GMLP Charles Klotzer Media Literacy Awards

Introducing 2012 Winners - click here for press release.

Educator.  St. Clement Elementary School teacher, Mary Sturm, is being honored for her vision and  many years of leadership to create and sustain media literacy education via students, teachers and parents, and for her creative visual literacy efforts as a longtime language and communication arts teacher.

Media Professional.  Longtime St. Louis Public Radio KWMU radio producer Mary Edwards  is being honored for her continuing efforts to educate the public about media  and media literacy, both in her broadcasting work and as an adjunct professor in the School of Communications, Webster University.

Institution. The 92-year-old  Kirkwood  Call is being honored for its tremendous community programming efforts, but particularly for its student-produced  website, that has been  under the direction of longtime award-winning journalism educator/adviser, Mitch Eden MJE. The Kirkwood Call provides readers and fans with photo galleries, blog posts, videos and even a Kirkwood High TV series produced through their own SchoolTube channel.  All together, the Kirkwood Call is providing media literacy education to its creators/producers of messages, refining its audiences’ and media producers’ news literacy in the process.  Moreover, the media consumer, logging on to THE CALL, gets a behind-the-scenes view to see “how they do it,” and better understands the decision-making that goes into the media messages produced.

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2011 Winners – click here for press release.

Gateway Media Literacy Partners (GMLP) will honor two individuals and one organization with its GMLP Charles Klotzer Media Literacy Awards, at its fifth media literacy week opening session, 4PM, November 6, 2011,  the Walter J. Ong, S.J., Center,  St. Louis Room, Busch  Memorial Center,  St. Louis University.

Don Goble, Ladue School District teacher, is receiving the “Educator” award for his ongoing media literacy education efforts as Broadcast Technology & Film Instructor and Co-Director of LHS-TV for Ladue Horton Watkins High School, and as Ladue School District’s Broadcast Technology Manager and Video Producer.  In addition, he earns high marks for bringing honor to his school district and greater St. Louis community, with his media literacy workshops, nationwide,  underscoring how to integrate video and media into core curricula in the classroom setting.

Don, Corrigan. Kirkwood-Webster Times/West End Word/ South County Times Editor, is receiving the “Media Professional” award for his continuing efforts to educate the public about the importance of media literacy, both in his media work and as a Webster University School of Communications  professor .  Corrigan has demonstrated his prowess as a thoughtful communicator, not only in his editor, columnist and education roles but as a prolific and thoughtful author, asking the right questions regarding media treatments of timely issues, especially as they relate to science and the environment.

Webster University is receiving the “Institution” award for its tremendous academic endeavors to bring media literacy education  into both the School of Communication and the School of Education, together for more than a quarter of a century.    Underscoring the importance of media literacy education for all communicators, no matter their communication specialty and no matter what education paths their education students pursue, Webster University has remained committed to scholarly reach locally, nationally and internationally, regarding media literacy education.   Webster University is also a founding institutional member of GMLP.

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2009 Winners

GMLP is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 Charles Klotzer Media Literacy Awards. This year there are three categories of Media Literacy awards, one going to an area educator, one to a local media professional, and a third to an organization.

The 2009 Charles Klotzer Media Literacy Educator award winner is Darlene Wagner. As an art teacher at Parkway’s Wren Hollow Elementary School , Ms. Wagner is an innovator in the field of media literacy education. She has achieved remarkable success teaching media literacy to her students over the past 13 years. Wagner has adopted an integrated approach to media literacy instruction, teaching media literacy as part of her curriculum. In addition, she teaches media literacy from a production orientation. Her students have learned the principles of media literacy in the creation of video presentations. The Parkway School District has provided support for Wagner as she developed her expertise; in the process, the District has become an advocate of media literacy education.

The 2009 Charles Klotzer Media Literacy Media Practitioner award winner is KETC’s Patrick Murphy. Mr. Murphy deserves recognition for his achievements as a producer of many fine documentary projects at KETC, the St. Louis public television station. His work applies the principles of media literacy, with attention to the interests and backgrounds of his audience. Further, as Vice President of Programming, Murphy recognizes the important role of the media in the community. He is committed to improving the media industry. In addition, Murphy is an adjunct faculty member at Webster University , teaching graduate courses that focus on Media Literacy. His work as a media professional provides a context that enhances his effectiveness in the classroom.

The 2009 Charles Klotzer Media Literacy Organization award winner is St. Louis Community College – Meramec, an institution that has been sponsoring Media Education Week since 2004.  St. Louis Community College – Meramec (SLCCM) has been exemplary in promoting media literacy in the St. Louis region, expanding the minds of numerous audiences in the community.  Read the school’s press release here.

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 2008 Winners

Douglas Russell, educator, Don Marsh, longtime journalist, radio program host and author, and the Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis, Inc. have won the awards for their exceptional and on-going work to educate their communities about the importance of media literacy.

“Acknowledging and supporting those who understand and are committed to making others understand media literacy is important,” GMLP Awards Chair, Anne Bader, said.   “We must continue to educate our community about this important 21^st century learning skill.  These winners have been longtime purveyors of media literacy education, doing excellent work in their worlds of influence, Bader added.

Douglas F. Russell, an educator in the Rockwood School District, is being recognized for accomplishments in the integration of media literacy into the curricula at Rockwood School District , and for extending media literacy education to parents, teachers, and the broader community.

Don Marsh,  an award-winning journalist, former television anchor, author and  host of KWMU’s program,  St. Louis on the Air, is being recognized for achievements as a media practitioner, in applying media literacy principles in his professional work, thereby bringing media literacy to the attention of his audience throughout the St. Louis region.

Cooperating School Districts (CSD) of Greater St. Louis, Inc., a non-profit education consortium that serves teachers, administrators, support staff and school board members in 65 public school districts in nine Missouri counties and two Illinois counties and is being recognized for its more than a decade of commitment to the promotion of media literacy education throughout the St. Louis region.

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 2007 Winners