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19 May 2025. Tanya Notley interviewed about media literacy in Australian Schools on ABC Radio Sydney with Hamish McDonald.
9 Dec 2024. Tanya Notley interviewed on FIVEAA with Graeme Goodings about the Online Misinformation in Australia report
3 Dec 2024. Tanya Notley interviewed on ABC Radio Brisbane about the Online Misinformation in Australia report.
7 Dec 2024. Sora Park interviewed by JOY 94.9 Saturday Magazine with David "Macca" McCarthy about the Online Misinformation in Australia report.
7 Dec 2024. Sora Park interviewed by ABC Brisbane Sunday Morning with Sally Rope about the Online Misinformation in Australia report.
4 Dec 2024. Tanya Notley interviewed on ABC Sydney with Dom Knight about the Online Misinformation in Australia report.
5 Dec 2024. Tanya Notley interviewed on ABC Victoria Mornings with Jonathan Kendell about the Online Misinformation in Australia report.
4 Dec 2024. Sora Park interviewed by RN Drive with Rachel Mealey about the Online Misinformation in Australia report.
5 Dec 2024. Tanya Notley interviewed on ABC Great Southern Breakfast show with Paul Cook about the Online Misinformation in Australia report.
3 Dec 2024. Sora Park interviewed on ABC Perth Afternoons with Michael Tetlow about the Online Misinformation in Australia report.
23 Oct 2024. Tanya Notley interviewed on the Squiz podcast for a special issue on media literacy.
19 August 2024. Conversation article by Tanya Notley, Sora Park, Michael Dezuanni and Simon Chambers titled ‘Most Australians are worried about artificial intelligence, Improved media literacy is vital;’ is cited or discussed across more than 12 radio broadcasts including ABC Canberra, Radio National and syndicated across ABC regional stations.
19 August 2024. Tanya Notley interviewed by ABC News radio about the Adult Media Literacy survey. Syndicated on ABC Alice Springs and at least 10 ABC regional stations.
19 August 2024. Canberra Times report on the 2024 Adult Media Literacy survey in article titled, ‘ Aussies want AI restrictions, though most don't use it’. Syndicated across more than 80 local and regional Australian newspapers.
19 June 2024.Tanya Notley is interviewed by ABC NSW Afternoons with Tim Webster about young people’s use of social media to get news.
21 June 2024.Tanya Notley is interviewed by ABC Brisbane Drive with Kelly Higgins-Devineabout young people’s and news media literacy in school.
22 August 2024. Tanya Notley interviewed by Hilary Harper onABC Radio National LifeMatters program about Adult Media Literacy survey.
25 August 2024. AAP article cites Tanya Notley in an article about the use of satire to spread division, mistrust and disinformation. Re-published by The Border Mail, Canberra Times, Perth Now.
26 Oct 2023. Squizkids podcast report on the news and Young Australians in 2023 report.
24 Oct 2023. ABC NSW Mornings with Paul Turton interview Tanya Notley about the news and Young Australians in 2023 report. (1hr39mins-1hr50min)
23 Oct 2023. ABC Radio Melbourne, David Astie Evenings interview Michael Dezuanni about the news and Young Australians in 2023 report. (7mins - 10.50)
23 Oct 2023. Behind the News (BTN) report on the Young People and News Survey.
12 Oct 2023. ABC Riverina FM and Koori Radio 93.7FM report on Tanya Notley’s research on misinformation and media literacy in relation to the Voice Referendum.
26 Jan 2022. ABC PM program interview Tanya Notley about misinformation on Spotify and other social media platforms.
12 Aug 2021. Triple J interview Tanya Notley on the value of media literacy to address misinformation.
20 April 2021. Tanya Notley is interviewed by RTRFM Perth about the adult media literacy survey findings.
17 May 2021. Tanya Notley is interviewed by ABC Melbourne about the adult media literacy survey findings.
16 May 2021. Channel 10 program The Project interview Tanya Notley about addressing the problem of misinformation in Australia.
14 April 2021. ABC Brisbane interview Michael Dezuanni about the adult media literacy survey findings.
1 May 2021. 2AD 1134 in Armidale discuss about the adult media literacy survey findings.
14 Apr 2021. Tanya Notley is interviewed by James Valentine on 702 Sydney ABC Radio about a new national study she led assessing the media literacy abilities of Australian adults (syndicated to 1233 ABC Newcastle, ABC Central West NSW AM, ABC Coffs Coast FM, ABC Mid North Coast NSW Radio, ABC Illawarra, ABC New England North West AM, ABC Central Coast NSW, ABC North Coast NSW, ABC Upper Hunter AM, ABC Western Plains).
