On Oct. 7, the Center for Media Engagement took part in the inaugural National News Engagement Day, a day devoted to raising awareness about the importance of news engagement.
National News Engagement Day was created by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (AEJMC) in an effort to make engaging with news a national priority for young people. On Oct. 7, AEJMC encouraged everyone to read, watch, post, text, listen to, or comment on news.
CME celebrated the day by asking UT-Austin students their thoughts on news engagement, and sharing their responses on Twitter. All of our tweets from the day can be seen on Storify. Update: as of May 16, 2018, Storify no longer exists. You can still view our Twitter at @EngagingNews.
To learn more about National News Engagement Day and to see how others celebrated the day, visit newsengagement.org.