News Literacy Project
The News Literacy Project uses five primary standards to define the core competencies students need to be news-literate. These standards invoke a combination of knowledge, skills and mindsets that are required to recognize credible information, avoid being exploited by misinformation and make informed, empowered choices:
Standard 1: Students distinguish news from other types of information and can recognize both traditional and nontraditional advertisements.
Standard 2: Students acknowledge the importance of the First Amendment in American democracy and a free press to an informed public.
Standard 3: Students understand why professional and ethical standards are necessary to produce quality journalism, and they can apply understanding of those standards to discern credible information and sources for themselves.
Standard 4: Students demonstrate increased critical habits of mind, including effective verification skills and the ability to detect misinformation and faulty evidence.
Standard 5: Students express and exercise civic responsibility by seeking, sharing and producing credible information as effective participants in a democracy.
