Unraveling #fakenews from Opinion-making Information: A News Literacy Discussion

How can news literacy be developed and implemented worldwide so that it prevails over the challenging #fakenews phenomenon?

It is these types of questions that the Panel Discussion will discuss as part of the second installment of a series of panels on Media and Information Literacy organized by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations at UN Headquarters. This session will focus on how individuals can acquire news literacy skills in order to digest the overload of information in the complex digital age that encompasses contemporary societies.

Opening Remarks:

• Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser
  High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations
• Maher Nasser
  
  Director, Outreach Division, United Nations Department of Public Information

Keynote Speaker:

• Howard Schneider
  Executive Director, Center for News Literacy,
  Stony Brook University

Panelists:

• Alan Miller
  Founder and CEO, News Literacy Project
  
• Mitra Kalita
  Vice-President of Programming, CNN
  
• Áine Kerr
  Manager of Journalism Partnerships, Facebook
  
• Dina Temple-Raston
  Counterterrorism Correspondent, National Public Radio
  
• Michelle Ciulla Lipkin
  Executive Director, National Association for
  Media Literacy Education

Moderator:

• Jordi Torrent
  Project Manager for Media and Literacy Education, UNAOC

This event is by invitation. Please register by Wednesday, August 30th, 2017.

Access to the UN:

• Non-UN Passholders: Please note that only registered guests can access the UN premises. Please bring a valid photo ID and meet us at the outside UN entrance on 46th Street and 1st Avenue to receive your event ticket at 10:20 am on September 7th, 2017.

• UN Passholders: Please register for the event and access the premises with your UN pass.