Before LAMP staff and facilitators head off for a well-deserved break for the holidays, let’s take one last look at all that we’ve accomplished together in 2016. We launched MediaBreaker/Studios,…
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Hatchimals may be this holiday’s season hot toy, but media literacy is a year-round cause. And giving to The LAMP during our Annual Appeal will hatch new and exciting things…
The consequences of so-called “fake news” have been writ large for many Americans over the last few weeks. When people click, share and make decisions based on media content without…
“If we can’t discriminate between serious arguments and propaganda, then we have problems.” – United States President Barack Obama A new Stanford study found that 82% of middle-schoolers can’t distinguish…
The following represents testimony delivered to the New York City Council Committee on Youth Services during an Oversight Hearing on Out-of-School, Out-of-Work Young Adults on November 22, 2016. My name…
Help Us Spread the Word on Giving Tuesday! All you have to do is tweet or post to Facebook. No donation required. For this year’s Giving Tuesday on November 29,…
The one piece of media I can’t stop thinking about since last week’s election isn’t news coverage, political analysis, or even late-night satire (brilliant though many hosts have been lately)….
“The experience that I have encountered doesn’t happen to everyone and I feel honored.” Gratitude. Thanks. Love. These are just a few of the words that come to mind when…
One week from today, the 2016 presidential election will be over. Nominally, at least. Among the many election season trends likely to continue – aside from hot mike scandals, email…
When a mob of racist, misogynist, fearful and insecure trolls led by Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopolous flooded the Twitter account of Leslie Jones, it looked like the Saturday Night Live…
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