14 Apr 2021. Tanya Notley is interviewed by 2SER on the adult media literacy survey findings (syndicated across community radio stations).
23 April 2021. Michael Dezuanni is interviewed by ABC Darwin on the adult media literacy survey findings (syndicated to ABC Alice Springs).
25 Oct 2020. 666 ABC Canberra interview Tanya Notley, on techniques for managing social media use, the importance of dialogue and discussion between adults and children, and her research into young people’s experiences of the media.
26 Oct 2020. 3CR Melbourne (Communication Mixdown) interview Tanya Notley on Media Literacy Week and the 2020 survey findings on young people's experiences of the news.
6 July 2020. Live interview with Tanya Notley about new survey findings, 702 ABC Sydney. Breakfast program.
6 July 2020. Interview with Tanya Notley about new survey findings, Radio National, PM program (syndicated to more than 50 stations nationwide).
7 July 2020. Live interview with Tanya Notley, ABC Central Victoria, Breakfast program.
7 July 2020. Discussion of key findings with RMIT academic, Vincent O'Donnell, ABC South West Victoria (syndicated to ABC Ballarat).
7 July 2020. Live interview with Tanya Notley and News Champion. Isabelle Gonzalez, Radio Adelaide 101.5, Breakfast program.
7 July 2020. Live interview with Tanya Notley and News Champion, Zoe Adams about survey findings, 936 ABC Hobart, Mornings program.
7 July 2020. Live interview with Michael Dezuanni, 91.7 ABC Gold Coast, Mornings program.
7 July 2020. Live interview with Tanya Notley, 2SER, the Daily Program.
7 July 2020. Live interview with Tanya Notley, ABC Canberra, Afternoons program.
7 July 2020. Live interview with Michael Dezuanni and News Champion, Gauri Bhandari (syndicated to ABC Capricornia FM, ABC Tropical North FM, ABC Far North Queensland, ABC Western Queensland).
8 July 2020. Live interview with Tanya Notley, Alive 90.5 FM, Point of View program.
8 July 2020. Live interview with Michael Dezuanni, The Wire.
12 July. 2CC Talking Canberra discuss survey findings with Discussion with Associate Professor Sora Park, University of Canberra.
14 June 2020. 2SM Radio (syndicated across the network) broadcasts interview with Tanya Notley, on the importance of media literacy in everyday life in relation to the new international research partnership with the National Association for Media Literacy Education (USA).
26 Feb 2020. Interview with Tanya Notley about children and news on ‘Breakfast with Wendy Harmer and Robbie Buck’, ABC Sydney 702.
26 Feb 2020. Interview with Tanya Notley about children and news on ‘Mornings with Dinushi Dias’, ABC Goldfields (syndicated to ABC Esperance)
26 Feb 2020. Interview with Tanya Notley about children and news on ‘Evenings with Louise Sanders’, ABC Hobart (syndicated to ABC Northern Tasmania)
01 Nov 2019. Interview with Tim Purdie from ABC Education, about the News Media Champions Forum, ABC Southern Queensland.
28 Oct 2019. Interview with principal from Central West Leadership Academy in Dubbo about the News Champions Forum, ABC Western Plain.
24 Oct 2019. Interview Tim Purdie from ABC Education, about the News Media Champions Forum, ABC Shepparton (also syndicated to ABC West Victoria, ABC Goulburn Murray, ABC Mildura).
23 Oct 2019. Interview with Associate Professor Michael Dezuanni and Annabel Astbury and young participants about the News Champions Forum young people, ABC 702 Sydney (also syndicated to ABC Central Coast NSW, ABC Central Victoria).
22 Oct 2019. Interviews with the News Champions, ABC Behind the News.
10 Sept 2019. Discussion of snapshot report findings with presenter, Heywire producer Dan Hirst (ABC) and two young people, 774 ABC Melbourne with Richelle Hunt.
