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News & media literacy, research and resources from the National Literacy Trust – with Fay Lant

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    • In this short video, Fay Lant (head of school programmes, National Literacy Trust) discusses how literacy plays a crucial role in young people’s abilioty to process and evaluate news stories. Sharing research findings and resources from the National Literacy Trust, Fay’s talk formed part of the live ‘Teaching news & media literacy – the why, when and how’ event recorded in November 2021. To see the full event recording, click here.

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