June 2009 Archives

Street-Level Educators Speak Out
By: Manwah Lee
Published: June 15, 2009

Chicago "Investigating Youth Media Practice" Meeting Snapshot
By: Tom Bailey
Published: June 15, 2009

Chicago • Volume 3 • Issue 3
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: June 12, 2009
(Left) Ingrid Hu Dahl, editor of YMR & (Right) Tom Bailey, YMR peer review board member/Community Television Network Letter from the Editor Welcome to YMR's Chicago Volume 3: Issue 3, where practitioners in Chicago, IL investigate youth media practice...

The In-School Youth Media Experience
By: Paris Brown and Jeff McCarter
Published: June 12, 2009

Reaching and Engaging Drop Out Youth
By: Margaret Catania
Published: June 12, 2009
A partnership between youth media and schools will help decrease the 42% of teens that drop out of high school or do not graduate on time.

Youth Media against Violence
By: Salome Chasnoff & Jesse Wheeler
Published: June 12, 2009
Young people must be given a space to articulate violence and use media tools to dismantle violence, its roots and causes, piece by piece.

Google Maps: A Tool for the Youth Media Field
By: Mindy Faber
Published: June 12, 2009
Google Maps can make the world of difference in the youth media field.

The Chicago Youth Voices Network: A Tale of Collective Action
By: Mark Hallett and Sarah Karp
Published: June 12, 2009
McCormick’s senior program officer and a local practitioner provide an overview on the Chicago Youth Voices Network--a collective of youth media grantees—sparking suggestions to the field.

Marketing and Advertising Youth Media: A Shift in Thinking
By: DeAnna McLeary & Na-Tae’ Thompson
Published: June 12, 2009
Rather than scramble for shrinking dollars and failing partnerships, we need to build partnerships that generate more dollars and have a bigger effect on both young people and our field.

Practicing Journalism, Preserving History
By: Ethan Michaeli
Published: June 12, 2009
An essay on the importance of youth journalism in changing times.

A Change in Focus: Youth Media Shapes Community
By: Natasha Tarpley
Published: June 12, 2009
Youth media must incorporate a broader, more holistic vision of our students’ lives—one that incorporates family and community resources—into our program structure and goals.

In Search of Safe Passage
By: Babylon S. Williams
Published: June 12, 2009
We need to bridge the gap between parents and youth media.