I’ve spent more than two decades now, working at the intersection of technology and news. Where I tried to be a clear-eyed observer of the extraordinary changes we’ve witnessed in that period. And in the service of driving change — strategically and operationally — across large organizations.
It has required constant agility. An ability to absorb new technologies, new consumer behavior, new business patterns, and adapt rapidly. And 20-plus years in, the landscape has hardly settled. If anything the pace of change is accelerating — challenging, in some pretty profound ways, our ability to adapt.
I think it is something to keep in mind over the course of the conference. Academic study and curriculum development tend to move, for good reason, at a somewhat deliberate pace. But the problem you’re addressing is complex, dynamic and fast changing. And the way you think about it, the way you address it, will need to keep pace.
If I can be of value this morning it is to provide some context for the subject of this conference. And I hope to do that by addressing the broader forces operating on what we call news literacy; and in particular what I see as the critical role of Google, Facebook, Apple, and possibly Amazon in addressing this issue.
So what’s the problem we’re tackling when we talk about news literacy?
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- : https://milunesco.unaoc.org/wp-content/uploads/Kinsey-Wilson-address-to-News-Literacy-Summit-SUNY-SB.pdf
- : Kinsey Wilson, The New York Times
- : Center for News Literacy, Stony Brook University