About Face’s answers were provided by Jennifer Berger, the organization’s Executive Director When did your organization launch and why? About-Face launched with a bang in the mid-1990s in San Francisco. Our founder was deeply saddened by some body-image talk she…
Hanna Herehiieva is the Research Fellow at NAMLE What do you do? Back in Ukraine, I am a Chief Operations Officer of the NGO “Enlightening Initiative” — a national non-governmental organization that does various projects for youth development, including media…
When did your organization launch and why? The Center for Media and Information Literacy (CMIL) launched at Temple University in 2012. CMIL noticed that many schools in Philadelphia were not including media literacy in their curriculum and after-school programs, and…
Matthew Woods is the Host of the Leading Out The Woods Podcast & NAMLE Board Member What do you do? Dr. Matthew Woods is a K-12 educator in Virginia. His professional experience includes being a high school social studies teacher,…
When did your organization launch and why? The Media Education Foundation (MEF) was originally founded in response to a controversial incident involving Dr. Sut Jhally, a Communication professor at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst, in 1990. Dr. Jhally had…
Rik Panganiban is the Manager of Online Learning and Educator Certification at KQED What do you do? I support students in being well rounded digital citizens through fostering effective media literacy pedagogy. I am part of the professional learning team…
When did your organization launch and why? This year marks the first-ever national Civic Learning Week, building on the success of state efforts in Massachusetts in 2021, and the regional efforts of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York City in…
Jessica Wyers is the Cyber Citizenship Initiative Online Outreach & Engagement Coordinator for NAMLE; Adjunct Professor of Visual Communication at Louisiana State University What do you do? I’m a Media and Public Affairs professional with an expertise in Media Literacy…
When did your organization launch and why? The Message soft launched in 2014, officially launching in 2015. What does your organization do? What are its main goals? Main projects? The Message empowers teens to become empowered adults. We serve middle…