Oscar Winner Teaches Media Literacy

Congratulations to director and writer Barry Jenkins for the Oscar-winning Moonlight, which chronicles the life of a young black man growing Continue reading →

Back in the Media Literacy Family

The Media Education Lab welcomes Pam Steager  A guest post by Pam Steager, Senior Writer and Research Associate, Media Education Continue reading →

Did Media Literacy Backfire?

  It’s a great headline, isn’t it? As director of Data & Society Research Institute and author of It’s Complicated, Continue reading →

Grieving, Part III

One of the founders of the national media literacy movement, Elizabeth Thoman, died yesterday, December 22 at age 73. I Continue reading →

Grieving, Part II

My son is dead. Only five days after the Trump election and just nine days after his participation at my Continue reading →

Grieving

My mother is dead, and I have never before felt so alone. Of course, I feel the pull of my Continue reading →

Global Initiatives

The Media Education Lab has some ongoing research partnerships around the world. Since 2012, Professor Renee Hobbs has offered 32 Continue reading →

Take Joy

In my life as a learner, I have always followed my bliss. I had understood the educational power of flow, Continue reading →