Apple Teams with Media Literacy Programs in the US and Europe
March 19 2019 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
New Initiative to Encourage Critical Thinking and Empower
Students to be Better Informed
Apple® today announced a new initiative in support of
leading nonprofit organizations in the US and Europe that offer
nonpartisan, independent media literacy programs. The News Literacy
Project (NLP) and Common Sense in the US and Osservatorio
Permanente Giovani-Editori in Italy will each receive support from
Apple to advance their efforts in empowering young people
with the critical thinking skills necessary in today’s digital
age.
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Apple’s new initiative supports nonprofit
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"News literacy is vital to sustaining a free press and thriving
democracy, and we are proud to be collaborating with organizations
on the front lines of this effort," said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO.
"We’ve been impressed by the important work being done
by the News Literacy Project, Common Sense
and Osservatorio, empowering young people to be active and
engaged citizens."
"Apple News is committed to presenting quality journalism from
trusted sources," said Lauren Kern, editor-in-chief of Apple News®.
"We’re thrilled that Apple is supporting these important
organizations to train the next generation on how to seek out
accurate and reliable information amid an increasingly complicated
news landscape."
"We are grateful for Apple’s commitment to fighting
misinformation and sustaining quality journalism," said Alan C.
Miller, founder and CEO of NLP. "NLP is committed to
equipping the next generation with the critical thinking skills to
discern what news and other information to trust and the tools to
become informed and engaged participants in our country’s
democracy. We welcome this timely initiative to help achieve our
vision of seeing news literacy embedded in the American educational
experience."
"The lack of young people’s news literacy skills is a growing
problem for our country. Revelations about the manipulation of news
and the resulting impact on society have shed light on both the
importance and scale of the issue," said James P. Steyer, founder
and CEO of Common Sense. "We need to help our students not just
seek out legitimate news, but also think critically about the
broader world of media and ideas. Apple shares in our mission to
raise a generation of children who will thrive as learners, leaders
and citizens in the digital age, and Common Sense is delighted to
be part of this important effort."
"Our mission is to help young people develop critical
thinking skills by comparing different sources of quality
information," said Andrea Ceccherini, founder and CEO of
Osservatorio Permanente Giovani-Editori. "At a time when fake news
is spreading, we cannot give in to the idea that third-party
fact-checking services are the only way to assess the reliability
of news sources. We can exercise our own minds, and be masters of
our own destiny. Our ambition is to help form more citizens,
increasingly opening our society to a culture of civilized debate
and confrontation, which is the basis of every healthy
democracy."
The News Literacy Project
The News Literacy Project (NLP), a nonpartisan national
education nonprofit, empowers educators to teach middle school and
high school students the skills they need to become smart, active
consumers of news and other information and engaged, informed
participants in our democracy. Since NLP’s signature education
platform, the Checkology virtual classroom, was released in
May 2016, more than 17,800 educators in all 50 states, the District
of Columbia, three US territories and 104 other countries have
registered to use it, and more than 124,000 students have benefited
from its lessons. Students have told NLP that as a result of what
they have learned in Checkology, they are more confident in their
ability to discern and create credible information, have a greater
appreciation of the role of a free press in a democracy, and
are more likely to become civically engaged by voting when eligible
to do so or by becoming politically active. NLP’s vision is to see
news literacy — a critical life skill — embedded in the American
educational experience.
Common Sense
Common Sense is the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to
helping kids and families thrive in the digital age. Common Sense
Education supports K-12 schools with everything educators need to
empower the next generation of digital citizens. The organization’s
innovative, award-winning Digital Citizenship Curriculum prepares
students with lifelong habits and skills, supports teachers with
training and recognition, and engages families and communities with
helpful tips and tools. To help young people navigate today’s news
landscape with sharp and open minds, Common Sense aims to help
students not just seek out legitimate news, but also think
critically about the broader world of media and ideas. The Common
Sense news literacy initiative will provide timely content and
resources for parents, educators and teens with the goal of
improving news literacy among young people. Common Sense Digital
Citizenship Curriculum is taught in more than half the schools in
the United States, by more than 700,000 educators.
Osservatorio Permanente Giovani-Editori
Osservatorio Permanente Giovani-Editori is Italy’s leading
independent organization in citizenship education focused on media
literacy projects. For over 18 years, Osservatorio’s mission
has been to help today’s young people become citizens of tomorrow,
participate more in our democracy and develop critical thinking
that sets them free. Osservatorio operates in education by
training high school teachers, who then bring Osservatorio’s media
literacy projects into their classrooms with the goal of increasing
student curiosity, thirst for knowledge and critical thinking. As
students compare different quality news sources, they learn to
distinguish between reliable journalism and fake news.
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