July 2005 Archives

The Slightly Sentimental Diary of a Rookie Media Teacher and His Trial-by-Fire Training
By: Dillon N. Thomas
Published: July 29, 2005
Cameras with teens behind them are dangerous weapons.

Critical Thinking in a Hip-Hop World
By: Kendra Hurley
Published: July 27, 2005
Media literacy programs address a group that crusaders against gangsta rap often overlook: its young audience.

Footing the Bill for Media Reform
By: Kendra Hurley
Published: July 25, 2005
Two congress members seek “to undo the massive consolidation of the media that has been ongoing for nearly 20 years.”

Help Build the Field in 10 Minutes or Less
By: Kendra Hurley
Published: July 20, 2005
The designers of a new peer network for youth media educators want to know more about you.

In China, the Kids Are All Right
By: Kendra Hurley
Published: July 18, 2005
While teaching journalism to young people in Beijing, Cliff Hahn became cautiously hopeful that tomorrow's leaders will leave the world in better shape than they found it.

For Better and Worse, Media Matters
By: Kendra Hurley
Published: July 15, 2005
A number of new studies examine the impact of media on young people.

Life As a "Digital Native"
By: Kendra Hurley
Published: July 13, 2005
The keynote speaker at the National Educational Computing Conference offered "a whole new way to tell the story of education and youth media."

What They’re Thinking
By: Kendra Hurley
Published: July 7, 2005
The funders' perspective: Does working with the mainstream media bring in money?

Reaching Out (and Out and Out)
By: Kendra Hurley
Published: July 6, 2005
A recent New York Times story on Radio Rookies shows how a youth media project initially designed to help teenage participants can develop a life of its own.

Courts Give Ammo to Censors
By: Kendra Hurley
Published: July 5, 2005
A controversial Supreme Court decision allowing high schools to restrict the free speech rights of student newspapers may now apply to college newspapers as well.

Counterpoint: On Media Partnerships
By: Kendra Hurley
Published: July 1, 2005
Diana Coryat, president of the Global Action Project, discusses the downside of working with professional media outlets.