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Media literacy speakers discuss sexting, soap dispensers and “standing up and being heard”

October 24, 2018
Beatrice
#GlobalMILWeek, Education, Ex.change, News, On Media, Past Projects, Top Stories

With more than four dozen presentations on Day 1 alone of the Feature Conference that opened Global Media and Information Literacy Week, ideas flew thick and fast. Here are snapshots of some of the speakers we heard.

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Migrant film festival, Jordan media literacy program and Canada’s “Media Smarts” receive UNESCO awards

October 24, 2018
Beatrice
#GlobalMILWeek, Canada, Education, Ex.change, Justice & Equality, Middle East, News, On Media, Past Projects, Top Stories, Videos

A project that helped refugees tell their stories in film, a literacy education program in one of the world’s most media-challenged nations and a “pioneer” in media literacy in Canada were honored today by UNESCO.

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UNESCO launches global media literacy week with concern over disinformation, elections and “lost generation” of youth

October 24, 2018
Beatrice
#GlobalMILWeek, Cities, Ex.change, News, On Media, Past Projects, Top Stories

UNESCO’s Global Media and Information Literacy Week kicked off today with keynote speakers, students and citizens talking about a world at war between truth and disinformation, changing everything from education and governance to the shape of tomorrow’s cities.

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For California high school seniors, a new twist in college decisions — worry over guns on campus

April 20, 2018
Beatrice
News, Top Stories, USA

As high school seniors across the U.S. receive their college acceptance letters over the next few weeks, students in California say gun laws may be a factor when it comes to deciding where to spend the next four years of their lives.

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Art of war: Amid Syria’s heartbreak, an artist creates works that heal

April 9, 2018
Beatrice
Art, Crisis & Conflicts, Culture, Middle East, Top Stories

The brush glides over the canvas as she starts to fill in the flowers of her painting. Her hands are a bright mess and colors are splattered across her white sweater. Classical Arabic music coming from the radio gives her the notes she needs to translate the heartbreak of Syria into art that heals. It’s just another day for artist Batoul Makki.

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Looking back and looking forward: A photographer’s take on March For Our Lives

April 3, 2018
Claire Duncan
And We Rise, News, Photography, Top Stories, USA

For four hours, I stood and watched as teenage leaders took the stage to voice their desire for stronger gun control laws. It was an emotional event, as both speakers and protesters cried over stories of young people lost to violence. The crowd was diverse, with people of every race, ethnicity, and walk of life.

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VIDEO: Nebraska farm owner voices global warming concerns, calls for unity

March 28, 2018
Meghan Bobrowsky
Environment, News, Top Stories, USA, Videos

As global warming has intensified, it has affected the farming industry. To learn more about the ramifications of global warming in farming, Science Editor Ian Mason spoke to Deb Gangwish, owner of PG Farms, a family-run corn farm in Nebraska.

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March For Our Lives: Reporter’s Notebook

In all of the rush to publish the news of the day, sometimes we don’t linger on the scenes, sounds and even smells that our reporters experience as they go about the work of reporting from the field. Now that their work is finished, here’s how some of our reporters felt behind the scenes of the March For Our Lives.

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Parents, teachers, students at New York’s March For Our Lives urge sensible solutions to school safety, gun control

He recalled a playdate in which his children re-enacted an emergency scenario at school. “They’re so prevalent, those lockdown drills, that when they play(ed) school at our house … the first thing they did was a lockdown drill before they went to lessons,” said Young.

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#enough: Students turn out, step up and speak out at March For Our Lives demonstrations across the U.S., world

March 24, 2018
Beatrice
And We Rise, Justice & Equality, News, Top Stories, Twitter Embed, USA

Hundreds of thousands of students from across the U.S. and world are marching today with a message about safe schools and gun control that can be summed up in one word: #enough.

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