The following is a brief list of publications and sites that SIM has found valuable.  Please add to this list in the comment field below.

2009: 

• Media Literacy: Understanding the News
• Media Literacy:  Citizen Journalists
• Media Literacy:  Empowering Youth Worldwide
  
  • Media literacy training is a tool that the development sector can use to educate citizens, citizen journalists and students to better understand the value of accurate and fair news.  A series of three reports, by professors Susan Moeller and Paul Mihailidis, that explore how media literacy is crucial to many areas of development and how donors and implementers can coordinate their efforts and expand the field.  Published by the Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) at the National Endowment for Democracy. Oct. 2009.

2008:

The Role of Media Support Organizations and Public Literacy in Strengthening Independent Media Worldwide:  A report by media trainer Ann Olson on two communications issues – media literacy and supporting organizations for media, including journalists’ professional associations – to explore their role in sustaining or strengthening independent media around the world. Published by the Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) at the National Endowment for Democracy. Feb. 2008.