OUR MISSION
Over three-quarters of teens in America cannot tell the difference between a real news story and an advertisement labeled “sponsored content.” Public trust in the media has fallen to record lows. As journalists we want to combat these trends by fostering media literacy skills among young people to help them become engaged citizens who know how to find legitimate information and check the facts.
Journalists for News Literacy brings professional, local journalists into classrooms to share their experience and teach students best practices for consuming the news. As a non-partisan organization, we encourage students to engage with ideas from across the political spectrum. Our mission is simply to ensure that students have the tools to seek accurate information so their civic lives are are shaped by facts.
Tom A. Peter
Co-Founder
M.R. O'Connor
Co-Founder
Maura is a freelance journalist based in Brooklyn and her work has appeared online in The Atavist, Slate, Foreign Policy, The New Yorker, Nautilus, and Harper’s. Her first book, “Resurrection Science: Conservation, De-Extinction and the Precarious Future of Wild Things,” was named one of Library Journal and Amazon’s Best Books of 2015. She is currently at work on a second book, an exploration of navigation traditions and neuroscience.
Tom covers the Middle East, conflict and security issues and has chased after stories in more than a dozen countries. His work has appeared in The New Republic, USA Today, The Guardian, Al Jazeera America, The Times of London, The Christian Science Monitor and others. Tom has provided on-the-ground news analysis for CNN, National Public Radio, BBC, Fox News and others. He’s passionate about reporting the truth but he also enjoys writing novels so he can make things up.