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Issues & Ideas: An interview with Erin McNeill of Media Literacy Now

U.S. Media Literacy Week is sponsored by the National Association for Media Literacy Education.
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U.S. Media Literacy Week is sponsored by the National Association for Media Literacy Education.

Issues & Ideas: It's Media Literacy Week October 24-28, 2022. KCBX contributor Beth Thornton talked with Erin McNeill, founder of the non-profit Media Literacy Now, about legislation for media literacy education and why it's important.

Beth Thornton was a freelance reporter for KCBX, and a contributor to Issues & Ideas from 2019 to 2024. She was a 2021 Data Fellow with the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, and was accepted by the Center to receive a 2024 California Health Equity Impact grant. Beth has contributed reporting to KQED's statewide radio show The California Report.