The Kansas City Public Library wants to help the community get and stay informed with its participation in National News Literacy Week. The initiative, led by the News Literacy Project and E.W. Scripps, runs from January 24-28 and promotes news literacy as a vital life skill.

National News Literacy Week: Kansas City Edition will focus on three intersections of news literacy: Democracy, Disinformation, and Distrust. 

Join the Library and local journalists for a three-part series of virtual panel discussions from Noon - 1 p.m. on the following days: 
 

Monday, January 24 
Democracy

Dia Wall (KSHB), Steve Kraske (KCUR), Celisa Calacal (KCUR) 

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Wednesday, January 26
Disinformation

Peggy Lowe (KCUR), Abby Hoover (Northeast News) 

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Friday, January 28
Distrust

Matt Evans (KMBC), Emily Wolf (The Kansas City Beacon) 

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All the News You Can Use — Free With Your Library Card

No paywalls, no subscriptions -- your Kansas City Public Library card gives you free access to popular newspapers and magazines, online news services, and other resources. Don't have a library card? Get one today!
 

• PressReader provides a single platform where you have unlimited access to over 6,000 newspapers and magazines from around the world, in 60-plus languages. 

• Read the latest headlines and dive into in-depth reporting with a free access pass to The New York Times (NYTimes.com). 

• For local reporting, browse issues of The Kansas City Star’s image edition and text edition, get paywall-free access to the Kansas City Business Journal, and read stories from Kansas City Hispanic News. 

• NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues. Browse publications’ archives, explore trending topics, and even find classroom lesson plans based on daily headlines.  

• Find more digital magazines and newspapers available to you through our Digital Branch, or search all of our news databases.