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Across the country, local news publishers and broadcasters are finding that the quick load times and immersive storytelling features of Instant Articles help readers engage with their content more than ever before. Discover how several local news publishers are using Instant Articles to change the way they publish and monetize stories.

This weekend, the Facebook Journalism Project will host the first in a series of working groups focused on news literacy with a variety of journalists, publishers, platforms, educators, academics, third-party organizations, start-ups and non-profits gathering at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism in Phoenix.

We’re proud today to launch Facebook’s online training for journalists, free e-learning courses inspired by conversations with editors and journalists across the globe who asked for a single destination where they can learn about Facebook’s products, tools and services for use in their work.

Whether it’s a live talent contest or dating show, a television news special or the weekend’s big game, TV viewers are connecting on Facebook during their favorite broadcast programs. We highlighted one relevant study on our Facebook for Business blog which found that 85% of people who reported visiting a social network while watching TV said they visited Facebook. Our own researchers discovered that Facebook usage peaks in primetime, in every country, and that the maximum daily Facebook audience occurs during maximum TV viewing.

Creating value for publishers using Instant Articles is extremely important to us, and it is critical to our mission of delivering the best mobile reading experience for people on Facebook. Publishers tell us they measure value from Instant Articles in terms of traffic growth and per-page monetization, so we have focused our investments in this product along those two dimensions.