The Media Literacy Awards recognise projects, programmes, educators and organisations that help people develop the skills to critically access, analyse, evaluate and create media. 

Commenting on the nomination, AONTAS CEO Dearbháil Lawless said: 

“We’re thrilled to be shortlisted for the Media Literacy Ireland Awards. Disinformation is being weaponised to threaten community cohesion and Irish democracy. At AONTAS, we recognise adult learning as a social justice movement, and we created the Community Education Against Disinformation workbook to help combat these threats. AONTAS has been delivering workshops across Ireland to improve media literacy, strengthen human connection and protect people targeted by harmful propaganda movements.” 

The winners of the Media Literacy Awards will be announced on 11th November at the Virgin Media Studios in Dublin. 

To find out if there is a Community Education Against Disinformation workshop in your area, click here or contact AONTAS European Projects Officer Larisa Sioneriu at lsioneriu@aontas.com. 

You can access the full Community Education Against Disinformation workbook here.