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 Biographical information (partial) for Susan Freas Rogers, editor and publisher of MediaLiteracy.com
I became involved in media literacy education after more than 30 years in corporate and non-profit marketing, communications and public relations, and now bring this training and experience to promoting media literacy education. I'm passionate about helping people understand the influence and impact of media. The field embodies my major areas of interest: communications; analysis; critical thinking; advertising/public relations; and the political, environmental and social impacts of media production and media consumption.
- Founding member of the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) (formerly AMLA, the Alliance for a Media Literate America) and the Action Coalition for Media Education (ACME) (this latter organization has been much less active in the past few years).
- More than 30 years experience in communications, marketing and
public relations for non-profit organizations, small businesses
and large corporations.
- Graduate of the (formerly non-profit) Center for Media Literacy's (CML) Felton Scholars Training Program.
- Extensive public speaking and media interview (TV, radio, newspaper) experience.
- Marketing communications consultant to the Center for Media Literacy, 1998-2000.
- Workshop presenter at the NAMLE's 2005 National Media Education Conference (NMEC). Moderated panels and plenary sessions at the 2001, 1999 and 1998 NMECs.
- Publicity chair, 2005 and 2007 National Media Education Conference.
- Conceived the internet promotional strategy used to successfully launch ACME in 2002.
- Continuing professional education in media literacy through conferences including: Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood in 2008 and 2006; National Conference on Media Reform in 2005 and 2003; Children,Youth and the Media: Beyond the Millennium media literacy education conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2000; and the
Conference on Culture, Education, and Media: Vital Solutions sponsored by the New Mexico Media Alliance, 1998.
- Board chair, Nevada County Digital Media Center/NCTV, our community media center and
access cable TV organization in western Nevada County, California.
- M.A. in Speech Communications; B.A. cum laude in Economics and
Speech Communications; University of California, Santa
Barbara.
I'm married and
live with my husband and son in Grass Valley, California,
in the Sierra foothills near Sacramento. |
