Since NAMLE’s launch in 1997, we have been committed to expanding and advancing media literacy education around the United States. This timeline shows some highlights from our history.

For more information about the history of media literacy check out the Grandparents of Media Literacy. This is the website companion to a book edited by Renee Hobbs entitled Exploring the Roots of Digital and Media Literacy through Personal Narrative, which was published by Temple University Press in 2016.