The Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM) is an independent, non-profit, professional association promoting the study of media. Its membership comprises teachers and lecturers from across subject disciplines at all levels of education, as well as media industry personnel, a range of media and education organizations and, increasingly, the general public interested in the media.
ATOM runs professional development, provides resources and organizes screenings of features films and documentaries for teachers. The organisation, which has established international links with similar groups in New Zealand, Canada, the United States, England, Scotland, Wales and the Philippines, holds a national conference every two years, and recognises excellence in over thirty categories of film, television, animation and multimedia at the ATOM Awards annually.
ATOM also publishes the magazines Metro and Screen Education, study guides and education kits, a series of monographs titled The Moving Image; and web sites for feature films, documentaries and television programs. ATOM also runs The Education Shop and The Speakers' Bureau.
