2.2. Participants & facilitators the volunteers that kept the project going

2.2. Participants & facilitators – the volunteers that kept the project going

The Get It Right Laboratories are local workshops on media literacy facilitated by young people in their communities. They took place in October-November 2019 and February 2020 in all 3 countries. In total, over 240 young people took part in 14 laboratories.

Get It Right Laboratories Facilitators Inter Alia, Greece

Nikos Papakostas, Enri Hysenbelli, Antonis Megalogiannis

Target audience of the laboratories

“Media Literacy Saturdays” was a series of 5 non-formal learning sessions that helped participants to better understand the ways mass communication operates; the risks and potentials involved every time they open a newspaper or an application on their phone or PC or switch on a TV. Through games, discussions, simulations and a bit of lecturing, all prepared and facilitated by a team of young volunteers at Inter Alia, participants tackled different aspects of media literacy, namely, fake news, access to information, trend creation, group psychology, citizenship and democracy.

Donegal Youth Service, Ireland

Teresa Mc Callion, Seyidor Desmenu, Mairead McElchar, Karen Conlon

Participants of various projects that have been operating at Donegal Youth Service: ✔ School students who take in part in an optional one-year school programme that can be taken in the year after the Junior Certificate which is called transition year; ✔ BreakOut participants - a youth project focused on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender young people; ✔ The Loft Letterkenny participants –young people engaged in activities and personal development programmes to overcome difficulties in their lives; ✔ The World Wide Voices Project participants - an International Youth Work Project, which promotes social

Romanian Youth Movement for Democracy, Romania

Diana Pușcașu, Iulian Oancea, Anghel Marilena, Grigoroiu Cristiana-Maria ✔ University students engaged in communication, journalism & public relations courses; ✔ Various volunteers and representatives of different NGOs from across the country; ✔ High school students from rural and urban areas of Bacau County.

General objectives

Methods of delivering

cohesion by connecting with young “Media Literacy Saturdays” aimed at: people from different ethnic ✔ Youth workers that are engaged backgrounds via social education in community work with young initiatives. people; ✔ Students of the journalism and media universities of Athens; ✔ Young people of Athens who are actively engaged with their local society and want to expand their knowledge on media literacy competencies. ▪ What is fake news and the purpose of its creation; ▪ How to safely browse and research the web; ▪ Developing fact checking abilities; ▪ Understanding the guidelines of creating unbiased articles; ▪ The importance of correct information and how easily information can change; ▪ Promoting maturity, by making participants more self-directed; ▪ To develop the participants’ ability to spot fake news and to show them how to combat it; ▪ To improve the communication abilities of the participants; ▪ To introduce them to social media concepts. Reflection exercises, group discussions, debating methods, dialogue, ice breakers, energisers, web-based learning methods, games, coaching, small lectures, role playing, team building, networking, Q & A sessions with experts, presentations, handson training, simulation exercises, brainstorming.