February 2010 Archives

Ypulse Youth Marketing Mashup, May 24-25, 2010
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: February 16, 2010
The 2010 Ypulse Youth Marketing Mashup is where top brand, corporate and social marketers, media professionals, educators and non-profit organizations gather to share best practices, research and latest strategies on marketing to youth with technology. The Ypulse Youth Marketing Mashup...

The Smithsonian Latino Center’s 2010 Young Ambassadors Program / Summer Leadership Development Program -- Apply Now!
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: February 16, 2010
The Smithsonian Latino Center is pleased to announce the open application season for the 2010 Young Ambassadors Program. The Young Ambassadors Program is a national, interdisciplinary leadership development program for high school seniors. The mission of the program is to...

Greater Boston Area | Part I • Volume 4 • Issue 1
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: February 16, 2010
Welcome to YMR's first issue in 2010, documenting the Greater Boston Area "Investigating Youth Media Practice," with support from Open Society Institute. Practitioners in the Boston area are a fantastic group. Many are part of RYMAEC, a consortium of...

Health-Related Teen Media Partnerships
By: Wendy Blom
Published: February 15, 2010
Media, in partnership with health providers, can make a difference in the local community, benefiting young people and increasing the overall effectiveness of the field.

Uniting a Neighborhood: Youth Media as a University-to-Community Bridge
By: Angelica Brisk and Maura Tighe Gattuso
Published: February 15, 2010
A new media education program bridges resources between urban neighborhoods and higher education institutional neighbors, allowing youth to explore identity through art experiences.

Building the Youth Media Arts Community in Boston: A History of RYMAEC
By: Joe Douillette
Published: February 15, 2010
With many divergent philosophies, funding priorities, field-professionalizing efforts and screening venues in the greater Boston-area, it has been a challenge to identify the core community of youth media practitioners.

Do It Your Damn Self! National Youth Video and Film Festival
By: Eryn Johnson and Melina O'Grady
Published: February 15, 2010
Raising youth voices, particularly those who have been marginalized by poverty, language, culture or geography, is realized in the convergence of youth who can come together through their filmmaking—learning, growing and reshaping the world around them by participating in it.

Graphic Design: A Youth Media Strategy
By: Alison Kotin
Published: February 15, 2010
Graphic design brings play and experimentation to the digital studio while supporting teens to build community and push their artistic boundaries.

Youth Media: A Professional Development Strategy
By: Joanna Marinova
Published: February 15, 2010
Integrating professional development into your program will help it run more efficiently, will give your students valuable transferable skills and ultimately result in higher quality content.

Using Media Literacy to Combat Racism
By: Susan Owusu
Published: February 15, 2010
While the issues of race and culture are real and complex, we can address these issues in simple ways.

Join Appalshop at MoMA in a conversation that celebrates 40 years of Appalachian voices...
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: February 11, 2010
We're bringing the Appalshop archive and new releases to New York City. Come out and visit us at The Museum of Modern Art. Appalshop's work will be showcased at Documentary Fortnight, 2010: MoMA's International Festival of Nonfiction Film. We will...

Media that Matters Film Festival at the Brooklyn Museum
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: February 4, 2010
Please join the Brooklyn Museum on Saturday, February 20, from 2-4pm, for selections from the Media That Matters Film Festival: Short Films That Inspire Action. The short films will highlight Black History Month and feminist issues. A conversation with the...

VIDEO INSTRUCTOR NEEDED FOR COMMUNITY VIDEO PROJECT
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: February 1, 2010
In partnership with Mercy Housing, The Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC), one of the nation’s leading nonprofit media arts centers, seeks a dynamic and experienced video maker to lead a community video production on the history of the Sunnydale community....