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	Therefore, it is time for American education to include the acquisition of 21st-century, critical-thinking skills for analyzing and judging the reliability of news, differentiating among facts, opinions and assertions in the media we create and distribute. News literacy standards can be research based in multiple content areas. It can be taught most effectively in cross-curricular, inquiry-based formats at all grade levels. It is a necessary component for literacy in contemporary society.		Therefore, it is time for American education to include the acquisition of 21st-century, critical-thinking skills for analyzing and judging the reliability of news, differentiating among facts, opinions and assertions in the media we create and distribute. News literacy standards can be research based in multiple content areas. They can be taught most effectively in cross-curricular, inquiry-based formats at all grade levels. It is a necessary component for literacy in contemporary society.
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			Jiwon Yoon<br>
			Temple University Media Education Lab<br>
			Philadelphia, Penn.<br><br>


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	News surrounds us and as such news literacy is an essential life skill for everyone. To [http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/jeff1600.htm paraphrase] Thomas Jefferson: Knowledge of current issues is essential to informed citizenship in a democracy. We are concerned about the effects of media messages on children and others. Modern participatory culture makes every citizen a potential creator of news in social media, blogs, email and the web. We believe a literate citizen understands the purposes, processes and economics of news.		News surrounds us and as such news literacy is an essential life skill for everyone. To [http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/jeff1600.htm paraphrase] Thomas Jefferson: Knowledge of current issues is essential to informed citizenship in a democracy. We are concerned about the effects of media messages on children and others. Modern [http://cms.mit.edu/news/2007/02/cms_director_henry_jenkins_on_1.php participatory culture] makes every citizen a potential creator of news in social media, blogs, email and the web. We believe a literate citizen understands the purposes, processes and economics of news.
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A consensus statement of participants in "Rebooting the News:"
 
News surrounds us and as such news literacy is an essential life skill for everyone. To [http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/jeff1600.htm paraphrase] Thomas Jefferson: Knowledge of current issues is essential to informed citizenship in a democracy. We are concerned about the effects of media messages on children and others. Modern participatory culture makes every citizen a potential creator of news in social media, blogs, email and the web. We believe a literate citizen understands the purposes, processes and economics of news.
 

Therefore, it is time for American education to include the acquisition of 21st-century, critical-thinking skills for analyzing and judging the reliability of news, differentiating among facts, opinions and assertions in the media we create and distribute. News literacy standards can be research based in multiple content areas. It can be taught most effectively in cross-curricular, inquiry-based formats at all grade levels. It is a necessary component for literacy in contemporary society.
 
Signed at Philadelphia, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008: 

 
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Diana Laufenberg 
History Teacher 
Science Leadership Academy 
Philadelphia, Penn. 

Frank Farley, Ph.D. 
L. H. Carnell Professor 
Temple University 
Philadelphia, Penn. 
(former president, American Psychological Assn.) 

Bill Densmore 
The Media Giraffe Project at UMass Amherst 
Williamstown, Mass. 

Renee Hobbs 
Temple University Media Education Lab 
Philadelphia, Penn. 

Kathleen Kentner 
Librarian, ORCSD 
Durham, N.H. 

Frank W.Baker 
Media Literacy Clearinghouse,Inc. 
Columbia, S.C. 

Lena Consolini-Quinn 
Concerned Citizen 
Hadley, Mass. 

Leslie Tran 
Abington Friends School 
Philadelphia, Penn. 

Nathalie Applewhite 
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting 
Washington, D.C. 

Ellen Kadransky 
Free Lance writer 
Upper Darby, Penn. 

Jeannine Cook 
Positive Minds 
Philadelphia, Penn. 

Faith Rogow 
Insighters Educational Consulting 
Ithaca, NY 

John H. McManus 
GradeTheNews.org 
Sunnyvale, Calif. 

Lucas Cioffi 
Co-Founder, [http://DeepDebate.org DeepDebate.Org] 
Washington, DC 

Karen Zill 
National Association for Media Literacy Education 
Washington, D.C. 

Katherine Cohen 
Teacher, Ad Prima Charter School 
Philadelphia, Penn. 

Alexander Moll 
The Public Forum Institute 
Washington, D.C. 

Diane S. Varner 
Ph.D. student/Adjunct Faculty 
Temple University 
Philadelphia, Penn. 

Sherri Hope Culver 
Temple University, Media Education Lab 
Philadelphia, Penn. 

Bryan Doyle 
Writer, Coordinator 
Jackson Media Literacy Project 
Jackson, Miss. 

Stephen Silha 
Journalism That Matters 
Vashon Island, Wash. 

Peggy Holman 
Journalism that Matters 
Bellevue, Wash. 

Kaizar Campwala 
NewsTrust 
San Francisco, CA