Staff reports
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Oct. 28, 2026) – Chris Wadkins and Brandi Shines, hosts of “Warhawk Audio Weekly” (WAW) headed to The Media Literacy week to check out the various media awareness campaigns put on by communication students.
The co-hosts did a live audio interview report from Goodwyn Hall 110 covering a student murder mystery activity about evaluating mis-information.
Media Literacy Week was hosted by The AUMnibus, PRCA student chapter and AUMLive, to promote awareness when viewing and reading media content, such as deepfakes and artifical intelligence. The Murder Mystery interactive activity, created by communication students Tre Redden, Sofia Cerebuch, Omari McMurray and Rachel Payne, showed participants how to distinguish real news from false information.
Participants interviewed the student actors posing as characters, such as Miss Information, Mis Trust, Manny Sources and Officer Curtis context clues and critical thinking to identify who killed Deb Body. The activity included answering questions such as “How can I tell if information is well-sourced?”; “Is the source untrustworthy or unprofessional?”; and “Is the source of this information biased?”
“It’s a way, great way to get students be interactive about using their context clues and critical thinking skills, and also determine that in the media as well,” said McMurray.
U.S. Media Literacy Week was established in 2015 by NAMLE and is held each October on campuses across the country to act as a weeklong recognition and appreciation for media literacy, including themes of Access, Analyze, Evaluate, Create and Act.
