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Interest in Media Literacy Highlighted By New Grants [1]

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Date: 2022-12-17

Media Literacy is taking on new importance in our world.

The Hug Morenz Foundation for Media Literacy (HMF) today announced its inaugural round of private grants. These were donated to three separate nonprofits—each of which works towards furthering Media Literacy Education. The three recipient organizations were: The Center for Humane Tehnology, Media Literacy Now, and the National Association for Media Literacy Education. Nearly a quarter of a million dollars in commitments were made in November, at the culmination of a multi-month vetting process.

“We’re very pleased to be able to help three such innovative and forward-thinking organizations.” said Mark Morenz-Harbinger, the foundation’s Executive Director. He offered this definition of Media Literacy: “Basically, it comes down to educating people so they can navigate the media landscape as mentally healthier and more fully empowered participants in society. Whether it’s personal privacy or national security, you’re starting to see more interest—both in the media and in government—around how we all need to deal with these powerful new media technologies.”

All three grantees are U.S. non profits. The Center for Humane Technology (CHT) launched in 2018. It’s stated mission includes: “leading a comprehensive shift toward technology that strengthens our well-being, global democratic functioning, and shared information environment.” Co-Founder Tristan Harris, a former Google IT ethicist, has been featured on TEDtalks and 60 minutes. CHT was instrumental in creating the award-winning documentary “The Social Dilemma” and their website features an interactive course about technology and our future.

Media Literacy Now (MLN) was founded in 2013 to "put media literacy on the public policy agenda." MLN has been instrumental in elevating media literacy as a priority among state policy makers, and advancing the notion that media literacy is an essential element in K-12 public education. A comprehensive guide to where each state stands in the nationwide movement to implementing media literacy in our schools can be found here.

And the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE, pronounced "Name-Lee") was formed in 1997. Since its beginning, it has served as the leading membership organization for Media Literacy in the U.S. Per its mission statement, NAMLE "aims to make media literacy highly valued and widely practiced as an essential life skill”.

HMF is hopeful that readers will please feel free to include any organizations of which you are aware that also do good works in the Media Literacy and Media Reform and Independent Journalism areas in the comments below—and, likewise, to forward this story to those organizations.

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