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Adventures Abroad

What draws us to travel away from home? Maybe this isn’t true for you. But I am definitely one of those people with a pretty consistent...

My top 10 tips for traveling alone (internationally)

While it’s great to travel with friends and family, my reality is that often I’m traveling alone. No need for a pity-party. I get travel...

Stop calling it all 'fake news'

Today, an op-ed in the Washington Post called President Trump “media illiterate”. The piece discusses how specific tweets from Trump...

Where do college students keep their phones at night?... and other insights

For the past few years I’ve given my “Business of Media” class a brief survey about their media use at the start of the semester. They...

Does media literacy need a makeover?

Today's news is filled with stories highlighting the need for us to bring an analytical and critical perspective to reports we read about...

There’s no place like someone else’s home (for taboo media use)

It’s September and that’s means back-to-school time for most families with kids. Time to rekindle those rituals of selecting a new...

Screen time is an obsolete concept.

I love being inspired by brilliant thinking; especially when succinctly stated and impactful. The statement “Screen time is an obsolete...

Talking to young people about the news

What should we say to the young people in our lives about the violent events of the last month? We know from prior tragedies that despite...

From hopscotch to Pokemon Go, it's all play!

“You better go play right now! If I see you not playing, oh, you are gonna be in big trouble. Go play!” An abundance of play-related...

Camp. Summer. Yep, that's it.

This weekend marks the return of a powerful tradition in my family-- the start of summer sleepaway camp. Of the 50 or so years I’ve been...

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