https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/initiative/sandbox/sandbox-for-literacy-innovations/
The Joan Ganz Cooney Center Sandbox for Literacy Innovations aims to help developers incorporate evidence-based research and co-design methods with kids to...
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https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/publication/navigating-youth-media-landscapes/
The tween and teen years are critical as youth explore and begin to form their identities. With By/With/For Youth: Inspiring Next Gen Public Media Audiences,...
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https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/publication/models-of-youth-adult-collaboration-for-public-media/
The Joan Ganz Cooney Center is proud to share the first of our series of applied research briefs that focus on specific challenges and opportunities public...
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https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/press/sxswedu2021/
Media AdvisoryMarch 5, 2021 Joan Ganz Cooney Center Previews New Researchat SXSW EDU Online, March 10, 10:30am CT (New York, NY) — While young people are...
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https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/publication/gen-z-in-the-room/
Gen Z in the Room: Making Public Media By and With Youth for the Future summarizes insights from 30 in-depth interviews with stakeholders involved in public...
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https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/publication/next-gen-public-media-toolkit-for-stations/
The Next Gen Public Media Toolkit for Stations was created as a resource for public media professionals interested in creating or improving their efforts...
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https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/2025/11/20/from-paper-penguins-to-chicken-dances-with-superfonik/
On a recent October afternoon, an eight-year-old girl in a pink sweatsuit with matching bows in her hair made her way to the stage—a poster-sized paper taped...
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https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/press/joan-ganz-cooney-center-releases-report-on-tweens-and-teens-media-practices/
New York (May 24, 2021) — Despite access to an overwhelming abundance of digital options for learning, playing, and communicating, tweens and teens want...
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https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/publication/content-and-platform-innovation-with-youth/
Public media has the potential to play a powerful role in the media landscape for tweens and teens. With the By/With/For Youth: Inspiring Next Gen Public Media...
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https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/press/next-gen-public-media-accelerator/
With CPB support, stations will pilot local projects focused on youth 10-18 (New York, November 3, 2021) — The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop...
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https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/initiative/sandbox/
The Cooney Center Sandbox is a design and innovation lab that helps digital media innovators create products that are good for kids. Project Partners Project...
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https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/2017/05/08/a-checklist-for-evaluating-diverse-childrens-media/
As a children’s librarian at a small library, a significant part of my job is to find and purchase the best books, audiobooks, puzzles, apps, websites,...
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https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/2025/10/24/experts-in-fun-kids-help-lirvana-labs-reimagine-ai-for-writing/
One morning last August, about half a dozen 10-year-olds gathered in a New York City studio with the product team from Lirvana Labs, a partner in the Cooney...
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https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/publication/informed-consent/
Download the report in English or Arabic. Informed consent is a critical part of the research process that requires a certain level of trust between...
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https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/press/designing-digital-play-for-well-being/
With the Joan Ganz Cooney Center, The LEGO Group,Scratch Foundation, and Riot GamesGames for Change Festival July 18, 2023 at 1:45pmThe Times Center | Main...
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https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/publication/2024-wbxd-case-studies/
In 2024, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center invited 10 professionals who design kids tech to join us for the inaugural Well-Being by Design Fellowship. The...
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https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/2025/11/06/were-not-the-anxious-generation/
In his best-selling book, The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt argues that smartphones have “rewired” childhood and broken a generation. He calls Gen-Z...
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https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/press/powered-by-cpb-grant-the-joan-ganz-cooney-center-to-research-new-ways-for-public-media-to-engage-with-preteen-and-teen-audiences/
(WASHINGTON--January 27, 2020) The media landscape is changing faster than ever for digital-native teens and tweens. As part of a shared commitment to educate...
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