Excerpt: "Health and wellness influencers claim a wide range of backgrounds from inside and outside the world of medicine: 41% describe themselves as some sort of health care professional, and around three-in-ten each say they are coaches (31%) or entrepreneurs (28%)" #MediaCoverage #SocialMedia

This #TeacherAppreciationWeek, we celebrate the incredible educators who encourage, support, and inspire students every single day. 🍎❤️ We asked ILA staff to share stories about their favorite teachers—the ones who inspired the paths they took professionally. #ThankATeacher today!

Happy Birthday David Attenborough! From the earliest days of television, to controller of BBC2, to bringing the wonders, beauty and fragility of the natural world to our eyes & attention - you’re a legend! www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Keep learning #media #news #literacy @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social

Shapiro admin alleges company’s AI chatbots illegally pose as doctors https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2026/05/ai-chatbot-character-technologies-commonwealth-court-economy/

Media Training 101 ⬇️⬇️⬇️

“Knowledge is no guarantee of good behavior, but ignorance is a virtual guarantee of bad behavior.” -American thinker and author Martha Nussbaum, born on this day in 1947 #WriterSky #BookSky #Ethicist #Law #Philosophy #BOTD

#journalism #democracy

Excerpt: “Unionized workers are employed on a huge number of massive data center projects and scrambling to recruit new apprentices to feed the explosive demand. They’ve also become an ally of tech giants and tech-friendly government officials”

This year’s Pulitzer Prize winners suggest the field remains focused on accountability and human impact, even as the pressures on the press continue to mount. www.poynter.org/commentary/2...

👗 Is that dress real? The #MetGala is tonight & is sure to come with some Red Carpet misinfo & AI fakes in addition to the glitz & glamour. Before you share that viral image or video of (insert celebrity), take a beat &: 1 - Check the source 2 - Do a keyword search ✨ More tips: bit.ly/7tipsNLP

A short write up on the panel we ran at #lilac26 on Monday on teaching copyright as part of information literacy - it's not legal advice... but is it IL? copyrightliteracy.org/2026/03/31/c...

Literacy builds confidence, and confidence builds better lives #reading #writing #speaking #CriticalThinking

"For the 1st time in the Index’s 25-year history, more than half the world’s countries now fall into the 'difficult' or 'very serious' categories for press freedom." The U.S. fell 7 spots to 64th in the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) World Press Freedom Index. Read more: go.newslit.org/25YearLow

Can you imagine believing it? #LanguageArts #literacy #SchoolLibraries Speak up for local education

A free press is under threat around the world. On #WorldPressFreedomDay, we stand with journalists facing imprisonment, harassment, and violence. We oppose efforts to retaliate against reporters and punish journalism. A free press must be defended.

Books aren’t the only reason to patronize these stores…

We love the library! #nationallibraryweek

We thank PEN America for this important report that focuses our attention once more on the urgent need to improve working terms for literary translators. Translators are co-creators of literature, and it is long past time they were treated as such.

I like to think that every month should be school library month ... but April is a good time to focus our efforts! Reach out to your local school librarian to see what they might need help with.

I put myself through college by working in an independent bookstore and learned much along the way #readers #authors Shop at your local indie ⬇️⬇️⬇️

What does it cost to speak freely today? For too many writers, the cost is prison, exile, or violence. @peninternational.bsky.social's Case List highlights writers at risk who continue to speak out and the role of solidarity in defending their rights www.pen-international.org/news/writers...

NEW YORK PEOPLE! Do join me in conversation with Aatish Taseer and @profsue123.bsky.social at the @penamerica.bsky.social World Voices Festival for our event “Through Foreign Eyes” on May 1 at 8:00 PM at The Center, NYC. worldvoices.pen.org/event/throug... #nonfiction #memoir #worldvoicesfestival

Excerpt: “Nearly a year since she was abruptly fired by President Donald Trump as librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden stood before hundreds of cheering members of the literary community as she received a Champion of Writers Award from the Authors Guild” @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social

This also means sharing expertise on when certain technology should *not* be used. It means using our skills as librarians to know that something like AI does not belong in education. It doesn't mean gobbling down every piece of edtech tossed our way.

The UK is in big trouble with the Labour govt continuing to crack down on non-violent public protest. Such far right policy is anathema to freedom of speech & assembly*. I doubt, very much, that those who voted Labour in the GE expected to get this authoritarian extreme:

#publishing Excerpt: "Our fairs and book clubs will continue to feature the best books for kids regardless of who publishes them" #scbwi #SchoolLibraries @authorsguild.org (Thanks to @simplyrain.bsky.social for sharing the news of this acquisition. I'll have to watch and see how it develops.)

I'm writing new/updated edition of You Mean I Have To Stand Up And Say Something? (2027), "Notable Children's Trade Book" (Natl Council of Teachers of English) #LanguageArts #SchoolLibraries "Lighthearted & highly readable book" (School Library Journal) @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social @njasl.bsky.social

#AmWriting I'm writing a new edition of You Mean I Have To Stand Up And Say Something? (originally published by Atheneum), which was named a "Notable Children's Trade Book" by the National Council of Teachers of English #LanguageArts #PublicSpeaking #SchoolLibraries

Planted by my mother 50 years ago, tended by me #OrganicGardening #woodland #nature

Spring in Lancaster County, PA

April is School Library Month! If your school doesn't have a certified School Library Media Specialist, advocate to fill that vacancy. If you do, celebrate the work they do - especially this month! #TLSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLChat

“The Queen’s Style,” a new exhibition at Buckingham Palace, offers a lesson in how to make powerful statements without saying a word. www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

Excerpt: Numerous schools and libraries nationwide have been told they cannot purchase new materials, while others have been told that in order to acquire new materials, they need to jump through several hoops before they can hit purchase @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social @cynthiayoderauthor.bsky.social

“The types of people who call and email librarians with threats and inappropriate comments are vile. Be sure you counteract the hate by emailing positivity to your library staff to help counter the negativity they hear too often.” April is National Library Month. Send a message of support today.

Take a minute to send a postcard urging your legislators to support robust funding for school libraries. When voices come together, funding priorities change. Support students. Support literacy. Support school libraries. civicmail.org/about-campai...

Top 10 Reasons Every School Needs a Librarian: #7: Technology & Equity of Access School Librarians share expertise & assist students, colleagues, & even community members with technology housed in the school library, a place that promotes equity of access. #TLSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLChat

Safe spaces. Intellectual freedom. Critical thinking. ​Investing in school librarians provides the foundation students need for lifelong success. @njasl.bsky.social

A school without a librarian is just a building with classrooms @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social

The National Association of Black Bookstores has declared today — Tuesday, April 7 __ National Black Bookstore Day in honor of the more than 300 Black-owned bookstores operating in the U.S.

This is absolute trash. Kids are submitting their original art for AP Studio Art classes. Claiming copyright over that work is genuinely evil.

"I asked ChatGPT" Yeah well I asked my doofus of a dog and she says you should know better, even she knows better

Get in the Loop. www.britannica.com/games/loop

For readers, librarians, and school librarians @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social @cynthiayoderauthor.bsky.social @philaathenaeum.bsky.social

I have a student who will run in between classes to check out his comfort book (Percy Jackson & LT) when he is having a hard day. Books are comforting & grounding.

Adults Lose Skills to AI. Children Never Build Them. | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...

#AmReading German novel #BooksInTranslation @cynthiayoderauthor.bsky.social

Who writes the books you read? @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social @efafreelancers.bsky.social @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social @philaathenaeum.bsky.social

This makes absolutely no sense.

#disability #women #media