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"Off Line & In Print" YMR's official print journal release party
March 4, 2008
For those in the field that will be in NYC the evening of Wed. March 19th, from 6-8 pm join 100 youth media practitioners, media organizations, foundations, academics and supporters of youth media as we celebrate the first annual print journal of Youth Media Reporter.
Drink wine and enjoy hors d'heurves, get a free copy of the journal (available only in this year), win a free subscription to 2009's issue, meet our 13 person peer review board, and toast this year's success at the Academy for Educational Development 100 Fifth Ave, 8th Floor.
Call for Research: Youth Media
February 8, 2008
Next month IssueLab will be focusing on Youth Media and Research. Mindy Faber, a leading practitioner in the field will be serving as their very first guest editorialist – culling the nonprofit sector for research and analysis on this vibrant yet somewhat under-studied topic.
Over the last few decades, the proliferation of low cost digital media production tools has given rise to an expanding number of after-school programs that use digital media to engage young people in art, organizing, journalism, citizenship and leadership development. The explosion of this new media is redefining how youth learn, create, and participate in the public sphere.
Although the issue of youth and their relation to the media is taking on a new sense of urgency among educators (from IssueLab's point of view), policy-makers and social researchers, research on the topic is still difficult to find. This is why we asked Mindy to serve as a guest editorialist for Issuelab’s March edition of the CloseUp.
If you are a noprofit and are doing work in the field of youth media and the new digital networked public, please register at IssueLab today: http://www.issuelab.org/call_for_research
IssueLab's Youth Media CloseUp will include research on the following topics:
Copyright and intellectual property in a digital age
Global and youth development through media
Digital learning and education, formal and informal approaches
Communication rights of youth
Media literacy and citizenship
The role of youth media in social justice movements
Expose Your Work to a Broader Audience in 3 Easy Steps
1. IssueLab is a free service to all participating nonprofits. The process for listing your research takes about five minutes. Register your nonprofit with IssueLab through our simple web-based form. You will receive an email asking that you verify your registration. Once this is done, you are ready to list research.
2. Log into your account and add as many publications as you would like. Once we have approved a publication your listing will be "live" and available to the public.
3. Edit, hide, delete or add as many listings as you wish. (You can also track the number of users downloading your work and visiting your organizational profile by simply logging into your IssueLab account.)
Adding your research to IssueLab's CloseUp means that it will get featured in next month's eNews, regular RSS feeds and any outreach we do to blogs, journalists and digital librarians.
Got Questions?
If you have any concerns or questions contact Gabriela Fitz at gabi@issuelab.org.
Youth Media Educators Forum at NAMAC
November 14, 2007
At the NAMAC Conference “The Frontier is Here” in Austin, TX, a two-part Youth Media Educators Forum was organized to provide an opportunity for youth media educators to network, identify needs and interests of each attending organization, and discuss issues specific to the work of youth media educators.
The two part forum was sponsored by Youth Media Reporter, Global Action Project, Youth Media Learning Network and Listen Up!
Educators representing approximately twenty organizations across the U.S. (including Appalshop, Reel Girls, Twin Cities Media Network, BAVC, St. Paul’s Neighborhood Network, and Wide Angle) participated in open dialogue (similar to what Steve Goodman and Diana Coryat call for in the 2004 OSI white paper “Developing the Youth Media Field”), reflecting on emerging trends, updates and best practices, and face time with colleagues.
Topics ranged from the importance of inter-generational dialogue in the field, defining youth (teens of up to 25), online distribution, archiving material, incorporating more face time with other organizations, after school partnerships, art vs. technology, social and media justice, the role of the educator with youth producers, storytelling, making media accessible and translatable, and funding opportunities.
If you would like to be a part of organizing future Youth Media Educators Forums or start a forum of your own, feel free to contact me at idahl@aed.org.
How Young People Use Media: Youth DNA Study Measures Trends
October 11, 2007
Young people perceive traditional media as more accurate, trustworthy and reliable than new media, but many get most of their news and information from another source entirely--family and friends.
That is one of the key responses from 10 innovative focus groups of young people in 10 countries that is part of a major research project on how young people get their news.
The goal of the research was to have young people from around the world confirm or challenge hypotheses regarding their media usage habits and attitudes. The insights will be used to guide the next phase of Youth Media DNA, a quantitative study in which 1,000 youths between 15 and 29 years-old will be surveyed in every country that participates in the study.
The research released today, during a seminar on the eve of the World Newspaper Congress and World Editors Forum in Cape Town, South Africa, is a preliminary phase in a major WAN research project called Youth Media DNA to help newspaper companies develop better strategies for reaching young readers. The study is part of the WAN Young Reader Development Project, supported by Norske Skog, the Norway-based international paper manufacturer.
Read the full report.
Expanding Low-Power FM Radio
September 17, 2007
Low power FM stations broadcast at 100 watts or less, making them affordable and useful tools for noncommercial and community groups. In 2000, the Federal Communications Commission issued hundreds of licenses for free to community stations, but Congress limited the service, keeping it from thousands of other communities, particularly inside big cities.
A repeal of these restrictions and a new issuing of licenses could benefit the youth radio field by increasing access to the airwaves and making more spaces for youth voices to be heard.
On June 21, 2007, Congresspersons Mike Doyle and Lee Terry introduced the Local Community Radio Act, which, if passed, will expand radio access across the country.
