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Faith Rogow, Ph.D.

Owner, Insighters Educational Consulting; Founding President, Alliance for a Media Literate America

Description

Dr. Faith Rogow, founding president of the Alliance for a Media Literate America (the nation’s first professional organization for media literacy educators), has been a media educator for more than two decades. In that time she has trained thousands of teachers, students, child care providers, media producers, and parents to understand and harness the power of media. She has been a pioneer in creating developmentally appropriate media literacy education strategies for early childhood settings. As owner of Insighters Educational Consulting, Rogow has authored extensive teacher and discussion guides, trainer manuals, web materials, and media literacy materials for a variety of children’s programs (The Puzzle Place, Theodore Tugboat, Sesame Street, Teletubbies, and more) as well as primetime PBS specials and series, including the early childhood education series, A Place of Our Own, and more than 80 independent films from ITVS, P.O.V., and Frontline. Rogow has served as consultant to a variety of children’s program producers, including PBS’ Ready to Learn Service, Sesame Workshop, and Ragdoll, Inc. In recognition of her work on outreach for Sesame Street, she was given a 1996 Ralph B. Rogers Award by Children’s Television Workshop. As Director of Education & Outreach for WSKG Public Television and Radio she served as Executive Producer for New York Learns: The Multimedia Challenge, which won a 1995 New York State Broadcasting Association Award for Best Single Public Affairs Program for its exploration of the impact of new technologies on educational reform. She has published numerous articles and reviews, as well as Gone to Another Meeting: A History of the National Council of Jewish Women.

Topic(s): Educational Media, Media Literacy

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Address

512 S. Plain St.
Ithaca, New York 14850

Contact Information

Phone(s): 607-277-TVEd(8833)
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URL(s): http://www.amlainfo.org/home/about-amla/board-of-directors/faith-rogow

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