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EducationMassachusetts, United States11-50 Employees
Media Literacy Now operates in the education sector with a focus on policy advocacy to ensure K-12 students in the United States are taught media literacy. The organization emphasizes skills to evaluate information, avoid manipulation, and engage safely in digital spaces, to help students become confident and competent media consumers and creators. It is based in Watertown, Massachusetts, and engages with policymakers, schools, and educators to advance these goals. The organization works with national partners and academic and educational groups to expand access to media literacy education and measurement, including initiatives around curricula and assessment. In 2023, Media Literacy Now partnered with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to launch a project helping young people evaluate science-related information in media.