Nicoleta Fotiade Mediawise Society

Nicoleta Fotiade is the President and co-founder of Mediawise Society, a training and research center for media education and digital culture based in Bucharest, Romania since 2014. Nicoleta has served the media literacy and educational community for more than 20 years in various roles, as media literacy educator and trainer, researcher and porte-parole. She has a passionate interest in empowering educators and student – learners to have a deep critical understanding of how media work and their impact on everyday life. Prior to Mediawise Society, Nicoleta was the Director of the Research and Media Education Department at ActiveWatch, where she led her team to develop initiatives, workshops and teachers resources in the areas of media literacy education and media research. In that capacity, she has also been involved in human rights and advocacy activities. She had also taught media education at the University of Bucharest for final year students at the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences. Nicoleta is an active member and contributor to international and regional associations and networks of media educators and researchers. She is the (co)author of several media research studies and other education materials for teachers, students and librarians, including two media literacy textbooks for secondary school. She holds a BA in Journalism and MA in Communication from the University of Westminster in London, UK. 'Stronger solidarity and cooperation among grassroots practitioners and professionals in media education is a priority both locally and globally. I co-founded IAME with the belief that the association will bring together people and institutions to work together to have better impact and help map media education as an important part of the lifelong learning education in the digital society. More cooperation and solidarity among practitioners should generate a stronger and more coherent voice in the dialogue with the policy makers and the funding bodies’ (Nicoleta Fotiade).