Wander with Grief

My most intense grief occurred in a hotel room in a city far from home. When we arrived in Portland Continue reading →

Media Literacy as a SHIELD

It’s a compelling idea: We can combat foreign interference in U.S. elections through media literacy. Yesterday, the U.S. House of Continue reading →

Advance Media Lit Through the Law

It’s time for moving media literacy to the tipping point!   OCTOBER 14, 2019: Read the House of Representatives Bill Continue reading →

The Brazilians

All week long, people asked me, “What makes the 2019 Summer Institute in Digital Literacy so special?” For me, the Continue reading →

Teach the Power of Propaganda

Along with 300 other educators, activists and policymakers from across the United States and around the world, I participated in Continue reading →

The Thing He Carried

WHEN we arrived at the morgue, in a rental car, navigating via Google maps to a suburban neighborhood of Portland, Continue reading →

Mother of a Lost Time Traveller

When a wife loses her husband, we use the word “widow” to describe her new identity in the world. But Continue reading →

The Paradox

The news from media literacy land this week reveals the complicated political and economic context that has always been part Continue reading →