Cathy Collins, Library Media Specialist at Sharon Public Schools (MA), blends a journalist’s eye with an educator’s heart. A former reporter, she now helps students navigate and evaluate information in an AI-influenced world. With over 20 years in education, she advances media literacy, STEM/STEAM, and global learning through project-based experiences. Cathy is the author of Teaching News Literacy in the Age of AI: A Cross-Curricular Approach, serves on the ISTE+ASCD Board, and writes the Substack newsletter Smarter News Literacy in an AI World. She collaborates with the News Literacy Project and presents nationally on news literacy and AI.