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NLP successfully launched two initiatives that
create a sense of community for news literacy
educators: NewsLit Nation, NLP’s official
home for our 48,000-plus member community
of teachers, librarians and news literacy
advocates, and a News Literacy Ambassador
Program. News literacy ambassadors are
working to build a footprint for community
organizing efforts in the fight against
misinformation. Both initiatives are part of a
News Literacy Ambassador
Program 2020-21 Cohort
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regional movement-building model designed
around 10 hub cities for the 2020-21 school
year — Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle,
Denver, Houston, Chicago, Boston, New York
City, Washington, D.C., and Miami — to champion
news literacy education at the local level. NLP’s
ambassadors held 22 virtual events — workshops,
webinars, presentations, panel discussions and
community meetings — reaching a total of 754
educators and librarians.
