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  1. Cashmore: "Open Web" serves consumers best. So...Trading independent journos for keyword pimps is a social good? http://bit.ly/4KHv1d #cnn
  2. Here's the European Union media/news literacy initiative: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/educ/111504.pdf
  3. News Literacy ideas cogitated over: http://bit.ly/5HEHVB via @addthis
  4. Newsday renamed our outfit. Otherwise right, but cut this: she confuses news consumers. Her show isn't news. http://tinyurl.com/ydtujd3
  5. Chronicle of Higher Ed asked several of us how newsroom declines affect J-Schools.http://bit.ly/1reTnX
  6. Fast approaching the moment we are all authors: http://seedmagazine.com/content/ideas/
  7. McCormick Foundation embraces News Literacy...warmly! http://tw0.us/43j
  8. Following up on lectures on censorship, we brought Moises Saman to speak. Amazing photos: http://www.moisessaman.com/
  9. Tues. lecture in our course is on distinguishing news from raw information. CNN Coast Guard story will be a good case study. Send hedlines.
  10. News Literacy students have been assigned to watch Obama's health care speech and then familiarize themselves with FactChek and Politifact.
  11. Re: The Singularity...Those who understand the most primitive need for news are best poised for the A.I. future.http://bit.ly/yFSOq
  12. In the News Literacy conversation, disruption is important context. Here's a good summary for students of the business: http://bit.ly/NaOV1
  13. Looking forward to reading student reflections on the 48-hour "News Blackout" they undertake as their first assignment in our course.