Jimmeka Anderson received her Ph.D. in Urban Education and is an author, media literacy educator, advisor, and consultant for several national organizations such as the American Library Association, Women’s Sports Foundation, US Department of Education's Office of Education Technology, 9 Story Media, and WestEd. Currently, she serves as a Project Manager for the Cyber Citizenship Initiative with the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) and as a Program Fellow for New America. Jimmeka is the Founder and Executive Director of I AM not the MEdia, Inc. She has been featured in WIRED Magazine, the Washington Post, on NPR 1A, Good Morning America, and in the Trust Me Documentary released in Fall 2020. Her recent book with coauthor Kelly Czarnecki Power Lines: Connecting with Teens in Urban Communities through Media Literacy will be published by ALA Neal-Schuman in Fall 2022.

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