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OURSTORY:
A Legacy of Growing Impact
The News Literacy Project has long recognized that the lack of a
news-literate public can be a threat to a democracy. Our pioneering
work has allowed us to develop the expertise and the programs to
address this problem on a national scale.
2008
2010
February: NLP is founded with a
September3october: NLP holds the orst
$250,000 grant from the John S.
and James L. Knight Foundation.
of many fall forums featuring such wellrespected media personalities as Washington
Post publisher Katharine Weymouth, Gwen
Ioll of Washington Week and PBS NewsHour,
David Brooks of The New York Times and
E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post.
September: NLP creates its orst website
at www.thenewsliteracyproject.org.
November: The New York Times
becomes NLP9s orst participating
news organization.
2009
2011
February: CNN9s Soledad O9Brien
april: The IRS awards NLP
independent 501(c)(3) status.
NLP had previously operated
through oscal sponsors.
is on hand to launch the classroom
program at Williamsburg Collegiate
Charter School in Brooklyn.
october: Chicago pilot program
begins with event featuring Chicago
Tribune9s Clarence Page.
September:
NLP expands into the District of
Columbia with a kickoff event
featuring journalist Gwen Ioll.
SEPTEMBER 2011
2012
march: NLP begins a digitalunit pilot in Chicago.
OCTOBER 2009
may: NLP announces a partnership with The
Washington Post to relaunch the paper9s
Young Journalists Development Program.
october: NLP sponsors