Media Literacy: Understanding the News

A media-literate public is essential to building and sustaining a democracy of active citizens.  Effective free and independent media depend not only on skilled journalists but also on the knowledge of their readers. Media literacy training is a tool that the development sector can use to educate citizens to better understand the value of accurate and fair news.  This report, by Susan D. Moeller, director of the International Center for Media and the Public Agenda at the University of Maryland, explores why media literacy is crucial to many areas of development and how donors and implementers can coordinate their efforts and expand the field.

*This report is the first in a series of three on the status of U.S. and international understanding of and funding for media literacy.

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Media Literacy: Citizen Journalists

Media Literacy: Empowering Youth Worldwide