February 2008 Archives

The “Educate-able” Youth Media Educator
By: Padmini Narumanchi
Published: February 14, 2008
Bearing witness to the effect past educators have on youth can guide our collective, future work as a community of learners.

Even Without Technology Youth Media Thrives
By: Sharese Bullock and Rhea Mokund
Published: February 14, 2008
Youth media is more than technology. Find out Listen Up!'s perspective on the field.

Avoiding Exploitation
By: Liz Coleman
Published: February 14, 2008
Advice on teaching youth media from a media-maker-turned-educator.

Youth journalism: Reporting the News for Global Citizenship
By: Anindita Dutta Roy
Published: February 14, 2008
A call to the field to support young journalists to report their views and spread youth-produced news among young people from diverse cultures and corners of the world.

The Benefit of Short One-Time Projects
By: Karen Cirillo
Published: February 14, 2008
A five-day youth media project can have long term effects.

Interview: Salome Chasnoff | Beyondmedia
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: February 14, 2008
Chasnoff reflects on a recent media justice gathering in Chicago regarding public access to media and how such coalition building applies to the youth media field.

Calling All Youth/Youth Media Bloggers: Elections and the Youth Vote
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: February 14, 2008
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia and WireTap are proud to announce the first ever Youth Media Blog-a-Thon to be held on Wednesday February 20th. We are calling all young bloggers (between the ages of 14-26) – along with any bloggers dedicated...

Immediate opening for full-time TV Producer/Editor
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: February 8, 2008
Democracy Now!, a Manhattan based daily independent TV/Radio/Internet news hour, seeks TV Producer/Editor. This position is responsible for the production of all visual elements of our live daily broadcast. Duties include editing B-roll packages, SOTs and VOs, monitoring news feeds,...

Call for Research: Youth Media
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: February 8, 2008
Next month IssueLab will be focusing on Youth Media and Research