On June 28 I will be leading a free online workshop for teachers : “Help Students Unpack Media Bias and More.” From TikTok videos and “authentic” social media influencers to advertisements and docudramas, teaching students how to critically read media is more important than ever. In this workshop, learn how media messages are put together …
So I’m staffing one of the entry points for KQED Fest today, handing out programs and greeting people. It’s about 11:15am. A beat-up white truck pulls up and an older gentleman in overalls waves me over. He has a sour look on his face. “Good morning, how can I help you?” I ask, in my …
I’m not really active on Twitter anymore, but as an employee of an NPR / PBS affiliate, I’m suspending my participation on that platform until further notice. Independent, public media matters. NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as ‘state-affiliated media’ I decided to create this handy infographic on the differences between state=controlled media and …
The year 2023 has already gotten off to a busy start! I almost forgot to mention that we were honored to receive a delegation of dignitaries from the Philippines at KQED, specifically to learn about our work on media literacy education at the end of December. There were two representatives from the Philippine Senate, an …
This year was one of growth and evolution of my work to support media literacy education everywhere, through our suite of high quality services, products, and relationships. While we haven’t reached the kind of mass impact that I believe our work deserves, I’m heartened by the stories of teachers impacted by our work, in big …
In my 33 years of professional life, I’ve had the privilege of only working for causes that I believed in. It all started in 1991 with the group of a dozen college students I led to a remote favela outside Tijuana, Mexico to build homes for Habitat for Humanity. And to this day, I’ve been …
I’m getting close to my four year anniversary at KQED. In January 2019 I began my work in the KQED Education Department as the manager of online learning. Soon after that I was promoted to manage the PBS Media Literacy Educator Certification by KQED. I’ve really enjoyed having this dual role of both leading our …
I’m excited to be co-leading two free online workshops for teachers on how to spot misinformation and teach your students to do the same on October 26 and 27. Check out the details and sign up links below. Fight Misinformation and Check Facts Like a Pro October 26, 4-5pm PDT Online workshop; for grade K-12 …
At the end of July, KQED Education hosted about 90 folks for our “Educator Summer Media Making Day”, our first in-person teacher professional development day at our renewed headquarters. Welcoming a crowd of teachers into our building was a thrill for all of us as well as the participants. There will be more official reports …
This past weekend I attended the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) virtual conference as a speaker and participant, along with 500+ other smart and fascinating folks. NAMLE is the place to be if you work in the field of media literacy pedagogy, and I was so pleased I got to attend my first …