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Resources for Penn Staters

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No Cost News

Stay informed and gain a broader perspective inside and outside of classrooms. Through our Readership Program, Penn State students, faculty, and staff have FREE digital access to a variety of local, national, and global newspapers.

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Library Guides

Guides and resources from Penn State University Libraries are at your fingertips.

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News Literacy Ambassadors

Our team of News Literacy Ambassadors provide public scholarship to fellow students through outreach efforts at University Park and on Student Affairs social media.
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Recorded Guest Lectures

Did you miss it? View video recordings from our News Literacy Initiative guest lecturers on demand.
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Our Research

Learn about projects, research, and materials being developed by Penn State Harrisburg faculty to strengthen news literacy across the Commonwealth.
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Our vision is that Penn State students graduate with an appreciation of the function and importance of news and are able to critically seek, assess and use news and current information as participants in a democracy.

Marie Hardin, dean of the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications

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Our podcast

News Over Noise explores the challenge of separating spin and click-bait from good journalism and why it matters. Give it a listen and checkout the Episode Extras.

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