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Seniors Sounding Off


Local experts:  Public needs media education
November 15, 2007
Interviews by David Reynolds

What’s your media IQ?  Two area experts warn that the public needs an education when it comes to the media.  "There’s a vast amount of media illiteracy," says John Jennings, Washington and Lee Prof. Emeritus. This includes a focus on images over ideas, which could spell disaster, according to Louis Hodges, Washington and Lee Prof. Emeritus.

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Listen to Jennings and Hodges discuss the state of the media on Seniors Sounding Off with David Reynolds (30 minute program)
 

Get the Media Literacy Kit from the Center for Media Literacy


Local columnist David Reynolds tackles the Rockbridge County rezoning issue in this interview with Alexia Smith, co-president of the Rockbridge Area Conservation Council, RACC.

 

 

Audio:  Listen to Alexia Smith of RACC discuss land use with David Reynolds (total time:  36 minutes)

Research rezoning on the Rockbridge County Web site

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