April 2009 Archives

Youth Producing Change: Human Rights International Film Festival
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: April 27, 2009
Save the Date: June 19 - 20, 2009 Young people are on the frontlines of many of the world’s human rights crises, but it’s all too rare that we get to hear their perspectives. The second edition of Youth Producing...

Complimentary CD: Students Talk About Practice
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: April 27, 2009
What does it take to get really good at something? Are people experts because they are born with talent--or do they get to be expert by practice? The question goes to the heart of achievement in every field, in school...

A National Service Opportunity for Media Literacy Education
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: April 24, 2009
Join our team! Develop your expertise in media literacy education through the Americorps CTC Vista Volunteer Programand work with a team at the Media Education Lab during the 2009-2010 year. You will develop, implement and assess lesson plans and activities...

Tribeca Film Institute: Our City, My Story 2009
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: April 24, 2009
Every year, hundreds of NYC students pick up cameras and tell their stories. Our City, My Story is Tribeca Film Institute’s annual celebration of the incredible vision, excellence and diversity of New York City youth-made media. Students from all five...

An Instructor's First Year at FUEL Media (Atlanta, GA)
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: April 22, 2009

Southeast • Volume 3 • Issue 2
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: April 15, 2009
(Left) Ingrid Hu Dahl, editor of YMR & (Right) Antoine Haywood, YMR peer review board member/People TV Atlanta Letter from the Editor Welcome to YMR's Southeast Volume 3 | Issue 2, where practitioners in Atlanta, GA and Chapel Hill,...

Corporate Social Responsibility: A New Funding Opportunity for Youth Media
By: Selah Abrams
Published: April 15, 2009
Tapping into Corporate Social Responsibility provides youth media organizations new funding opportunities.

Answering the Call: Youth Media and the Cell Phone
By: Dominick Brady
Published: April 15, 2009
The field needs to capitalize on the cell phone as a tool to distribute, share, and produce youth media content across local cities, the nation, and around the globe.

Youth Generated Media on Local TV
By: Jeremy Taylor
Published: April 15, 2009
Young adults rarely have an outlet to share their ideas, values, and stories in the media. The Peoples Channel wants to change that, starting with the TV.

Putting the Pieces Back Together: Youth Media in a Fractured City
By: Rachel Alterman Wallack
Published: April 15, 2009
Youth media and diversity training afford youth to break down social barriers, know each other as real and whole people, and dissect issues such as power, privilege, inclusion and exclusion.