April 2008 Archives

Chica Luna is Accepting Applications for the 3rd Cycle of the F-Word!
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: April 25, 2008
Chica Luna is Now Accepting Applications for the 3rd cycle of the F-Word! Please forward widely... Dear Chica Luna Friends and Family: It's official. We're at it again. Up and running and taking applications for our signature program, The F-Word,...

Special Youth Events at TRIBECA
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: April 25, 2008
Special Events: Youth Media Organizations and High School groups are advised to consider the following special events in addition to Festival screenings! Next Steps: From High School to Higher Ed: An interactive “college fair” featuring representatives from 11 New York...

The Nation's Student Essay Contest
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: April 25, 2008
THE NATION'S STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST Sponsored by the BIL Charitable Trust to recognize and reward the best in student writing and thinking. We're looking for original, thoughtful, provocative student voices to answer this question: What have you learned from a...

My Community Matters: Youth Media Pieces
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: April 25, 2008
My Community Matters April 24, 2008 6-8 pm Chicago Children's Museum 700 East Grand Ave. at Navy Pier FREE ADMISSION Please join us to celebrate My Community Matters, a collaboration among Street-Level Youth Media, Chicago Children's Museum, and partnering...

Project New Media Literacies: Materials and Focus Groups
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: April 25, 2008
Project New Media Literacies a research initiative within MIT's Comparative Media Studies program. Our central goal is to engage educators and learners in today's participatory culture. It is our belief that young people need to both make and reflect...

The Rashawn BRazell Memorial Scholarship: Empowering the Next Generation fo Scholars and Activists
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: April 25, 2008
The Rashawn Brazell Memorial Scholarship Empowering the Next Generation of Scholars and Activists The Rashawn Brazell Memorial Scholarship aims to provide a sustainable tribute to Rashawn Brazell, a 19-year-old Brooklyn native who was brutally murdered in February 2005. With each...

2008 Youth Prizes for Excellence in International Education
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: April 25, 2008
Asia Society and The Goldman Sachs Foundation are pleased to announce the 2008 Youth Prizes for Excellence in International Education. Up to five winners will be selected to receive up to $10,000 each as well as an all-expense paid trip...

Our City, My Story
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: April 25, 2008
Gala Screening: Our City, My Story May 2, 2008 at 6 p.m. Fourth Annual program heralding the vision of NYC youth-made media! To be held at AMC 19th Street (890 Broadway) Reception to follow at Chelsea Museum of Art (556...

Print Journal
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: April 15, 2008
Annual Print Subscription The print journal of Youth Media Reporter compiles all the web issues into one resource along with 8-10 "special features" articles that are not available to the web, which are intellectual and scholarly analyses of the...

The Talking Cure
By: Brooke Hansson
Published: April 15, 2008
Practitioners don’t need to be junior therapists to support young people who disclose trauma. Creating media and sharing stories is part of the cure.

Thinking Outside the Youth Media Box
By: Tom Bailey
Published: April 15, 2008
If youth media wants young people to step outside the box it will have to take its own steps in the same direction.

Hook ‘Em with Technology, Keep ‘Em with Relationships
By: Kimberlie Kranich & Contributions by William Patterson, Ph.D.
Published: April 15, 2008
For young people of color, the relationships developed in youth media organizations can be more important than the media produced.

Making Networking Work for Youth Media
By: Sara Melillo
Published: April 15, 2008
Practitioners can create large scale impact by joining forces and creating networks in the field.

Keeping the 'Youth' in Youth Media
By: Anna Kelly
Published: April 15, 2008
A youth leader-turned-employee informs how youth media organizations need young people to take the lead.

Building the Critical Lens of a Captive Youth Audience
By: Lisa Lucas
Published: April 15, 2008
Young media makers must become a critical and informed audience—skills youth media makers and educators need to prioritize.

Jones Franzel, Generation PRX on Networking
By: Johanna Franzel
Published: April 12, 2008

Tom Bailey, Community Television Network
By: Tom Bailey
Published: April 11, 2008