3 Sept 2019. Interview with Michael Dezuanni, 774 ABC Melbourne, Breakfast program.
3 Sept 2019. Interview with Michael Dezuanni, The Wire.
2 Sept 2019. Interview with Tanya Notley, ABC Radio National, Drive.
2 Sept 2019. Interview with Tanya Notley, ABC Northern Tasmania.
10 Sept 2018. Tanya Notley is interviewed (with Annabel Astbury, ABC) on ABC’s Life Matters (for media Literacy week).
1 Dec 2017. Interview with Tanya Notley, ABC Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Mornings program.
30 Nov 2017. Can Kids Tell Real News from Fake? 2SER Breakfast program, http://2ser.com/can-kids-tell-real-news-fake/
30 Nov 2017 Interview with Tanya Notley, ABC Western Queensland, Longreach, Breakfast program
21 Nov 2017. Live interview with Tanya Notley, ABC South East NSW, Bega, Breakfast program.
20 Nov 2017. Behind the News (BtN), reported on survey findings.
20 Nov 2017. Interview with Tanya Notley, Radio National, Canberra, The World Today with Linda Mottram.
20 Nov 2017. Live interview with Tanya Notley about national survey findings, ABC News, Sydney.
20 Nov 2017. News story on national survey findings, ABC News, Melbourne, Evening program.
21 Nov 2017. Live interview with Tanya Notley, ABC Radio Darwin, Afternoon program.
20 Nov 2017 Live interview with Tanya Notley and Michael Dezuanni, ABC Radio Hobart, Hobart, Afternoon program.
20 Nov 2017. Live interview with Tanya Notley on fake news. ABC Radio Perth, Perth, Drive program.
20 Nov 2017. Live interview with Tanya Notley, ABC Radio Sydney, Sydney, Mornings with Wendy Harmer.

Press and Online

23 May 2025. Tanya Notley is quoted in ‘New tool boost media literacy in classrooms’, published in The Educator Australia.
21 May 2025. Tanya Notley is quoted in ‘ACARA releases new media literacy resource for F-10 teachers’, published in the Education HQ
3 Dec 2024. Sora Park and Tanya Notley publish article in the Conversation, ‘97% of adult Australians have limited skills to verify information online – new report’. Republished in The Canberra Times, The Courier, North West Star, Blue Mountains Gazette, Newcastle Herald and 15 other Australian local/regional newspapers.
12 Sept 2024. Tanya Notley is quoted in an article in News.com.au about the Australian governments age limit legislation for social media sites
28 July 2024. Tanya Notley quoted in an ABC news online article, ‘When should teenagers get a phone and how can families delay their child joining social media?’
28 July 2024. ABC Online quote Tanya Notley for an article,'When should teenagers get a phone and how can families delay their child joining social media?'
15 June 2024. Tanya Notley interviewed by the Guardian for a feature article , ‘Reading, writing and … disinformation: should school children be taught media literacy like maths’, about the need for news literacy education in schools.
14 March 2024. Tanya Notley interviewed by the Chainsaw about public debates about Royal Family photo manipulations on social media.
22 August. Tech Republic report on the 2024 Adult Media Literacy in an article, ‘Low Media Literacy: A Risk to Australia’s Cybersecurity Landscape’. Syndicated across three other publications.
19 August 2024. Conversation article by Tanya Notley, Sora Park, Michael Dezuanni and Simon Chambers titled ‘Most Australians are worried about artificial intelligence, Improved media literacy is vital;’ is republished by Yahoo News Australia,Press Trust of India and at least 10 others online publications while the story is covered by 49 online news and media publications.
30 Nov 2023. Tanya Notley interviewed for a Courier Mail feature article about news literacy needs and efforts in schools.
30 Nov 2023. Tanya Notley and the Young Australians and news survey are cited in a feature article ‘Teaching kids to be digital detectives’ in the Telegraph Saturday Xtra.
24 Nov 2023. Tanya Notley interviewed for in an ABC News online article focused on young people’s attendance at pro-peace protests advocating for people in Palestine.
23 Nov 2023. Tanya Notley interviewed by the Daily Telegraph about the Young People and News survey as part of an article about young people’s engagement with news and misinformation on social media platforms.
21 Nov 2023. Education HQ published a story, 'A big gap' : where's the news literacy training for teachers?' about the Young People and News survey findings following an interview with Tanya Notley
23 Oct 2023. Our The Conversation article about the Young People and News Report key findings is republished by ABC online, Phys.org, Newsify App, Evening Report NZ.
12 Oct 2023. ABC Online interview Tanya Notley about media literacy in relation to a story about Indigenous twins from Wagga Wagga who are fighting misinformation in the Voice referendum debate.
3 April 2023. Tanya Notley is quoted in an article about media literacy in India. Online article about misinformation and media literacy in IndiaSpend.
13 Jan 2023. The Daily Aus article Should Media Literacy Be Mandatory for Studentscites the Adult Australian Media Literacy Survey.
