Media Literacy empowers us to be critical thinkers, effective communicators and active citizens. With Media Literacy not only are we able to evaluate, understand and translate a message we see, we also need to be critical makers and use or develop the skills needed to take the information we hear and distribute a new message effectively.
Don’t become a part of the problem!
We are all creators. Every time we post a photo on Instagram, tweet a daily update, post on Facebook or ask questions on Reddit, we are creators. Without exercising media literacy skills in creating media, we risk contributing to the spread of misleading content through the media we create.
Journalism 101, a basic set of journalism principles — are important for all media creators to understand, and practice. Understanding and following these principles is the best way to ensure you create and share media with integrity, giving your audience a reason to trust you
- Be Thorough
- Be Accurate
- Be Fair and Civil
- Be Independent
- Be Transparent
Creating media is wonderful and easy and The tools for creating media have never been so numerous or easy to use. It’s important to make sure we’re all taking a moment, thinking about the tools and principles we’ve learned and apply them to your own media creation.