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Free of any funding from Big Media, ACME is an emerging global coalition run by and for media educators, a network dedicated to the following 4 Part Mission.

On June 5th, the day before Free Press's National Conference for Media Reform, the national leadership of the Action Coalition for Media Education (ACME) will conduct a special one day teach-in. You will learn a host of useful media literacy education 2.0 tips, tools, techniques, and strategies. Walk away with the knowledge, skills and civic spirit desperately needed to challenge big media...and win! ACME offers the most accessible methods for leading average people to an appreciation of what they don't know about censorship in our culture. Use our new and expanded tools of media literacy education (2.0) to motivate citizens, parents and students in ways that turn them into media reform activists who will be able to motivate people toward media reform or any cause.

The first 50 people to register for ACME day will receive a multimedia package that includes their choice of a free DVD from the Media Education Foundation, Robert McChesney’s latest book, The Communication Revolution: Critical Junctures and the Future of Media, a DVD with dozens of pages of handouts, workshop clips and much more.

The price is $79.00. To register please visit our registration page. For program details, visit our ACME Summit 2008 webpage.

To make lodging reservations for your stay please visit http://www.freepress.net/conference/=lodging08 for special discount lodging options.

The ACME Summit takes place in the Hyatt Regency hotel. It is located next to the convention center. For more information, email Bob McCannon at mccannon@flash.net or call (505) 839-9702. We hope you’ll stay to attend The National Conference for Media Reform June 6-8th. Visit www.freepress.net/conference for more information.

Celebrate ACME's 5th Birthday with our 2007-2008 Membership Drive

"2007-2008 Membership Package" by ACME (via Flickr)

Greetings media literacy education friends and colleagues, and happy FIFTH BIRTHDAY from all of us here at ACME!

In honor of ACME's fifth birthday party, we invite you to consider joining or renewing your membership to the Action Coalition for Media Education. If you are already a member, you already know about ACME's TEN BENEFITS of membership.

But, if you are new to us, you may not know that five years ago this fall, more than three hundred scholars, media educators, journalists, public health advocates, and interested citizens gathered in Albuquerque, New Mexico to create something unique. The world's first independently-funded and volunteer-run media literacy education coalition: ACME.

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AIME Newsletter E-Issue/Winter 2008

AIME ------------------------- > ACTION IN MEDIA EDUCATION
ACME's e-newsletter / Winter 2008
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ACME 2007-2008 membership drive EXTENDED -
Join us today and receive $200 in multimedia goodies!
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ACME NEWS AND EVENTS - WINTER 2008:
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COLORADO "ACTION IN MEDIA EDUCATION" AIME WORKSHOP!
ACME co-presidents Bob McCannon and Dr. Rob Williams spent
three days in southeastern Colorado, where they spoke to more than
200 students and trained 30 public school personnel in ACME-style
media education pedagogies and approaches.
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UCONN CONFERENCE ON APRIL 11!
The 6th annual Northeast Media Literacy Conference will be held on
Friday, April 11, 2008 at the University of Connecticut.

Entitled “The New Media Literacies for Today’s Plugged-In Generation”, the conference features two outstanding keynote speakers, Dr. Michael Wesch and Anastasia Goodstein, and twenty timely workshops.

For further information, check the conference website at http://medialiteracy.education.uconn.edu.

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Media in Jordan: Documentary Series Part 1

From ACME Co-President Rob Williams on YouTube:

"What happens when you bring together 10 young Jordanians and 10 young Vermonters for eight months of cross-cultural conversation, media education, leadership training, digital storytelling production, and reciprocal three-week home stays in both countries? The answer: so much. Take a look..."

Free ACME Teaching Resource

Goal: An investigative, goal-oriented, lesson to stimulate critical thinking about the single most watched television show, the Super Bowl, and its most common ads--beer commercials--and their impact on youth.


Rationale: If students don’t receive this information, children know less about one of the most powerful media--TV ads and sports broadcasting. Then, the alcohol companies can continue their powerful influence upon the socialization of our kids.