2 Nov 2022. Young people and news survey is cited in articles about news media literacy in school in the Telegraph (NSW) and the Herald Sun (Victoria).
14 Feb 2022. Tanya Notley’s online article about misinformation and media literacy is republished in The Week, newsroom, eastmojo and Devdiscourse.
24 Dec 2021. Reuters interview Tanya Notley about platforms and news regulation.
18 Oct 2021. ABC Radio National interview Tanya Notley for an interactive online article about spotting misinformation.
14 Apr 2021. Our The Conversation article on adult media literacy is republished or discussed by Canberra Times, ForeignAffairs.co.nz , Hashtag Australia, COSMOS Magazine , Gizmodo Australia, Phys.org, Northern Rivers Review , Illawarra Mercury; Blue Mountains Gazette and more than 40 local Australian print and online newspapers.
16 Mar 2021. Tanya Notley is interviewed by the New York Times about Facebook and the News Media Code. (syndicated to the Washington Post, the Indian Express).
02 Mar 2021. Tanya Notley is cited in China Daily about Facebook and the News Media Code.
6 Oct 2020. The Sydney Morning Herald (syndicated to Brisbane Times, The Age , WA Today) mention the 2020 survey findings on young people's experiences of the news.
16 Oct 2020 TV Blackbox and RadioInfo report on the newly formed Australian Media Literacy Alliance (AMLA) in the context of Media Literacy Week.
6 July 2020. Our The Conversation article is republished by Hashtag Australia, Foreign Affairs NZ , Daily Bulletin, Modern Australian, Oursteps.com.au , Phys.org, Menafn.
6 July 2020. ‘Just one in five students learning media literacy, as news consumption rises’, Sydney Morning Herald. Online and in print article reports on our national survey and includes an interview with Tanya Notley and News Champion, Maitreyi Kulkarni (republished in The Age (online and print), Brisbane Times , WAToday.
8 July 2020. “'Concerning' report finds students are not learning about media literacy”, Education HQ, reports on our national survey and includes an interview with Michael Dezuanni.
15 June 2020. Coverage on the new international research partnership with the National Association for Media Literacy Education (USA) to assess the current state of media literacy education in Australia and the United States, in Campus Review.
30 May 2020. Coverage of the release of our report News Literacy and Australian Teachers: How News Media is Taught in the Classroom report is included in Education HQ, Open Forum , Phys.org (USA) and The Educator Australia.
26 Feb 2020. Our The Conversation article is republished by Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The New Zealand Herald , phys.org, Newsify (App), NewRepublic (App), Hashtag Australia, Modern Australian , Viw Magazine Australia, Japan Herald, Beijing News, Big News Network, Daily Bulletin, Australian Business, Child Mags, Shesociety and Essential Kids.
01 Nov 2019. “Read all about it”, Riverine Herald, report on the News Champions Forum featuring participant Alex Smith alongside organisers Tanya Notley and Michael Duzuanni
30 Oct 2019. “Central West Leadership Academy Student is news champion”, photo and interview with 10-year old News Champion, Finn Randell from Dubbo, Daily Liberal (online and in print).
23 Oct 2019. Report on News Champions forum (republished media release), National Tribune and Mirage News
2 Sept 2019. Our The Conversation article is republished by SBS, Crikey, Foundation for Young Australians, Mumbrella, AdNews, The Middle East North Africa Financial Network, Hashtag Australia, Daily Bulletin, Viw Magazine Australia, Australian Business, Pressetext (Zurich).
13 Mar 2019. Tanya Notley is interviewed for the New Daily on the topic of fake news.
20 Nov 2017. “Children 'can't tell fact from fiction'” reports on our national survey findings, The Australian, page 19.
20 Nov 2017. “Most young Australians can’t identify fake news online”, Phys.org.
20 Nov 2017. “Most Australians can’t identify fake news online”, Public Now.
20 Nov 2017. “Young Australians think they can pick fake news, but most struggle to tell the difference.” Business Insider Australia.
20 Nov 2017. “Most young Australians can’t identify fake news online”, Daily Bulletin.
20 Nov 2017.”Report highlights need for media literacy among kids”, Educator Magazine.
20 Nov 2017. “Report: Australian kids can’t tell fake news and need to improve media literacy”, Mediaweek.
22 Nov 2017. “Facing facts: do the media let kids down?”, Crinkling News.
22 Nov 2017. “Study: Young Aussies Can’t Distinguish ‘Fake News’”, BandT magazine.
22 Nov 2017. “It Must be True…I googled it”, Education Today magazine.

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