The Musical Innertube - Volume 2, Number 136 - Christina Veiga
Facts are facts. But with social media, how can you tell fake news from real? Christina Veiga says the News Literacy Project has the answer: give you the fact-finding skills of a true journalist.
Facts are facts. But with social media, how can you tell fake news from real? Christina Veiga says the News Literacy Project has the answer: give you the fact-finding skills of a true journalist.
The News Literacy Project is hosting a webinar tomorrow (April 24th) called "Finding Water in a News Desert." Find out more here.
And there's another webinar on April 29th! Sign up here.
Check out everything the NLP has to offer -- including the Checkology program for students - by visiting their website.
And keep track of the true-and-false of the latest rumors by visiting RumorGuard.
Christina Veiga
As the senior director of media relations for NLP, Christina Veiga drives press coverage and builds awareness of the organization’s work, mission and impact. She coordinates media requests for information and interviews and plays a key role in promoting National News Literacy Week and other NLP events.
Before joining NLP, Christina was a journalist for more than a decade. She started her career at the Miami Herald newspaper in Florida, where she covered several local government beats and the Miami-Dade County public school system. She went on to Chalkbeat, a nonprofit digital news organization, where she wrote about school segregation and early childhood education in New York City.
Christina earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism at Florida International University.
NEWS LITERACY PROJECT MISSION
Our mission: The News Literacy Project, a nonpartisan education nonprofit, is building a national movement to advance the practice of news literacy throughout American society, creating better informed, more engaged and more empowered individuals — and ultimately a stronger democracy.
Our vision: News literacy is an integral part of American life, and people of all ages and backgrounds know how to identify credible news and other information and understand the indispensable role a free press has in a democracy, empowering them to play a more equal and active role in the civic life of the country.
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