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by Neil Andersen and Diana Maliszewski This is the saga of a song. The melody and lyrics have remained intact, yet its long list of performers and audiences have profoundly changed its experience [...]

The NAMLE Conference was held in Washington DC,  June 26 – 28, 2019. The conference provided a rich collection of ideas and resources. Below are some highlights of my experiences. -by Neil [...]

by Neil Andersen and Chelsea Attwell. It is useful and fun to think about media in broader terms than books, websites or news. The environment that our students learn in provides rich learning [...]

I attended the American Library Association conference in Washington, DC and had an opportunity to visit the expansive—REALLY expansive—exhibits. You might expect most exhibitors to be promoting [...]

Since taking a series of story telling workshops three years ago, I have always been interested in the medium of telling stories as a way to learn about ourselves, others and the world around us. [...]

Many thanks to Nina Silver for sharing the following Secondary assessment/evaluation tools. Dracula  PSA Audacity Sound Production Rubric 2DL Media News Story Evaluation Photo Essay Evaluation [...]

Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus of The Association for Media Literacy are proud to have been the guest editors of the Agency issue of The Journal of Media Literacy. We chose Agency as the [...]

Many people are concerned about the ramifications of a Donald Trump presidency. What was once considered a laughable long shot by a TV celebrity has become serious politics. Talk show hosts have [...]

fastcocreate.com Hail Caesar! is both an elegy and an indictment of the 1950s Hollywood studio system. The story centers on the personal and professional trials of Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin), the [...]

Updated 2015. Please see Neil Andersen’s and Carol Arcus’ article describing the intersection of media literacy and social media in the Spring issue of Forum magazine.