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A student reporter gets the first look at Illinois’ struggling media literacy law

  • By Emily Cooper
  • April 13, 2023

Illinois enacted the nation’s first public school media literacy law just shy of two years ago. Since then the.

Media News, Midwest

After COVID-19, media literacy was on a ‘back burner’

  • By Emily Cooper
  • April 6, 2023

Teachers came out of the COVID-19 pandemic, then they heard about the Illinois’ media literacy requirement. Raquel Bliffen, an.

Media News, Midwest

‘Teaching through experience and learning from reactions’: a first-hand look at the implementation of Illinois’ pioneering media literacy program

  • By Emily Cooper
  • March 30, 2023

A windy 27 degrees covered Bedford Park, IL as airplanes from nearby Chicago Midway Airport flew above John Hancock.

Media News, Midwest

Illinois’ pioneering media literacy program lacks resources, oversight

  • By Emily Cooper
  • November 10, 2022

In the year since Illinois’ pioneering media literacy requirement went into effect, experts, teachers and the state have scrambled.

First Amendment Celebration, Media News, Midwest

Claire McCaskill: Garland should act, Breyer should retire, the filibuster should stay

  • By Emily Cooper
  • October 28, 2021

Attorney General Merrick Garland should act on the contempt case against Steve Bannon, Justice Stephen Breyer should retire, Democratic.

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