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Weekly News Digest
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February 4, 2025 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today.
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Book Riot Teaches How to Analyze a Trump Administration Press Release
Kelly Jensen writes the following in “How to Critically Read a Press Release From the Federal Government” for Book Riot:As we truly enter a new administration … it is going to be vital to learn how to critically read press releases disseminating from the federal government. [W]e saw the Department of Education announce that book bans were a hoax. While what the release stated was (partially) true, there was not only a lot of missing context to the press release, there was also a lot of response that indicated a lack of understanding about what the purpose of such a press release was. The release induced a lot of panic and anger, and while much of that was merited, that elicited response was intentional on the part of the new Department of Education. Let’s break down the press release to consider what it is and is not saying as a means of helping to practice critical literacy skills. This exercise is meant to help as we move through the next several years, as we will see such communication from the federal government happening over and over again. For more information, read the article.
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