By: Joe Strupp A select group of journalists and media figures, among them New York Times Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr., will join other academic leaders to discuss the teaching of "news literacy" during a conference on March 11 to 13 at Stony Brook University on Long Island.
?This conference comes at a pivotal time when the world of news is changing,? Stony Brook University President Dr. Shirley Strum Kenny said in a statement. ?Now more than ever, it?s extremely important to educate and give students the necessary tools and critical thinking skills to judge the reliability and credibility of news reports and news sources, from print and broadcast to the Web.?
Titled ?News Literacy: Setting a National Agenda,? the conference is sponsored by the Ford Foundation, with additional support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and McCormick Foundation.
Howard Schneider, former Newsday editor and current dean of Stony Brook?s School of Journalism, and Marcy McGinnis, the former senior vice president of news coverage at CBS News who is the journalism school?s associate dean, are chairing the event.
Other respected news people involved are Ted Koppel, Andrew Heyward, Alexandra Wallace, and Vivian Schiller.
A key event will be a panel focused on "responsibilities journalists have to educate their own consumers."
Moderated by Heyward, former president of CBS News, the panel will feature Koppel, former anchor of ABC News and managing editor of the Discovery Channel; Wallace, senior vice president of NBC News; Schiller, president and CEO of NPR; Neil Budde; president and chief product officer of DailyMe.com; and Bill Kovach, founding chairman of the Committee of Concerned Journalists.
Sulzberger will deliver the keynote address on March 12.
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