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WHAT: The first national conference on News Literacy.
WHO: More than 120 attendees, representing 41 universities, as well as high schools, foundations, news organizations and two countries – Bhutan and Peru. (link to attendees)
WHEN and WHERE: March 11-13, 2009, Stony Brook University, Long Island, New York.
WHY: The conference had three goals: to share the innovative work being done at Stony Brook University, where more than 3,000 students have already taken the nation’s first course in how to be a smarter news consumer and a more informed citizen in the Digital Age; to build a “community of interest” among those committed to teaching and spreading the principles and applications of News Literacy in classrooms across the nation; and to craft individual and collective action.
At the concluding session of the conference, 