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Welcome to listings of jobs in media literacy (or with media organizations, plus grant funding opportunities, publishing opportunities,where you can get a degree in media literacy education, and other professional opportunties for advancing in this field.
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Jobs in Media Literacy or with media organizations
Job listings in the media arts (video production, film, radio, etc.) can be found at the NAMAC Job Bank.
Have an opening in media
education? Send us your
job announcement.
Media, Technology and/or Education-Related Grants
Youth
Media Network - MSN occasionally has new postings of funding/grants
for youth-related media. Please check that site -- we do not duplicate its content.
NAMAC Grant Listings has funding opportunities related to media arts (video, film, etc.)
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Research & Education Projects
Letter of Inquiry Deadline: April 15 & October 15
The Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation was established in 1982 for charitable, scientific, and educational purposes, including the improvement of the quality of the practice of journalism among various media. This support includes funding for creative projects and research that promotes excellence in journalism and instills and encourages high ethical standards in journalism. Funding is not available to individuals, but is available to formal organizations via an application and review process. Application deadlines are May 15 and November 15. More info: http://www.journalismfoundation.org/application.html
Publishing Opportunities
We are not aware of any publishing opportunities at this time.
Degrees
in Media Literacy (plus closely related fields, such as Mass Communications
We've done our best to list programs in, and related to, media literacy below. But for the best advice, check out the outstanding AMLA Graduate Student Caucus website, an interest caucus of the Alliance for a Media Literate America (AMLA). Click on "About Us" and find email links to graduate students
working "to serve the particular needs of a new generation of emerging media literacy scholars." Congratulations and thank you to Chris Boulton for this excellent service to the media literacy academic community.
United
States
A survey of Media
Literacy in U.S. Institutions of Higher Education was undertaken
in 2002 by Webster University, led by professor Art Silverblatt. The results
(updated to the best of our ability) indicate that schools offering
degree programs in media literacy are:
- Bachelors Degree: Webster
University (School of Communication, Emphasis on Media Literacy), New
York University (Communication Studies with a concentration
in Mass Media), Rutgers
University, Univ.
of Mass, Boston (degree in Community Media and Technology), and Florida Atlantic University (degree in Multimedia Studies)
- Masters Degree: Webster
University (School of Communication, Emphasis on Media Literacy; and School of Education, Master of Arts in Teaching with an Emphasis in Media Literacy); Appalachian
State, New
School New
York University, Southern
Illinois University-Edwardsville
- Doctorate: New
York University, Temple
University,
University of Alabama
- Certificate: Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville; Univ.
of Dayton (online course); Univ.
of Mass, Boston
The Webster survey is
described here,
and is an excellent overview of the status of U.S. higher education
in media literacy.
Outside
the U.S.
Other Professional Development Opportunities for Media Literacy Educators
- See the calendar of conferences and
workshops, some of which offer continuing education credit.
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