LSU PR team works on news literacy

BY PAYTON MANUEL @payton_manuel04

A team of LSU students are competing in a national public relations competition, aiming to increase news literacy through their project.

The students are competing against 75 other universities in the annual Bateman Case Study Competition, held by the Public Relations Student Society of America, where teams apply their skills to create a full PR campaign.

LSU’s team is building a campaign for the News Literacy Project, a nonprofit that aims to educate people on how to assess if information is credible.

The team captain, public relations senior Emmie Ravain, said the competition gives them handson experience in PR.

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