Rhys Daunic
Communications Committee

Rhys is a Brooklyn based educator and consultant who integrates media literacy education into a variety of learning environments around the country. He is co-founder and director of The Media Spot, where he specializes in working with organizations, educators and students to design and implement curricula that align media literacy concepts with learning goals through 21st century forms of communication. Rhys also works with schools and non-profits to create and maintain customized online learning networks, sharing all teaching resources, production notes, articles, tutorials, and archived student productions with the educational community through themediaspot.org.

Additionally, Rhys provides workshops and embedded professional development to K-12 schools throughout New York City as an educational technology consultant with Digital School Solutions (DSS).

Rhys holds a BA in History and Film Studies from Washington University in St. Louis and a Masters degree in Media Studies from The New School University.  He is an inaugural member of the editorial board of the Journal of Media Literacy Education; co-founder of Dtek Digital Media, a video production and web development company in Brooklyn; and a founding board member of the non-profit summer camp, The Generation Connection, where he has facilitated collaborative video productions with senior citizens and 8-to 12-year-olds since 2004.