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Media Ecosystems - COMM 420

Media Education

Media Education Lab, Chicago IL U.S.A. https://mediaeducationlab.com/

Media Smart, Canada https://mediasmarts.ca/

Learning for Justice, Montgomery, AL U.S.A. https://www.learningforjustice.org/

Center for Media Literacy, U.S.A. https://www.medialit.org/

The National Association for Media Literacy Education, U.S.A. https://namle.net/

Media Literacy Now, U.S.A. https://medialiteracynow.org/

The Alliance for Media Arts+Culture, U.S.A. https://www.thealliance.media/

Connected Learning Alliance, U.S.A. https://clalliance.org/

Chicago Learning Exchange, Chicago U.S.A.  https://chicagolx.org/

Media Wise, St. Petersburg, FL U.S.A.  https://www.poynter.org/Mediawise/

Media Done Responsibly Los Angeles, CA U.S.A. https://mediadoneresponsibly.weebly.com/

The News Literacy Project, Washington D.C. U.S.A. https://newslit.org/

Media Education Foundation, Northampton, MA U.S.A. https://www.mediaed.org/

Media Matters, Washington D.C. U.S.A.  https://www.mediamatters.org/

Media Savvy Citizens, Taos, NM U.S.A.  https://www.mediasavvycitizens.com/

Bournemouth University’s The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice (CEMP), UK https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/research/centres-institutes/centre-excellence-media-practice

 

Youth Media

Free Spirit Media, Chicago U.S.A. https://freespiritmedia.org/

Youth Media Radio, Oakland, CA U.S.A.  https://yr.media/

Street Level, Chicago U.S.A. https://street-level.urbangateways.org/

Yollocalli, Chicago U.S.A. https://yollocalli.org/

PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs, Washington DC U.S.A. https://studentreportinglabs.org/

YouMedia at Harold Washington Public Library, Chicago U.S.A. https://www.chipublib.org/hwlc-youmedia/

Chicago Public School (CPS) Youth Civic media Council, Chicago U.S.A. https://ssce.cps.edu/k12-civic-media-literacy/youth-civic-media-council/

The Mikva Challenge, Chicago U.S.A. https://mikvachallenge.org/

Film Prize Jr. New Orleans, LA https://filmprizejr.com/

Philadelphia Youth Media Collaborative, U.S.A. https://phillyyouthmedia.org/

Civic Life Project, CT U.S.A.  https://civiclifeproject.org/

Voices of Youth, NYC (HQ of UNESCO) https://www.voicesofyouth.org/

 

Community & Alternative Media

Free Spirit Media, Chicago U.S.A. https://freespiritmedia.org/

Youth Media Radio, Oakland, CA U.S.A.  https://yr.media/

Street Level, Chicago U.S.A. https://street-level.urbangateways.org/

Yollocalli, Chicago U.S.A. https://yollocalli.org/

PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs, Washington DC U.S.A. https://studentreportinglabs.org/

YouMedia at Harold Washington Public Library, Chicago U.S.A. https://www.chipublib.org/hwlc-youmedia/

Chicago Public School (CPS) Youth Civic media Council, Chicago U.S.A. https://ssce.cps.edu/k12-civic-media-literacy/youth-civic-media-council/

The Mikva Challenge, Chicago U.S.A. https://mikvachallenge.org/

Film Prize Jr. New Orleans, LA https://filmprizejr.com/

Philadelphia Youth Media Collaborative, U.S.A. https://phillyyouthmedia.org/

Civic Life Project, CT U.S.A.  https://civiclifeproject.org/

Voices of Youth, NYC (HQ of UNESCO) https://www.voicesofyouth.org/

 

Civic Tech & Design

Design Justice Network, U.S.A. https://designjustice.org/

Convergence Design Lab, Chicago U.S.A.  https://convergencedesignlab.org/

Algorithmic Justice League, U.S.A. https://www.ajl.org/

MIT’s Data + Feminism Lab, U.S.A. https://dataplusfeminism.mit.edu/

Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, U.S.A. https://shorensteincenter.org/

Cornel University’s Citizens and technology Lab, Ithaca, NY U.S.A. https://citizensandtech.org/

Amsterdam University’s Civic Interaction Design, Netherland https://civicinteractiondesign.com/  

Center for Civic Design, U.S.A. https://civicdesign.org/

Chi By Design, Chicago U.S.A. https://www.chibydesign.com/

Open Architecture Chicago, Chicago U.S.A. http://www.openarchchicago.org/

Media Ecosystems Analysis Group, U.S.A. https://www.mediaecosystems.org/

Dot Connector Studio, Philadelphia, PA U.S.A. https://dotconnectorstudio.com/

CivicMakers San Francisco, CA U.S.A.  https://civicmakers.com/

Solutions Journalism

Solution Journalism Network, U.S.A.  https://www.solutionsjournalism.org/

YES! Magazine, U.S.A. https://www.yesmagazine.org/

CityBureau, Chicago U.S.A.  https://www.citybureau.org/

Hearken, Chicago U.S.A.  https://wearehearken.com/

AustinTalks, Chicago U.S.A.  http://austintalks.org/

Data Justice

Solution Journalism Network, U.S.A.  https://www.solutionsjournalism.org/

YES! Magazine, U.S.A. https://www.yesmagazine.org/

CityBureau, Chicago U.S.A.  https://www.citybureau.org/

Hearken, Chicago U.S.A.  https://wearehearken.com/

AustinTalks, Chicago U.S.A.  http://austintalks.org/

Social Advocacy via Media

Obama Foundation, Chicago IL U.S.A. https://www.obama.org/

American University in Paris’ Civic media Lab, France https://www.aup.edu/academics/research-centers/civic-media-lab

Stanford university’s Digital Civic Society Lab, U.S.A. https://pacscenter.stanford.edu/research/digital-civil-society-lab/

American University’s Center for Media & Social Impact, U.S.A.  https://cmsimpact.org/program/media-impact/

Public Narrative, Chicago U.S.A.  https://publicnarrative.org/

Girls Like Me Project, Chicago U.S.A.  https://www.girlslikemeproject.org/

Black Youth Project, Chicago U.S.A.  http://blackyouthproject.com/

Media Impact Funders, Philadelphia, PA U.S.A.  https://mediaimpactfunders.org/

Colors of Change, U.S.A.  https://colorofchange.org/

Empathy Lab, UK https://linktr.ee/empathylabuk

Social Change Central, Australia https://www.socialchangecentral.com/

Local Voices Network, Boston MA U.S.A.  https://cortico.ai/

Civic Engagement via Media

Aspen Institute Citizenship & American Identity, U.S.A. https://www.aspeninstitute.org/programs/citizenship-and-american-identity-program/

Civic Commons, U.S.A.  https://civiccommons.us/

Circle, U.S.A. https://circle.tufts.edu/

iCivics, U.S.A. https://www.icivics.org/

Digital Peace Now, U.S.A.  https://digitalpeacenow.org/

Centre for Media, Technology & Democracy Montreal, Quebec, Canada https://www.mediatechdemocracy.com/

Civic Media Center at Gainesville, FL U.S.A. https://www.civicmediacenter.org/

The Latinx House Los Angeles, CA U.S.A.   https://www.thelatinxhouse.org/

The New Jersey Civic Information Consortium, U.S.A. https://njcivicinfo.org/

The Media Civic Engagers, Norway, Romania and Finland https://mediakasvatus.fi/hanke/2021/05/the-civic-media-engagers/

Hope lab San Francisco, CA https://hopelab.org/

Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation, Manila Philippines https://yellowboat.org/