{"id":2929,"date":"2019-09-26T07:54:21","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T11:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/?p=2929"},"modified":"2019-09-26T09:33:29","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T13:33:29","slug":"newsliteracymatters-com-launches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/2019\/09\/26\/newsliteracymatters-com-launches\/","title":{"rendered":"NewsLiteracyMatters.com Launches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-25-at-4.30.47-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-25-at-4.30.47-PM-1024x597.png\" alt=\"Newsliteracymatters.com web page\" class=\"wp-image-2931\" width=\"512\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-25-at-4.30.47-PM-1024x597.png 1024w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-25-at-4.30.47-PM-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-25-at-4.30.47-PM-760x443.png 760w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-25-at-4.30.47-PM-380x222.png 380w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-25-at-4.30.47-PM-576x336.png 576w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-25-at-4.30.47-PM-800x467.png 800w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-25-at-4.30.47-PM-1114x650.png 1114w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-25-at-4.30.47-PM-165x96.png 165w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-25-at-4.30.47-PM-372x217.png 372w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-25-at-4.30.47-PM-744x434.png 744w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-25-at-4.30.47-PM-768x448.png 768w, https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-25-at-4.30.47-PM.png 1138w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A new online platform dedicated to news literacy is up and running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hunter College Distinguished Lecturer and Director of the Journalism Program Sissel McCarthy created the site called<a href=\"https:\/\/newsliteracymatters.com\/\"> News Literacy Matters<\/a> to raise awareness about what she considers a new core competency.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cNews literacy is a skill we all need to stay informed in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century because as the tagline on our website says, all information is not created equal,\u201d McCarthy said. \u201cYou also can\u2019t rely on anyone but yourself to find credible information anymore.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The website,<a href=\"https:\/\/newsliteracymatters.com\/\">newsliteracymatters.com<\/a>, is a place for journalism students, faculty and anyone interested in the pursuit of reliable information to share ideas and the latest news on news literacy.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The home page showcases essays by both students and faculty on news literacy issues, and there\u2019s a Q&amp;A page where professors teaching MEDIA 211: News Literacy in a Digital Age answer student questions about news literacy terms, topics and techniques.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re interested in being your own fact-checker and a more critical consumer of news, please join the conversation and <a href=\"https:\/\/newsliteracymatters.com\/subscribe\/\">subscribe<\/a> to our news feed right on the home page. 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