Instructional Video4:33
TED Talks

TED: A lens on Georgia's survival in the shadow of a superpower | Daro Sulakauri

12th - Higher Ed
Georgia is not heard or seen in the world, and many don't even know the location of the country, says TED Fellow and photographer Daro Sulakauri. Through her striking photographs of life in the shadows of Russian occupation, she uses her...
Instructional Video36:51
TED Talks

TED: How comedy helps us deal with hard truths | Roy Wood Jr.

12th - Higher Ed
There's a saying that comedy is tragedy plus time. Perhaps that's why some of our biggest problems feel easiest to manage with a dose of humor. Comedian, journalist and actor Roy Wood Jr. has spent his career finding the silly in the...
News Clip5:57
PBS

Alabama Reporters Earn Pulitzer Prize For Uncovering Police Corruption In Small Town

12th - Higher Ed
A local news organization in Alabama received multiple Pulitzer Prizes this week. A team of reporters for AL.com uncovered how police in the small town of Brookside used aggressive policing and made-up charges to extract fines out of...
News Clip8:50
PBS

Taylor Branch (Author Interview) (Oct. 12, 2009)

12th - Higher Ed
Book:The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President
Instructional Video7:04
TED Talks

Jeanne Pinder: What if all US health care costs were transparent?

12th - Higher Ed
In the US, the very same blood test can cost $19 at one clinic and $522 at another clinic just blocks away -- and nobody knows the difference until they get a bill weeks later. Journalist Jeanne Pinder says it doesn't have to be this...
Instructional Video11:11
Crash Course

The Germantown Petition Against Slavery Crash Course Black American History

12th - Higher Ed
In 1688, in Pennsylvania, a group of four men created the Germantown Petition, which made the case that slavery was immoral, and that it was inconsistent with Christian beliefs in general, and Quaker beliefs specifically. While the...
Instructional Video11:11
TED Talks

Chuck Plunkett: When local news dies, so does democracy

12th - Higher Ed
Nearly 1,800 newsrooms have shuttered across the US since 2004, leaving many communities unseen, unheard and in the dark. In this passionate talk and rallying cry, journalist Chuck Plunkett explains why he rebelled against his employer...
Instructional Video13:16
TED Talks

TED: How deepfakes undermine truth and threaten democracy | Danielle Citron

12th - Higher Ed
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences.

The use of deepfake technology to manipulate video and audio for malicious purposes -- whether it's to stoke...
Instructional Video5:26
TED Talks

Adam Ostrow: After your final status update

12th - Higher Ed
Many of us have a social media presence -- a virtual personality made up of status updates, tweets and connections, stored in the cloud. Adam Ostrow asks a big question: What happens to that personality after you've died? Could it ......
Instructional Video5:27
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Why should you read "One Hundred Years of Solitude"? - Francisco Diez-Buzo

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude" brought Latin American literature to the forefront of the global imagination and earned Garcia Marquez the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature. What makes the novel so...
Instructional Video11:00
TED Talks

Amy Padnani: How we're honoring people overlooked by history

12th - Higher Ed
Since its founding in 1851, the "New York Times" has published thousands of obituaries -- for heads of state, famous celebrities, even the inventor of the sock puppet. But only a small percentage of them chronicle the lives of women and...
Instructional Video8:57
TED Talks

TED: Beware online "filter bubbles" | Eli Pariser

12th - Higher Ed
As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there's a dangerous unintended consequence: We get trapped in a "filter bubble" and don't get exposed to information that could...
Instructional Video8:38
TED Talks

TED: Why I put myself in danger to tell the stories of Gaza | Ameera Harouda

12th - Higher Ed
When Ameera Harouda hears the sounds of bombs or shells, she heads straight towards them. "I want to be there first because these stories should be told," says Gaza's first female "fixer," a role that allows her to guide journalists into...
Instructional Video7:07
TED Talks

TED: The year I was homeless | Becky Blanton

12th - Higher Ed
Becky Blanton planned to live in her van for a year and see the country, but when depression set in and her freelance job ended, her camping trip turned into homelessness. In this intimate talk, she describes her experience of becoming...
Instructional Video13:35
TED Talks

Bruno Torturra: Got a smartphone? Start broadcasting

12th - Higher Ed
In 2011, journalist Bruno Torturra covered a protest in São Paulo which turned ugly. His experience of being teargassed had a profound effect on the way he thought about his work, and he quit his job to focus on broadcasting raw,...
Instructional Video18:14
TED Talks

David McCandless: The beauty of data visualization

12th - Higher Ed
David McCandless turns complex data sets (like worldwide military spending, media buzz, Facebook status updates) into beautiful, simple diagrams that tease out unseen patterns and connections. Good design, he suggests, is the best way to...
Instructional Video9:29
TED Talks

TED: Why our screens make us less happy | Adam Alter

12th - Higher Ed
What are our screens and devices doing to us? Psychologist Adam Alter studies how much time screens steal from us and how they're getting away with it. He shares why all those hours you spend staring at your smartphone, tablet or...
Instructional Video43:16
Curated Video

Journalist Bryony Gordon: ‘If men went through menopause, we’d never hear the end of it’

9th - Higher Ed
Journalist Bryony Gordon: ‘If men went through menopause, we’d never hear the end of it’
Instructional Video30:04
Curated Video

Comedian Andrew Hunter Murray: ‘The political landscape is ripe for satire’

9th - Higher Ed
Comedian Andrew Hunter Murray: ‘The political landscape is ripe for satire’
Instructional Video37:03
Curated Video

Author Lorraine Candy: 'Perimenopausal rage made me feel I was unravelling'

9th - Higher Ed
Author Lorraine Candy: 'Perimenopausal rage made me feel I was unravelling'
Instructional Video18:32
Curated Video

Investigating a fictional protest in role as a journalist

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can gather quotations from different people involved in a fictional protest in role as a journalist. Key learning points: - Journalistic reports contain a mixture of facts and individuals' perspectives. - Journalists...
Instructional Video26:56
Curated Video

What is the role of the media internationally?

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can explain how the UK media is able to inform about international issues and the role that journalists play within this. Key learning points: - The ability to find out about international issues is key part of...
Instructional Video33:31
Curated Video

How can we protect ourselves from misinformation?

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can explain the importance of reviewing media and critically analyse how media stories develop. Key learning points: - We can protect oursleves from misinformation by checking the source for a history of false or biased...
Instructional Video4:27
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Kati Marton - A Passion for History

Higher Ed
Kati Marton is the author of ten books, currently working on her eleventh. She focuses on uncovering lesser-known historical figures to illuminate broader political and historical themes. Her debut was a biography of Raoul Wallenberg, a...