digital media

Into the Digital Future: Empowering Youth through Digital Participation with Lucha Sotomayor

by Laura Higgins and Jordan Shapiro
November 21, 2023

In this episode, Lucha Sotomayor, a representative from the UN’s Office of the Special Representative on Violence Against Children, discusses the importance of children’s participation in addressing and preventing violence.

Into the Digital Future: Designing for the Positive Possibilities of Technology with Jaspal Sandhu

by Laura Higgins and Jordan Shapiro
November 14, 2023

In this episode, Jordan and Laura sit down with Jaspal Sandhu, Executive Vice President at Hopelab, a social innovation lab dedicated to supporting the mental health and well-being of young

Into the Digital Future: Empowering Children’s Voices with Amanda Third

by Laura Higgins and Jordan Shapiro
October 31, 2023

Laura and Jordan are joined by Amanda Third, Associate Professor at the University of Western Sydney and co-author of the UN’s Digital Rights of the Child. Amanda shares her participatory

Into the Digital Future: Building Child Safety into Digital Platforms with Jennie Ito

by Laura Higgins and Jordan Shapiro
October 17, 2023

Jennie Ito, a developmental psychologist and expert in children’s media and content appropriateness, joins Laura and Jordan in a compelling conversation on creating safer digital environments for kids. Drawing from

Well-Being by Design Fellowship: Call for Applications

by Medha Tare
September 13, 2023

The Call for Applications period has closed. Please learn about our Fellows here!The Cooney Center is excited to announce our new Well-being by Design Fellowship, supported by Pinterest. We invite

The Cooney Center’s Next 15 Years and Beyond

by Michael Preston
May 17, 2023

Years ago, when I was a lowly graduate research intern crunching data in Sesame Workshop’s content research department, I saw firsthand the great care with which the organization created high-quality

From Surviving To Thriving in A Digital World: A Safer Internet Day Chat

by Administrator
February 22, 2023

On Safer Internet Day on February 7, 2023, The National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) and The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop hosted a webinar with adult

Please Vote for Our SXSW 2023 Panel!

by Catherine Jhee
August 12, 2022

It’s August—which means it’s SXSW PanelPicker time! We are looking forward to sharing ideas and learning together with friends and colleagues in Austin in March 2023.The SXSW panel selection process

Introducing the Next Gen Public Media Youth Fellows

by Colin Angevine and Dwight Dunston
June 29, 2022

The Joan Ganz Cooney Center is excited to welcome 10 youth fellows from around the country to participate in our initiative, By/With/For Youth: Inspiring Next Gen Public Media Audiences. These

Playtest with Kids: A Digital Toolkit for Creating Great Products with Kids

by Cathy Tran
April 28, 2022

Conducting playtesting with kids can be tricky. It can be challenging to get feedback from children that can really help producers make great products—but it’s definitely not impossible. We are

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