Can “the literacies” get it together?

Can “the literacies” get it together?

Eric Newton The disciplines must come together to distill the key fundamentals of finding, understanding, acting on and creating news and information in the digital age. This blog post is an updated excerpt of News Co/Lab co-founder Eric Newton’s report to the Knight...
Understanding news? We’re not even close

Understanding news? We’re not even close

Eric Newton This blog post is an updated excerpt of News Co/Lab co-founder Eric Newton’s report to the Knight Commission on Trust, Media and Democracy. Newton helped the commission develop its recommendations on literacy, including that all Americans by age 18...
Helping people see the workings of news: But how?

Helping people see the workings of news: But how?

Eric Newton This blog post is the fourth of a follow-up series on the News Co/Lab’s community news awareness surveys. Should newsrooms help people understand how news works? Yes, said 75 percent of the journalists we surveyed with the Center for Media Engagement....