'Misinformation' word of the year

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And from the National Literacy Project director:

IN THIS EMAIL A word from Alan   |  Watch our mission in action.  |  NLP is growing!  | NLP in the news  | With thanks December 2018 A word from Alan Dear friends of NLP, It’s fitting that Dictionary.com has just announced “misinformation” as its word of the year. Throughout human history, people have been susceptible to misinformation — but today’s immediacy and ease of spreading this viral contagion make eradicating it a particularly pressing challenge. Some say the problem is incurable; we believe that we have developed an antidote, if not a vaccine, for it. For the News Literacy Project, “misinformation” has been the word of the decade, given that for the last 10 years we have been helping students learn the skills to separate fact from fiction and know what they can trust, share and act on. Here are a few highlights of 2018:  More teachers than ever are using our Checkology® virtual classroom — so far, more than 16,000 educators in every U.S. state and more than 100 other countries have registered to use this cutting-edge platform.   Our humorous video featuring “The Easiest Quiz of All Time” went viral, reaching nearly 4 million people with the message to “double-check your facts” before voting in the 2018 midterm elections. Take the quiz yourself to test your fact-checking abilities (and your memory).   We held eight NewsLitCamps® in seven cities, providing 442 educators the opportunity to learn about news literacy education in one-day professional development workshops. Our NewsLitCamp partners were The Washington Post, NPR, Bloomberg BNA, the Los Angeles Times, the Houston Chronicle, WBEZ (Chicago public radio), the Lexington (Kentucky) Herald-Leader and the Daily Herald in Arlington Heights, Illinois.   Misinformation knows no borders: This fall we traveled to Denmark, Brazil and Argentina to talk about news literacy education and NLP’s work. Through a State Department program for international visitors to the United States, we also met with nearly 200 journalists and NGO leaders from 40 countries who are seeking a cure for the global misinformation pandemic.