media literacy
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Education
Oconee Students Get Jumpstart on Broadcast Skills, Media Literacy with OCTV
At Oconee County Elementary, the adults aren’t the ones delivering the news of the day — it’s the students. Every morning, a group of fourth- and fifth-graders work together to interview, inform and create OCTV, the school’s in-house broadcast. Led by media specialist Rachel Carter, the students film birthday shoutouts,…
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Education
Media Literacy: You Think You Know More Than You Do
John Weatherford, a senior lecturer at the University of Georgia’s New Media Institute, talks to David Velez about the importance of media literacy in today’s digital age. David Velez is a senior majoring in journalism, minoring in sport management, and earning a Certificate in Sports Media in the…
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Doing Journalism
The Lead: Sue Ellen Christian on Media Literacy
If you told me a year ago that I’d be hosting a podcast about journalism in the middle of a pandemic, I would have called you crazy. But this seems to be the year of crazy, right? Open any news app and read the headlines from the past six months.…