Black Sea Speaker Series: To Share or Not to Share in Sofia with Mirela Petkova | January 24,2023
Mirela Petkova (Media Literacy Coalition, Factcheck.bg) met with young people from Ukraine, Georgia and Bulgaria for a lecture and discussion on how to recognize and counteract misinformation in social media. Mirela Petkova – a journalist, media literacy trainer and fact checker – took part in the Black Sea Speaker Series: To Share or Not to
Content moderation in Bulgaria: a conversation in Meta (highlights from the conference)
On September 13, 2022, Media Literacy Coalition Bulgaria and Meta hosted for the very time an event, co-organized by the Menlo Park-based big tech company and the leading non-governmental network organization dedicated to the development of media literacy in Bulgaria. The conference was dedicated to content moderation in local context and is the second case of partnership
Media literacy in Germany and Bulgaria – what we learned from the 2022 multi-stakeholder expert meeting co-organized by MLC and FNF for Freedom
On October 11, Tuesday, Friedrich Naumann Freedom Foundation and Media Literacy Coalition Bulgaria (MLC) organized an expert meeting at which the challenges, perspectives and good practices in developing media literacy among citizens in Bulgaria and Germany were outlined. The event was held in a hybrid format and livestreamed on the MLC’s Facebook page. The discussion was focused on reaffirming the
Media Literacy in Germany and Bulgaria: expert meeting 2022. Video and gallery
On October 11, Tuesday, Friedrich Naumann Freedom Foundation and Media Literacy Coalition Bulgaria (MLC) organized an expert meeting at which the challenges, perspectives and good practices in developing media literacy among citizens in Bulgaria and Germany were outlined. The event was held in a hybrid format and livestreamed on the MLC’s Facebook page. Watch the video recording of the conference
A conversation with Kristina Hristova from the Media Literacy Coalition about the importance of understanding where, what and how to read
A good education is the foundation of a healthy civil society. When I say good, I don’t mean an education that prepares children to excel at worldwide science olympiads, but an education that prepares them for real life – how to understand the information that surrounds us, how to analyze it, how to take a
Citizens of Stara Zagora participated in media literacy training with journalist Velizara Tsoneva
On 24 June at the State Puppet Theatre in the town of. On June 24, Stara Zagora hosted a training on the Media Literacy Online – Lifelong Learning program of the Media Literacy Coalition and the Lachezar Tsotzorkov Foundation. 11 people increased their skills to distinguish credible from unreliable sources of information, to recognize fake
The program “Media Literacy Online – Lifelong Learning” ended with trainings in Silistra, Dobrich and Balchik
The “Media Literacy Online – Lifelong Learning” program, implemented by the Media Literacy Coalition, ended with trainings in Silistra, Dobrich and Balchik. Partnerships were established with a number of local community centres and regional libraries that hosted the events. The last three trainings were attended by nearly 60 participants, the majority of whom were active
Findings from a national survey on digital-media skills of high school students in Bulgaria. Photos from the press conference on 15 June 2022
On 15 June at 16:00. The Media Literacy Coalition presented the results of the first national survey on the digital-media skills of high school students in Bulgaria. The survey was carried out in partnership with the Center for Evaluation in Pre-School and School Education at the Ministry of Education and with the support of the
Media literacy training in Veliko Tarnovo with journalist Pavla Stefanova
A group of 17 citizens of Veliko Tarnovo, aged between 65 and 91, met with journalist and trainer at the Media Literacy Coalition Pavla Stefanova for media literacy training in the old capital. Participants in the training were particularly active in the discussion about propaganda. As a generation whose active part of life was spent
Digital-media literacy methodology measures key competencies of students in 10th grade and shows deficits
В периода 29.01.2020 – 29.09.2020 Коалицията за медийна гра In the period 29.01.2020 – 29.09.2020 the Media Literacy Coalition is implementing a project for the creation and pilot testing of a unified national index of media literacy skills in high school and a methodology for their measurement. The High School Media Literacy Skills Index builds
Georgi Marchev (Factckech.bg) lectured a media literacy training for seniors in the town of Vidin
On 15 June at the People’s Community Centre “Tsvyat – 1870”, town of. 23 people improved their skills to distinguish credible from unreliable sources of information, to recognize fake profiles in social networks, to protect themselves from online fraud and from the misuse of personal data. The lecturer of the training was the journalist Georgi
Why I develop media literacy in my classroom: Deliana Borisova – English teacher, winner of the contest “Media literacy through my subject”
Modern education is focused on building the so-called “super skills” of the 21st century, part of which are communication and digital skills, critical thinking, creativity and collaboration. In this sense, the development of media literacy is closely linked to the formation of these skills as a component of functional literacy. When teaching a foreign language,