Jannis Hahn

Jannis Hahn is a research assistant and a PhD student at the Chair of School Pedagogy at the Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg. Between 2017 and 2018, he was a guest lecturer at the University of Albany, State University of New York.

Janis is an associate member of the German Society for Educational Research (DGfE) – Media Education Section, School Education Section, and of the German Educational Research Association (GERA) – Media Education Section, School Pedagogy Section. He is a member of the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) and of the support group of the Academy for Political Education (ApB).

Isabella Schmid

Isabella Schmid is the head of the media literacy projects (Medienkompetenz) of the Bayerischer Rundfunk – the Bavarian public broadcaster based in Munich, member of the consortium of public broadcasters in Germany ARD, vice-chair of the board of the Listening Foundation and board member of Mediencampus Bayern.

Since 1984 she had worked as a reporter and editor at Bayerischer Rundfunk. In 1988 she went to study and work in the USA. Since 1998 she has worked as editor-in-chief, initially for the regional programme in Munich and Upper Bavaria, and since 2012 as a head of media competence projects.s

Ivan Valchanov

Dr. Ivan Valchanov is a lecturer and chief assistant in the Media and Public Communications Department of the University of National and World Economy. He holds a PhD in Media and Communications with a thesis on Identification of the journalistic profession in a converged media environment and has many years of experience as journalist in print and online media outlets. His research interests are in the field of media education, media innovation and transformations of the journalism profession. He is part of the team of the Media and Public Communications Department of the University of National and World Economy, which in 2022 conducted a survey and have been working on a monograph on teacher attitudes and practices regarding the study of media literacy in secondary schools.

Prolet Velkova

Prolet Velkova has been a well known and acclaimed journalist for many years – first at the Bulgarian National Radio, where she began her journalistic career as the host of one of the first journalistic programs on the public service radio, and subsequently and to this day at Darik Radio – the largest private radio station in Bulgaria. Prolet Velkova is a participant and initiator of various civic activities in the field of democratic values, media, human rights, education, ecology. She was elected as a member of the Electronic Media Ethical Commission in its first composition and was honored with numerous awards from the journalistic guild and civil sector organizations. Since 2022, she has been a member of the Electronic Media Council.

Iglika Ivanova

Iglika Ivanova is a doctoral student and lecturer at the Department of European Studies of the University of St. Kliment Ohridski. She joined the Media Literacy Coalition in 2019, and in 2022, became a member of the organization’s board. She participates in the development of the projects and programs of the Coalition in the field of formal and informal education, the organization and of the annual campaign Media Literacy Days and MLC’s national conferences, conducts training for teachers and research in the field of media, information and digital literacy skills and game based learning, develops educational resources. She published scientific journal articles both on the topic of media literacy and online platforms liability and self-regulatory measures to remove illegal and harmful content online at the European Union level. In 2021, Iglika became a member of the Media Literacy Expert Council at the Ministry of Culture, and is currently holding the position of the Co-Director of the Media Education Lab at the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, co-organizing the Northeast Media Literacy Conference in 2023.