• Episode BONUS

U.S. Media Literacy Week Special Edition

In this special U.S. Media Literacy Week edition of News Over Noise, Matt Jordan speaks with NAMLE Executive Director Michelle Ciulla Lipkin and Education Manager Megan Fromm. NAMLE, the National Association for Media Literacy Education unites a community of educators committed to advancing media literacy education and hosts U.S. Media Literacy Week. The mission of U.S. Media Literacy Week is to highlight the power of media literacy education and its essential role in education all across the country. U.S. Media Literacy Week calls attention to media literacy education by bringing together hundreds of partners for events and activities around the country.

Listen to the podcast episode below or visit the Medial Literacy Week page to see the video recording of Matt's interview with Michelle Ciulla Lipkin and Megan Fromm.

About our guests

portrait of Michelle Ciulla Lipkin

Michelle Ciulla Lipkin As NAMLE's Executive Director, Michelle has helped the organization grow to be the preeminent media literacy education association in the U.S. In 2015, she launched the first-ever Media Literacy Week in the U.S. She has developed many strategic partnerships, and restructured both the governance and membership of the organization. She has overseen six national conferences and done countless appearances at conferences and in the media regarding the importance of media literacy education. Michelle is an alumni of the U.S. Dept. of State’s International Visitors Program (Australia/2018). She is currently an Adjunct Lecturer at Brooklyn College where she teaches Media Literacy.

portrait of Megan Fromm

Megan Fromm, Ph.D. is NAMLE's Education Manager and journalism and media education expert. She has taught at both the university and secondary levels and has spent more than a decade working with student journalists and journalism teachers to better improve their craft and serve their communities. Megan is a former journalist and was the 2019 National Media Literacy Teacher of the Year. She is the co-editor of Transformative Media Pedagogies (2021) and co-author of Student Journalism and Media Literacy (2014).