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AMLA MEDIA RELEASE – 16 December 2024

MEDIA RELEASE – 16 December 2024 The Australian Media Literacy Alliance (AMLA) is delighted with the announcement that the Australian Government is committing $3.8 million dollars towards a co-designed National Media Literacy Strategy as part of new funding to establish the News Media Assistance Program

AMLA MEDIA RELEASE – 03 December 2024

NEWS MEDIA RELEASE – 3 December 2024 The Australian Media Literacy Alliance (AMLA) continues to call for a national strategy for media literacy, following the passage through the Australian Parliament of the under 16s social media ban (Online Safety Amendment [Social Media Minimum Age] Bill).

Media Literacy Week is here!

This Media Literacy Week, AMLA will be amplifying the need for media literacy skills and knowledge for all Australians. In a year when half the global population took part or is going to take part in a national election, a time when mis- and dis-information

Brazil’s Strategic Approach to Media Literacy

I met Mariana Filizola at the G20 Promoting Information Integrity meetings in Sao Paolo which she helped organise as the General Coordinator for Media Education in the Brazilian Ministry of Social Communication. Mariana leads the Department for Media Education which was established by the Lula

Australian Research Project Website Launched

To discover more about the research project, ‘Addressing Misinformation with Media Literacy through Cultural Institutions’, you can check out the new website. This project brings together leading Australian media literacy researchers with four national public cultural institutions, to address this research gap and respond to

AMLA to be represented at G20 in Brazil

Associate Professor Tanya Notley from Western Sydney University will represent AMLA at the G20 event organised by its Digital Economy Working Group. The important event entitled “Promoting information integrity: combating disinformation, hate speech and threats to public institutions online” includes a series of panel session

International Fact-Checking Day 2024

It’s International Fact-Checking Day! AMLA recognise the important role professional fact-checking organisations and professionals play in helping citizens avoid and identify misinformation. We all need to develop our fact-checking skills though. Here are some  Australian Media Literacy Educational resources to help us all analyse online

AMLA welcome new co-chairs

The Australian Media Literacy Alliance welcomes new Co-Chairs for 2024-2026. Anita Planchon (pictured left) will serve as Chair of AMLA. Anita is a senior state servant with the Tasmanian Department for Education, Children and Young People, working to improve literacy, access to information and digital

AMLA represented at the Media Literacy Matters Conference

Earlier this month AMLA member, Alyssa Coursey, Manager Learning and Media Literacy at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), delivered a talk to the Media Literacy Matters conference in Brussels, Belgium. Organised under the auspices of the Belgian presidency of the Council of