National Association for Media Literacy Education

Our Vision

The NAMLE vision is to see media literacy be highly valued by all and widely practiced as an essential life skill for the 21st Century.

Our Mission

NAMLE’s mission is to be the leading voice, convener and resource to foster critical thinking and effective communication for empowered media participation.

We define both education and media broadly.  Education includes both formal and informal settings, classrooms and living rooms, in school and after school, anywhere that lifelong learners can be reached.  Media includes digital media, computers, video games, radio, television, mobile media, print, and communication technologies that we haven’t even dreamed of yet.”

NAMLE brings together a broad-based coalition of media literacy practitioners, educators, scholars, students, health care professionals, K-12 teachers, community activists and media business professionals from diverse fields, professions, and perspectives in a national, non-profit membership organization to act as a key force in bringing high quality media literacy education to all.