January 2007 Archives

Visual Griots at the Smithsonian
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: January 26, 2007
griot n.- a storyteller in West Africa who perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village Visual Griots is an international program to promote community cultural development and mutual understanding among young people through the art of photography. Interactive...

YouTube for TV?
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: January 26, 2007
YouTube is considering creating a linear TV channel compiled from the video clips submitted by its users.

Join the team of the first European Youth Media Days
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: January 26, 2007
The European Youth Press, together with the European Parliament, is releasing a pilot project - the first European Youth Media Days. In June 2007, 400 young journalists from across the European continent will come together in Brussells to produce media...

Call for authors for youthweek.eu
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: January 26, 2007
Do you want to write for a European website? Do you also want to develop the website, set topics and travel to European events to report about it? The European Commission and the European Youth Press are going to provide...

World Children's Festival
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: January 26, 2007
WORLD CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL The National Mall, Washington DC June 23-25, 2007 (10:30am to 5:00pm) - showcase children's creativity, imagination and talents - give voice to children on issues and interests of common concern - introduce children to the power of...

Papal Message Urges Media to Protect Children from Harmful Programs
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: January 25, 2007
Media professionals, prior to offering violent or sexually explicit films, cartoons and video games as entertainment for children or teens, should ask themselves how young victims of abuse and exploitation would view such products, Pope Benedict XVI said to Cindy...

Educating Art Exhibit
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: January 23, 2007
Educating Art Exhibit opens Jan. 24th from 5-7pm at NYU Steinhardt School - 34 Stuyvesant Street between 2nd and 3rd Ave & 8th and 10th streets (Just off of Astor Place) Commons Gallery, Barney Building Educating Art is a collection...

YMR voted top ten website for educators!
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: January 19, 2007
YMR would like to thank voters for placing us one of the top ten websites and favoriate online resource for educators, listed by the organization What Kids Can Do. Here's to more articles, resources, and spotlights in the youth media...

Media Education Kit published by UNESCO
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: January 19, 2007
"Media Education: A Kit for Teachers, Students, Parents and Professionals" has been published in English and French by UNESCO. The kit is partly a product of the MENTOR project initiated by UNESCO and supported by the Europeon Commission. The kit...

Princeton University Summer Journalism Program
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: January 19, 2007
Princeton is offering a 10-day all-expenses-paid summer journalism program held in August 2-7, 2007 at Princeton University for students from under resourced financial backgrounds. Students live on campus, meet the president and dean, and are supported by alumni and students...

New Festival Highlights the Power of Hip-Hop Media, Expression & Evaluation
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: January 19, 2007
The Hip-Hop Association & Urban World NYC come together to form It's All About M.E.E (Media, Expression & Evaluation), a festival to bring broader understanding of the power Hip-Hop has to educate and empower the community. It's All About M.E.E.(Media,...

4th Annual NYC Grassroots Media Conference: Media and Movements Beyond Borders
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: January 19, 2007
4th Annual NYC Grassroots Media Conference: Media and Movements Beyond Borders will occur on Saturday February 24th, 2007 at New School University 10 AM - 7 PM (65 Fifth Avenue at 13th Street). This year, the NYC Grassroots Media Conference...

Idealist.org: Can you Imagine a Better World?
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: January 19, 2007
Can you Imagine a Better World? is an initiative of Idealist.org that will launch a series of start-up meetings areound the world the week of February 5-11, 2007. The project derives from three main points: 1. All over the world...

Voices of Youth: Report
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: January 19, 2007
Voices of Youth: Report to stop discrimination and violence against girls

MySpace & YouTube
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: January 16, 2007
It was my mother who always said “sometimes you have to work within a corporate giant to plant the seed for change.” So, how does an innovative and web based site YouTube, now owned by the corporate giant Google, warrant...

The Ultimate Bookshelf for a Youth Media Educator
By: Kendra Hurley
Published: January 16, 2007
Over the past two years educators and administrators working in all mediums of youth media have shared with YMR the books, videos, and reports that have most informed and deepened their work. The following list is a compilation of these...

Rules of Attraction
By: Rebecca Staed
Published: January 16, 2007
You can count on youth media websites to be packed with powerful, teen-produced content. But while a lot of time and effort goes into creating those radio snippets, videos, and articles, few youth media nonprofits have the budget to put...

Cultivating a Field
By: Steven Goodman
Published: January 16, 2007
Rebecca Renard, co-director of the Educational Video Center (EVC) documentary workshop, cues up a 10-minute tape of her class preparing to make a documentary. Then she presses "play." "Get into your group and brainstorm ideas," Rebecca says onscreen. Aureliano, also...

Teaming Up
By: Kendra Hurley
Published: January 16, 2007
Youth media builds its own practices, philosophies, and mission.....

next month (february):
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: January 16, 2007
How community partnerships, community-based research, and civic engagement can benefit youth media practioners and non-profit organizations in the field.

letter from the editor (volume 1:issue 1)
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: January 16, 2007
Greetings! It is an honor to introduce a new look, home, and editor to Youth Media Reporter (YMR) at the beginning of a New Year.