Penn State has launched a two-year pilot program, a news literacy initiative to enhance students’ appreciation and understanding of news literacy and to provide students, as well as residents across the commonwealth, with resources and support as they attempt to avoid misinformation and find quality news sources.
Penn State students, faculty and staff at University Park and Commonwealth Campuses may now access content from PennLive at no cost through the University’s Student News Readership Program.
New York Times and
Centre Daily Times were previously available at stations around campus before they were
Students can access the publication by
registering with their Penn State email addresses. The university asks students to not use the same password for both their Access Account and for the
Centre Daily Times‘ website.
here. However, these subscriptions are only available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Those who take advantage of this program must renew their subscription each semester. Access for the spring 2021 semester will expire on June 27, 2021.
Founded in 1898,
Centre Daily Times has been one of the most prominent print newspapers in the State College area ever since. Its inclusion in Penn State’s Student News Readership Program “aims to offer access to trusted journalism, including breaking news and in-depth reporting on important international, national and local issues, while also encouraging newspaper readership for life,” according to the u