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onthly Update
Donnell Probst
Content Editor
Executive Director
Michelle Ciulla Lipkin
Board of Directors
Erin Reilly
President
David W. Brown
Past President
Kelly Whitney
Vice President
Joanne Parsont
Secretary
Tony Streit
Treasurer
Kristi Avram
Sherri Hope Culver
David Kleeman
Cynthia Lieberman
Lynette Owens
Kim Osborne
Nicole Starr
Federico Subervi
DC Vito
Leadership Council
Rachel Arteaga
Caitlin Barry
Karl Carter
David Cooper Moore
Elizaveta Friesem
Yonty Friesem
Kelsey Greene
Jaclyn Kahn Siegel
Emily Keating
David Magolis
Dee Morgenthaler
Tina Peterson
Theresa Redmond
Rebecca Reynolds
Laurie Chin Sayres
Eveline
Schilder
Julie Smith
Benjamin Thevenin
Jiwon Yoon
Student Leadership Council
Emily Bailin
Catherine Burgess
Roma Dash
Nneka Gigi
Donnell Probst
Alexis Romero
Zoey Wang
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The purpose of
media literacy education is to develop the habits of inquiry and skills of expression needed by critical thinkers, effective communicators, and active citizens in today's world.
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Headlines
Helping Students Interpret the News
Emerson College professor and co-editor of the Journal of Media Literacy Education, Dr. Paul Mihailidis, discussed the proliferation of "fake news" during the presidential campaign, including common media consumption mistakes made by his students and how he is combating this problem in his classroom.
Announcing the News Integrity Initiative
A group of tech industry leaders, academic institutions, non-profits and other organizations have launched the News Integrity Initiative, a global consortium focused on helping people make informed judgments about the news they read and share online. The Initiative's mission is to advance news literacy, to increase trust in journalism around the world, and to better inform the public conversation.
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Schools in Taiwan will
Teach Media Literacy 
Time magazine covered Taiwan's groundbreaking media literacy curriculum which will be used to teach school children how to identify and combat fake news starting next year.
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Connecting Media Literacy
Education to ISTE Standards
This article, originally published by ISTE, discusses the need for media literacy and how the principles of media literacy education can be effectively connected to existing ISTE standards.
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Mark Your Calendars
Chicago, IL
NCSS Annual Conference 2017
San Francisco, CA
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M-Passion
ed: Meet our Members
Program Director,
Maker Learning
"Right now it is more important than ever for kids (and adults) to be able to think about media--both as critical consumers and as thoughtful producers. Those two skills are entirely linked so understanding things like how to determine accuracy and bias in news reporting, requires an understanding of how news is made; while being able to produce a narrative film requires and understanding not only of the technical elements but of how that may be perceived by different audiences."
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Want to recommend an M-Passioned NAMLE member who should be in our next feature? Contact Evelien Schilder at
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Opportunities
Vote: What's Your Story?
Trend Micro's What's Your Story? entries have been submitted and now it's time to decide who wins the $10,000 grand prize! Check out this year's submissions and vote for your favorite! [
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Call for Participants:
Arresting Knowledge Tour
Arresting Knowledge is a project produced by Artists for Literacy, a non-profit dedicated to making information accessible to people of all education levels. The project is looking for media literacy leaders in 20 cities across the country to host 90 minute town hall meetings in their cities to discuss the misinformation and false news crisis, while participating in this documentary film project.
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2017 Media and Digital Literacy Academy
The 2017 Media and Digital Literacy Academy of Beirut will be held at Lebanese American University and will explore the role of media literacy in engaging citizens, teachers, journalists, trainers, and activists in countering violent extremism and youth radicalization.
CFS: Afterimage: The Journal of
Media Arts and Cultural Criticism
Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism invites submissions from all fields for a special issue on "Media Literacy in a 'Post-Truth' Age." Articles and artist's projects addressing the theme of "Media Literacy in a 'Post-Truth' Age" are welcome, and submissions that consider the intersections of art, activism, journalism, and media literacy practices are particularly encouraged.
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2017 Newseum Summer 
Teacher Institute
Join NewseumED for "Truth, Lies and Consequences: Real Media Literacy for a Fake News World." This free, three-day collaborative institute is for educators seeking new ways to elevate their students' media savvy and empower their free expression.
CFC: "Encyclopedia of American
Political Humor"
ABC-CLIO's two-volume encyclopedia "American Political Humor: Masters of Satire and Their Impact on U.S. Policy and Culture," is currently seeking contributors for this project to be released in the fall of 2019. Submission deadline: Dec 30 [learn more]
Survey: The Alliance for 
Media Arts + Culture
Please take a moment to complete this brief survey by The Alliance designed to garner support for new and sustainable funding for media arts organizations, working artists and communities, jobs and opportunities for artists and creative industry workers, and inclusive, inter-generational and cross-sector support for the arts as an engine of economic development, cultural vibrancy and resilience.
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Resources
Podcast: NAMLE's Executive
Director on Fake News
NAMLE's Executive Director, Michelle Ciulla Lipkin, discusses fake news with Larry Magid from Connect Safely. Michelle offers NAMLE's strategy of minimizing the influence of fake news by focusing on the root cause and promoting media literacy education in the schools and in our communities.
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JMLE Voices from the Field:
Smartphone Apps in Education
This article in the most recent version of the Journal for Media Literacy Education explores the use of smartphones as tools for production and digital literacy in two different schools. This paper supports a collaborative project the authors engaged in with students in two states to discover the perception of smartphone use by students and teachers.
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Engaging Students and 
Teachers in Media Literacy
Education Talk Radio Pre K-20 featured special guest, Frank Baker, to discuss engaging students and teachers in media literacy education.
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The Media Insight Project
The Media Insight Project is a new collaboration between the American Press Institute and the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research with the objective of conducting high-quality, innovative research meant to inform the news industry and the public about various important issues facing journalism and the news business.
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