The 2024 MLI Annual Conference will take place on 4 December in The Foundry in Dublin, kindly hosted by Google. The theme for the conference is ‘Media Literacy for All’ and we want to use this opportunity to share, learn and consider together what the promotion of media literacy will look like in the coming
Have you been involved in a media literacy initiative in the last year? Here’s your chance to shout about it. The call for entries for the 2024 MLI Awards is open! Supported by Coimisiún na Meán, the aim of the MLI Awards programme is to recognise the work that is being undertaken to help citizens,
Fifteen new projects have been approved as a result of the 2024 EMIF Call for Proposals with a total value of €4.2 million. The European Media and Information Fund (EMIF) is established by the European University Institute and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and provides grants to researchers, fact-checkers, not-for-profits and other public interest-oriented organisations working on disinformation research and
By Access IT As part of the SOLAS Reach Programme, registered charity Access I.T. is delighted to have been able to bring essential digital skills to residents throughout Waterford City and County and would like to extend sincere congratulations to all the students who successfully completed the Digital Skills Programme. Access I.T.’s mission is to
Beat 102 103 is Ireland’s first regional radio station, broadcasting from state of the art purpose-built studios on the outskirts of Waterford city. It is a long-standing supporter of MLI’s Be Media Smart campaign and recently delivered a Digital Media Literacy tour of schools in the South East of Ireland.
During the first half of 2024, regional radio station, Beat, developed and delivered a substantial Digital Media Literacy Tour for secondary schools across the South East. For schools that missed out on the face to to face roadshow, Beat have now published a 20 minute video version of the tour which schools and youth groups can access on the Beat website.
Declan Cassidy is a social film maker and former journalist. He is founder and executive director of EurAV European Audio Visual CLG – a non-profit organisation that uses audio-visual production and training skills to support social objectives including media literacy.
Is iníon léinn BA sna Comhchéim Onóracha í Ashrah Khan sa chéad bhliain in Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath, áit ina ndearna sí staidéar ar litearthacht sna meáin i Scoil Na gCumarsáide.