August 2009 Archives

2009 National Youth Media Summit: YMR visits the opening night activities
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: August 21, 2009
Forty-four leaders in the youth media field, including practitioners, young professionals, youth producers, academics and funders kicked off the 2009 National Youth Media Summit by drawing simple cartoons with big ideas. Groups of participants worked collaboratively to develop 4-panel storyboards...

Twin Cities Lessons Shared
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: August 17, 2009

Twin Cities • Volume 3 • Issue 4
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: August 17, 2009
Letter from the Editor Welcome to YMR's Twin Cities Volume 3: Issue 4, where practitioners in the Twin Cities investigate youth media practice and share their insights to the field. With support from the McCormick Foundation, these practitioners and their...

Youth Work and Web 2.0 Buzz: Mentor Buzz
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: August 17, 2009

Integrating Web 2.0 into Youth Programming
By: Anthony Brunner, Peter Kirschmann, Mary Pumphrey and Oanh Vu
Published: August 17, 2009
As youth media educators, we must support young people to responsibly engage with Web 2.0 tools within our programs.

The Power and Impact of Gender-Specific Media Literacy
By: Rebecca Richards Bullen
Published: August 17, 2009
It is up to the field as a whole to help students critique media, avoid stereotypes, and act out new identities.

The Twin Cities Youth Media Network
By: Joanna Kohler
Published: August 17, 2009
TCYMN represents a successful, decade-strong model of community, cross-organizational support and maximizing opportunities for youth and practitioners within a local, regional network.

Youth Journalism: Connecting Lives with Public Policies
By: Lynda McDonnell
Published: August 14, 2009
In the youth media field especially, the tools and practices of journalism mirror the fundamental concept of story-telling, engagement and local political change.

Integrating Elements: Media Arts Education and Experimental Media
By: Nancy Norwood
Published: August 14, 2009
The youth media field can learn from artists and media art educators that apply a creative, inventive, and experimental aspect to teen media makers.

The Youth Video Exchange Network: A One-Stop-Shop for Youth Media
By: Nicola Pine
Published: August 14, 2009
If the aim of youth media is to have youth voice heard and recognized by an audience, the Youth Video Exchange Network is the pipeline for the field to increase our efforts and those of the young people we serve.

J-Schools, High Schools, and Youth Media: Bringing Journalism Back into the Classroom
By: Catherine Squires & Maureen Schriner
Published: August 14, 2009
Partnerships between high schools, universities, and youth media educators can encourage young Somali youth in the Twin Cities—who have been marginalized by news media—to create better news and media vehicles that accurately represent their perspectives and local communities.

Highlighting Girls in Youth Media
By: Barbara Wiener
Published: August 14, 2009
As practitioners in youth media, we have the opportunity to support the long-term development of girls.

National Youth Media Summit Official Report-Out
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: August 12, 2009
Join youth media educators and stakeholders as they participate in an official "Report Out" of the National Youth Media Summit.