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David Kleeman

President, American Center for Children and Media

Description

From the website: David Kleeman is President of the American Center for Children and Media, an executive roundtable and professional development hub that promotes exchange of ideas, expertise, and information as a means for building quality. The Center is leading the children’s media industry in developing child-friendly, sustainable solutions to long-standing and emerging issues. The Center looks worldwide for models of excellence; its global connections make Kleeman a valued international consultant, especially on the role of culture in media. He has been a featured speaker on all world continents. Kleeman chairs the International Advisory Board for the international children’s TV festival (PRIX JEUNESSE), and is a frequent consultant to the festival; he created the rules and manages its Interactivity Prize. He has chaired North American advisors to four World Summits on Media for Children.In 2002-3, he led and authored a major study for PBS and the Markle Foundation on public service media’s unique roles for children in the digital era. He has written book chapters in J. Alison Bryant’s The Children’s Television Community and Singer and Singer’s Handbook of Children and the Media, as well as numerous articles for trade, academic and general press.

Topic(s): Advocacy, Children's Media, Industry, Legislation/Public Policy, Research

User Type(s): Academic, Advocate, Policymaker, Researcher

Address

5400 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60625

Contact Information

Phone(s): 773-509-5510
URL(s): http://www.centerforchildrenandmedia.org

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