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New Research Project: Artificial Intelligence for the Early Years
The CMIL is partnering with researchers from Australia Catholic University, Monash University, University of Melbourne, Western Sydney University, and the University of Edinburgh, on a research study titled, “Artificial Intelligence for the Early Years”…
Fall 2025 Children’s Media Capstone Presentations
On December 3rd, 2025, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., five students presented their capstone projects for the Certificate in Children’s Media in Tuttleman Hall, Room 305B. Eleanor Erdley, Cadence Webb, Kyle Lapsley, Delia Joyce, and Ollie Gomez each applied the skills...
Discover Global Media and Information Literacy Week’s Feature Conference in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
During UNESCO’s Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week Feature Conference in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, CMIL Director Sherri Hope Culver participated in two sessions that highlighted global progress in media literacy, AI education, and youth-centered cinema. The event brought together leaders from around the world to explore how media and information literacy continues to evolve in an increasingly complex digital environment…
EP 80 – Trends in Animation
Most kids have a cartoon that is their absolute favorite. Even if you’re not a kid anymore, you can probably remember what that cartoon was for you. Whether we were watching Adventure Time or Bugs Bunny, we probably weren’t thinking of cartoons as animation or an art form, but they are. They’re a unique form of media and animation is often the first art form that we feel connected to as…
The Quality Question: How To Create High-Quality Children’s Media
We all recognize it when we see it, or hear it, or read it, but what truly makes content high-quality? The Department of Communication & Media Studies at Fordham University invited the Children’s Media Association and the National Association for Media Literacy Education for CMA’s first ever…
Children’s Media Career Symposium 2025
The 7th annual Children’s Media Career Symposium took place on Friday, April 4th, 2025 from 3:00-5:30 pm in the Atrium…
New Research Report Released
A new research report on children's media is now available. The report, The Quality Question: Why Children's Media Must Aim High, is based on research conducted by Sherri Hope Culver during her Fulbright in which she interviewed over 75 leaders in the field of...
Certificate in Children’s Media
Interested in Signing Up for the Certificate? Register for the Certificate in Children's Media! This page contains all the details you’ll need to pursue the Certificate in Children’s Media. But it won't be "official" until you take these three steps: ...
Children’s Media Professionals of Philly (CMPoP)
What is CMPoP? CMPoP was founded in June 2023 by Kaz Long & Sherri Hope-Culver with the purpose of fostering a community of children’s media professionals in the local Philly area. We recognized that there were many of us around but lacked a space to gather! As of...