombarded with blogs, "tweets," rumors, gossip, opinion, punditry, hype, spin, bias, propaganda, and advertising, all vying with journalism in their claims to be credible. News Literacy is an essential skill if today's high school and college students are to become not just intelligent consumers of news, but effective citizens.Contact us to learn more...
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News Literacy at Stony BrookAn Overview: Stony Brook University's School of Journalism News Literacy Initiative.
Presenter:
- Howard Schneider, Dean, School of Journalism, Stony Brook University
The News Media PanelWhat responsibilities do journalists have to educate their own consumers?
Moderator:
- Andrew Heyward, Former President, CBS News
- Neil Budde, President, Chief Product Officer, DailyMe.com
- Ted Koppel, Former Anchor, ABC News and Managing Editor, Discovery Channel
- Vivian Schiller, President and CEO, National Public Radio
- Alexandra Wallace, Senior Vice President, NBC News
A Conversation with David MindichCreating politically powerful and engaged news consumers: A Call to Arms
Presenter:
- David Mindich, Author, "Tuned Out: Why Americans Under 40 Don't Follow the News", and Professor, Journalism and Mass Communication, St. Michael's College
Breakout Group Leaders Present Final Recommen-dations
Panelists:
- Jonathan Landman, The News York Times, on partnerships between news organizations and schools to promote News Literacy
- Susan Moeller, International Center for Media and Public Agenda and University of Maryland, on creating News Literacy programs for diverse and global communities
- Jack Hamilton, Lousiana State University, on establishing News Literacy courses at universities
- Fabrice Florin, NewsTrust, on how digital technology can advance News Literacy
- Charles Bierbauer, University of South Carolina, on how journalism schools can lead the way instituting News Literacy in universities
- Rita-Marie Murphy, Patchogue-Medford Schools, on introducing News Literacy programs into high school curricula
The Presidents' PanelHow can universities incorporate News Literacy into a curriculum for the 21st Century?
Moderator:
- Shirley Strum Kenny, President, Stony Brook University
- Nancy Cantor, President Syracuse University
- Brady Deaton, Chancellor, University of Missouri
- John Lombardi, President, Louisiana State University
- Sanford J. Ungar, President, Goucher College
Keynote Address by Arthur Sulzberger, Jr.
Presenter:
- Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., Chairman and Publisher, The New York Times
Lightning Round, Part IReports from the Front: Innovators in News Literacy
Panelists:
- Fabrice Florin, Executive Director and Founder, NewsTrust
- Alan Miller, Executive Director, The News Literacy Project
- Susan Moeller, Professor, University of Maryland and Director, International Center for Media and Public Agenda
Lightning Round, Part IIReports from the Front: Innovators in News Literacy
Panelists:
- Howard Finberg, Director, NewsU, The Poynter Institute
- Marcy McGinnis, Associate Dean, School of Journalism, Stony Brook University
- Evelyn Messinger, Producer and Director, Link TV
- Siok Sian Pek-Dorji, Executive Director, Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy
- Take a News Literacy course at The Poynter Institute's NewsU. Enroll now...
Browse by Speaker
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Bell, Clark
McCormick Foundation
Director, Journalism Program -
Bernstein, Allison
The Ford Foundation
Vice President, Knowledge, Creativity and Freedom program -
Budde, Neil
DailyMe.com
President -
Cantor, Nancy
Syracuse University
Chancellor and President -
Deaton, Brady
University of Missouri
Chancellor -
Finberg, Howard
The Poynter Institute / NewsU
Director, Interactive Learning -
Florin, Fabrice
NewsTrust
Executive Director -
Heyward, Andrew
Monitor Group
Senior Advisor; Former Pres, CBS News -
Ibarguen, Alberto
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
President -
Kenny, Shirley Strum
Stony Brook University
President -
Koppel, Ted
ABC News/Discovery Channel/National Public Radio
Former Anchor, Managing Editor -
Lombardi, John
Louisiana State University System
President
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McGinnis, Marcy
Stony Brook University
Associate Dean, School of Journalism -
Messinger, Evelyn
Link TV
Project Director Know the News -
Miller, Alan
News Literacy Project
Executive Director -
Mindich, David
Saint Michael's College
Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication -
Moeller, Susan
University of Maryland
Director, International Center for Media and the Public Agenda / Associate Professor, Philip Merrill College of Journalism and School of Public Policy -
Pek-Dorji, Siok Sian
Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy
Founder -
Schiller, Vivian
National Public Radio
President and CEO -
Schneider, Howard
Stony Brook University
Dean, School of Journalism -
Sulzberger, Arthur Jr.
New York Times Company
Chairman and Publisher -
Ungar, Sanford
Goucher College
President -
Wallace, Alexandra
NBC News
Senior Vice President
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Testimonials
Some of the brightest minds are here and some of the insights coming out of our discussions are invaluable in our own work.
Fabrice Florin
Executive Director, NewsTrust
Executive Director, NewsTrust
There was a palpable sense of urgency... you could sense, feel it in the room. It was very concrete... there was really action.
Vivian Schiller
President and CEO, NPR
President and CEO, NPR
Absolutely fantastic. Wonderfully inspiring and genius. I want to steal all of the ideas and take them back to Syracuse University for our own News Literacy [course].
Charlotte Grimes
Knight Chair, Newhouse School, Syracuse University
Knight Chair, Newhouse School, Syracuse University
