Teen Organization Promotes News Literacy Among Younger Generations
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Charlotte Hampton and Isabel Tribe co-founded Teens for Press Freedom to promote freedom of the press and factual literacy among young people.
Teens for Press Freedom is founded for and by young adults. It's a national organization co-founded by Charlotte Hampton and Isabel Tribe, who are dedicated to defending journalists and promoting factual literacy among their peers.
NEWSY'S NATALIE ALLEN: What inspired you to start this organization?
CHARLOTTE HAMPTON: Isabel and I started Teens for Press Freedom in the aftermath of attacks on reporters at Black Lives Matter protests over the summer of 2020. We were witnessing reporters — like CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez — being put in handcuffs on live television and that scared us. It said young people can't take our First Amendment rights for granted and we have to fight for them actively.
