By: Joe Strupp Louisiana State University has created what it claims is the nation?s first endowed chair in news literacy, with plans to work with Stony Brook University?s new news literacy program.
The announcement of the partnership came at a Stony Brook conference, ?News Literacy: Setting a National Agenda," which began Wednesday and runs through Friday, according to an announcement.
"Made possible by a gift from Dee Dee and Kevin Reilly, Sr., the chair will be named for Dee Dee?s brother, Wendell Gray Switzer, Jr., Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy who lost his life while on active duty," the announcement said. "The Switzer Chair will work with Stony Brook in leading a national initiative to provide citizens with the knowledge required to navigate contemporary media and become critical consumers of news, advertising and other information. "
Added John Maxwell Hamilton, Dean of the Manship School of Communication at LSU: "The Switzer Chair will be focused on assisting the Center while developing a Media Literacy program at LSU. Combining our resources and knowledge signals a new way of doing business among the academic industry, the media industry and the philanthropic community."
The Center for News Literacy was established in 2007 at Stony Brook University?s School of Journalism, the release noted.
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