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Washington, DC area high school students, register now for a free NLP summer workshop at The Washington Post! More info bit.ly/L3bQQD 12:14 PM May 26th via web
@lawrenceljy Can you clarify? What kind of information? 1:02 PM May 25th via TweetDeck in reply to lawrenceljy
Saltzman has appointed students as temporary editors & is asking them how the publication involved should respond to criticism of the piece. 10:01 AM May 25th via web
The discussion involves a real story that was published as news, but was also intended to promote an event. 9:59 AM May 25th via web
Sun-Times metro editor Paul Saltzman has presented Perspectives youth w/ a tough editorial decision involving information neighborhoods. 9:58 AM May 25th via web
Fusco, a Sun-Times investigative reporter, is talking about using public records for his story exposing disabled parking fraud. 8:55 AM May 25th via Mobile Web
Perspectives IIT/Math & Science students are at the Chicago Sun-Times this morning talking to editor Paul Saltzman and reporter Chris Fusco. 8:36 AM May 25th via Mobile Web
Chicago's WGN-TV did a short item on our Student Showcase event at Tribune Tower last night. Check it out! tiny.cc/waxtew 1:18 PM May 24th via web
Can you spot a manipulated image? 3 tools to help "approach it as a detective and examine all the various clues." bit.ly/KhNu6y 12:33 PM May 24th via web
@Newshour interviews Clay Johnson about his new book on conscious consumption, 'Information Diets'. @cjoh to.pbs.org/J4MIap 9:41 AM May 19th via TweetDeck
WSJ editions coord Di Pinheiro to Bx Letters students: without facts, data and interviews, stories are just your opinions @dipinheiro 11:08 AM May 18th via Twitter for iPhone from New York, NY
Paul Farhi asks: "Does controversy sell?" in response to magazine covers like Newsweek's "gay president." wapo.st/KomvbP @FarhiPaul 7:35 AM May 15th via TweetDeck
Can any of our fellows help these student journalists figure out who owns a piece of property? RT @NewsfromNest: bit.ly/JXG6fz 9:19 AM May 14th via TweetDeck
Manya Brachear (aka @TribSeeker) said she couldn't do her job very well without the First Amendment. 11:37 AM May 11th via web
Manya Brachear, Chicago Tribune religion writer, is talking to Benito Juarez HS students is talking about the First Amendment. 10:49 AM May 11th via web
@DodieHofstetter, also the Trib's Voice of the People editor, is giving Juarez students tips about writing letters to the editor. 9:39 AM May 11th via web
Dodie Hofstetter, a Chicago Trib editorial board member, is talking to Benito Juarez HS kids about editorial pages, columns and letters. 9:01 AM May 11th via web
StephenRynkiewicz @rynk, a digital editor at the Chicago Tribune, is talking to Benito Juarez HS students about information neighborhoods. 6:23 AM May 11th via web
@MauraHernandez is using Twitter to show Juarez students what her colleagues are saying about how to find credible and reliable information 12:01 PM May 9th via web
Maura Wall Hernandez, digital editor at the Mash, is talking to Benito Juarez students in Chicago about finding reliable info online. 11:12 AM May 9th via web

Name The News Lit Project
Location NYC; Chicago; Washington DC
Web http://www.thenew...
Bio The News Literacy Project is a national educational program that mobilizes seasoned journalists to help students sort fact from fiction in the digital age.