The journal is proud to announce the publication of issue 27.05, a Special Issue titled "Essentials, Dilemmas, and ProTips: Teaching Media Studies." This month's articles: Juan Llamas-Rodriguez, "Listening to a Train of Thought: Voice Memos as Alternative to Discussion Board Posts" <https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/03/listening-to-a-train-of-thought/> After discussing the dreaded weekly discussion post assignment, Juan Llamas-Rodriguez considers the voice memo as a suitable alternative. Scott Tulloch, "Trauma Informed Approaches to Media Studies: Reflections from an Epicenter" <https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/03/trauma-informed-approaches-to-media-studies/> Reflecting upon the trauma of living through the Covid-19 pandemic and reckoning with systemic racism, Scott Tulloch suggests trauma-informed approaches to media studies pedagogy. Victoria Grace Walden, "A Meta-Media Studies Approach to Digital Pedagogy" <https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/03/meta-media-studies/> Looking closely at virtual classroom experiences, Victoria Grace Walden suggests a 'meta-media studies' approach to consider how we teach with and about #edtech. Meera Govindasamy and Jonathan Petrychyn, "Embodied Teaching and the Precarious Labor of Social Justice Media" <https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/03/embodied-teaching/> Meera Govindasamy and Jonathan Petrychyn explore the extra labor of adapting in-person courses to online through the lens of precarious academic employment and maintaining a commitment to the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Matthew Hale, "How to Use Keynote to Create Better Video Essays" <https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/03/keynote/> Matthew Hale's video essay reflects on remote teaching and provides a walkthrough of his Keynote workflow. Sharon Lauricella, "Using Media to Teach Media: How the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Slayed the Online Scene" <https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/03/using-media-to-teach-media/> Reflecting on the shift to online teaching, Sharon Lauricella explores how social media became a venue for teaching and to learn about teaching from the online academic community. *Flow* <http://flowjournal.org/> is a critical forum on television and media culture published by the Department of Radio-Television-Film <https://rtf.utexas.edu/> at the University of Texas at Austin. *Flow*'s mission is to provide a space where scholars and the public can discuss media histories, media studies, and the changing landscape of contemporary media. ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: https://listserv.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html