News and Events
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…
Children’s Media Professional’s Meet Up at The Post
The Children’s Media Professionals of Philly met up once again and it was exciting to bring everyone back together! This meet-up was for professionals to connect, catch up, network, and share what they have been working on…
2025 Philippines National Media and Information Literacy Conference: Virtual Keynote
The 2025 Philippines National Media and Information Literacy Conference will be held on Nov. 7-8, 2025 at the John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University, Arevalo, Iloilo City. This will be organized by JBLFMU Molo and Arevalo campuses, PUP College of Communication and Trinity University of Asia-Media and Communication Department. Sherri Hope Culver, CMIL director will be presenting a keynote on…
Children, Youth and Technology: Navigating Challenges in a Hyperconnected World
If you’ve ever tried negotiating screen time with a child or teenager, you know it’s basically an extreme sport. Media, games… technology doesn’t just live in our homes—it practically runs the place! But what if, instead of just fighting the screens, we learned to live smarter with them?
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…
Spring/Summer 2025 Newsletter
2025 is flying by! We’re excited to share news about a few recent projects and give a glimpse into what’s ahead…
How do you know what to believe?
Trust Me is a feature-length documentary and media literacy educational program that explores manipulation and misinformation. The documentary contains interviews with many experts in the field of media literacy, including…
Spring 2025 Graduates Present Children’s Media Capstone Research
Three students presented their capstone projects and will earn the Certificate in Children's Media this spring. They presented their projects on April 23, 2025 from 10:00am-11:30am in the Mind Lab, Annenberg Hall. Bringing Media Coverage of College Sports to Kids...
First Children’s Media Capstone Graduates
At the end of the 2024, Media Studies and Production majors Reilly Ennals (KLN ‘24) and Vivian Allegretti (KLN ‘24) became the first Klein College of Media and Communication students to complete the Children’s Media Certificate! They presented their final capstone...
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…
Unplug and Reset on this Global Day of Unplugging
Join the CMIL and millions around the world for this special event, March 7. What would it feel like to power down your devices and power up human connection for day? In a world where we’re glued to our screens 24/7, the Global Day of Unplugging offers a moment to...
Generation Barney
New Podcast Released: "Generation Barney" Catch the new podcast, "Generation Barney", a seven-part podcast series about the media we loved as kids and how it shapes us! It’s about the purple dinosaur. But it’s also about music and love and backlash and toys and...