MIL CC: Reimagining Public Libraries as Spaces for Media Information Literacy

Vitor Tomé is an international expert on Digital Citizenship Education (Council of Europe), member of the EU Expert Group on Tackling Disinformation through education and training (European Commission), invited researcher at CIES-ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon (Media Literacy and Journalism), lecturer at Autonoma University of Lisbon (Communication Sciences), teacher trainer (Portuguese Ministry of Education), trainer of trainers (CENJOR) and professional journalist (CP1524). Concluded a ...

Nereida Carrillo is an assistant professor at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the head of Learn to Check, an NGO that promotes media and information literacy and critical thinking in Spain. This organization has trained more than 14.000 people in Spain the last six years, including all types of audiences (young, teachers, families, journalists, librarians, old adults, lawyers,etc). Learn to Check collaborates with more than 70 entities and develops education, innovative and social i...

Marina Meseguer Torres is a journalist specialising in digital information and international relations. She is currently project officer at Learn to Check, where she develops projects and training for media literacy and combating disinformation. She has worked for more than 14 years as an editor at the spanish newspaper La Vanguardia. During this period she has been a special correspondent in countries such as Iran, Iraq, Ukraine, Russia, Mozambique or Estonia and has interviewed public figures ...

Martina Chapman is an independent consultant specializing in media literacy policy and strategy development, research and project management. She is the national coordinator of Media Literacy Ireland and the Be Media Smart campaign on behalf of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. Martina has worked with organisations such as the Council of Europe, the European Audiovisual Observatory, the European Platform of Regulatory Authorities, the European Broadcasting Union and the Organisation for Sec...

Dr Eileen Culloty is Deputy Director at the DCU Institute for Media, Democracy and Society (FuJo) and an Assistant Professor in the DCU School of Communications. She coordinates the Ireland EDMO Hub of the European Digital Media Observatory, which aims to advance research on disinformation, support fact-checking and media literacy, and assess the implementation of the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation. Eileen’s book, co-authored with Jane Suiter, Disinformation and Manipulation in Digital ...