Media Decoded
Since Fall 2024 year students involved with
Fierce Mustang Media have been involved in a community-wide media and information literacy campaign funded with an
Impact Grant from the California Teachers Association
Institute for Teaching.
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Students will research, report, and create content related to how San Joaquin County residents can better understand the media messages they see every day.
EXAMINE
QUESTION
INTERPRET
EXPLAIN
As part of the work, students involved in the project will produce the following media literacy content: media literacy guide, media literacy workbook, one-page media careers handout, one-page media careers handout, and one-page recommended media equipment handout.
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Resources
Since Fall 2024 semester, students involved in Equity Honors Projects worked on all the media deliverables related to this project, which includes: a media literacy pocket guide, a one-sheet explainer, one-page flyers on media careers, media pathways, and media equipment,
a media literacy slide desk, and a pledge card.
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Faculty worked on curriculum related to using these deliverables in the classroom.
Deliverables can be downloaded and printed for personal use.
Resources in Spanish
Many of our core materials are now available in Spanish.
Resources by Age Group
Students serving as Media Literacy Researchers and Media Literacy Ambassadors worked with faculty to develop curriculum for students Kindergarten through Adult age related to media literacy. These links connect offsite to a Google Drive with resources for download.
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The work produced under a Creative Commons license.
Media Decoded © 2025 by Fierce Mustang Media is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0,
which allows for reuse and remix for non-commercial purposes.
Our Media Decoded Team
For the Fall 2024 semester, our team is made up of Media Literacy Researchers. For the Spring 2025 semester, our team will be made up of Media Literacy Ambassadors.
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INITIAL STUDENT PROJECT LEADS
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Jelissa King, News Editor for The Collegian
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Andrea Rivera, Editor in Chief for The Collegian
MEDIA LITERACY RESEARCHERS (FALL 2024)
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Andrea Baltodano, Staff Writer for The Collegian
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Kaitlynn Brandon, Staff Writer for The Collegian
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Dominick DeLise, Feature Editor for The Collegian
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Levi Goerzen, Staff Writer for The Collegian
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Zackary Kirk-Newton, Managing Editor for The Collegian
MEDIA LITERACY AMBASSADORS (SPRING 2025)
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Andrea Baltodano, Staff Writer for The Collegian
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Kaitlynn Brandon, Staff Writer for The Collegian
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Levi Goerzen, Staff Writer for The Collegian
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Zackary Kirk-Newton, Managing Editor for The Collegian
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Sarah Maimone, Intern for Fierce Mustang Media
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MEDIA LITERACY AMBASSADORS (FALL 2025 TO PRESENT)​
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Andrea Baltodano, Editor In Chief for The Collegian
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Levi Goerzen, Editor in Chief for The Collegian
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Zackary Kirk-Newton, Editor at Large for The Collegian
IN THE NEWS
Media literacy campaign tackles the challenge of determining what’s true online
Andrea Rivera remembers when a friend told her that the state of California was planning to become its own country.
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“I was like, ‘We have to fact-check this,’” Rivera said, “It was obviously something he found on TikTok.”​
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READ THE FULL STORY AT STOCKTONIA
2024-2025 IN REVIEW
Media Decoded project produces free materials for public use
In the 2024-2025 school year, students involved in the Media Decoded project produced more than 10 free, public creatives to help learn and explore media and information literacy.​
Those materials are now available for download and reuse.​
DOWNLOAD OUR YEAR ONE FACT SHEET
SPECIAL SECTION
Collegan staff digs into media literacy in Fall 2025
In Fall 2025, The Collegian produced a special media literacy section exploring concepts of how we can navigate media messages and why importance competency is important.​
VIEW THE COLLEGIAN'S SPECIAL SECTION
Media Decoded Sponsors
