Frank W. Baker

Frank W. Baker has worked in television news, public education and public television. In 2019, Frank was recognized by UNESCO with its GAPMIL (Global Alliance Partnership for Media & Information Literacy) honor. In 1998, he founded the Media Literacy Clearinghouse website and began work helping teachers and students better understand how to think critically about the media. His first book, Coming Distractions: Questioning Movies, was published by Capstone Press. His second book, Political Campaigns & Political Advertising: A Media Literacy Guide, was published by Greenwood Press. His third book, Media Literacy in The K-12 Classroom, was published by ISTE (2012). In 2017, Routledge published Baker's Close Reading the Media: Literacy Lessons and Activities for Every Month of the Year.