According to organizers at the radio access advocacy group, Prometheus Radio Project, the bill is moving forward, but support is needed to get representatives to cosign it.
For more information and to sign the petition to expand low power FM radio, go to http://www.expandlpfm.org/ or http://www.prometheusradio.org.
Youth Radio Producers Recreate Kanye West’s Single Live
September 5, 2007
Youth Radio Producers Recreate Kanye West’s Single Live
Live rework of Kanye West single caps second Youth Radio Music Producer Showcase
Oakland, CA – Youth Radio’s second Music Producer Showcase was held on Friday August 17, 2007 in the Youth Radio Mind Body Health Center in downtown Oakland. The show case featured Youth Radio peer teachers Quinn 2.0, BeatStreets, Su and Doc Sauce. They were joined by special guests Sam Trackz, 1 O.A.K and Soleil. The evening also showcased the work of Youth Radio poets, Leilani Hopson and Ayesha Walker and emcees, Yung June and DaChao.
Producers played their original instrumentals, as well remixes of rapper TI’s “Big Thangs Poppin (Do It)” and their interpretations of the Bob James classic “Nautilus”. The evening concluded with the producers breaking into a live jam session where they reworked UGK’s “International Player’s Anthem” and Kanye West’s “Stronger” among other songs.
Check out the producers live re-creation of Kanye West’s “Stronger”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsExN1nSowg
About Youth Radio
Youth Radio is a multimedia youth organization based in Oakland, California. Youth Radio teaches young people between the ages of 14 and 24 radio broadcasting, audio production, graphic design and video production. The voices of Youth Radio reporters can be heard locally, nationally and internationally on radio, Internet, and through print media. Youth Radio reports and commentaries can be heard on outlets such as National Public Radio, Public Radio International and iTunes to name a few. In addition to Youth Radio’s Oakland headquarters, the organization has bureaus in Los Angeles, Atlanta and Washington, DC.
For more information about Youth Radio please visit www.youthradio.org.
Young people lose out in media coverage, survey says
June 26, 2007
Less than 1 in 4 stories about young people in the national media are positive, according to a survey out today.
Broadcast media is particularly negative, showing young people in an unfavourable light in 87% of coverage.
The survey found many items on young people had a "headline-grabbing" emphasis on problem behaviour including violence and crime.
While adults were quoted in 38% of stories about young people, a young person's quotation appeared in only 11% of the coverage, the survey by TNS Media Intelligence for Young People Now magazine found.
The survey covered all daily and Sunday nationals, all major and most of the smaller broadcast news outlets, monitoring coverage for one week in May.
The findings are being launched today at the start of the national Youth Summit in London.
MediaSnackers
June 15, 2007
On June 1st 2007 MediaSnackers had its first birthday.
MediaSnackers was born early 2006 during a conversation between DK, founder, and one of his mentors about young people, technology and the changing nature of project development. DK realized that young people were "media snackers"—a simple definition of their generation that demonstrates the evolving media landscape, media ownership and a rise in online platforms.
MediaSnackers provides an opportunity to highlight the great work of youth media projects, professionals and the important discussions taking place across the globe on youth media. As DK describes, MediaSnackers is “a simple digital window (weblog) into the current new-media “snacking” youth generation.
Fifteen minute MediaSnacker vodcasts provide an opportunity to focus, highlight and recognize media projects and professionals, showcasing individuals and current work in the field across the globe. Half the content in these monthly vodcasts are created by young people—who also contribute to weblog posts. In an attempt to connect the field, promote its advantages, and actively create vodcasts to inspire dialogue and virtually “meet” youth media professionals, MediaSnackers is a great resource to the field.
MediaSnackers will host their 1st conference in 2007 to bring those all too often separate discussions on the impact of young people on shaping the media and the impact of media on shaping young people under one roof for two days. As DK explains, “The MediaSnackers conference will offer a place to connect, promote learning, enable understanding, and offer experiences through inspiring interactive sessions.”
To “pay the rent,” MediaSnackers also delivers new media and technology training to young people, youth professionals and corporations. As DK explains, “The need for MediaSnackers training is due to the vast and constant changes in the fracturing media landscape coupled with the prevalence of how young people are using converging technologies and online platforms. Program developers, youth-focused organizations and policy creators are realizing they are playing catch-up and need a little help to guide them through.”
MediaSnackers has a growing profile with over 2,400 subscribers to their monthly email digest (sign up here), 40,000+ unique visitors a month, and have nearly a hundred podcast interviews and several vodcast episodes available.
DK is interested in featuring youth media professionals and organizations on the MediaSnackers weblog, podcast interviews or their monthly vodcasts. Contact DK at http://mediasnackers.com/contact/ and visit MediaSnackers http://www.mediasnackers.com if you are interested.
'Food Force' Video Game Sweeps Northern Europe
May 23, 2007
As Europe's largest games industry event gets underway in Sweden, "Food Force," the world's first humanitarian video game for children, is celebrating the launch of three new language versions, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has announced.
"Children have very few opportunities to understand the realities of a hungry world. By engaging children in a fun and creative way, 'Food Force' will help children become better global citizens - now and in the future," said John Powell, WFP Deputy Executive Director for Fundraising and
Communications.
These come in addition to versions of the game in Japanese, Chinese, French, Italian, Polish, Hungarian and the original English. Swedish, Arabic, Portuguese and Spanish are under development.
Launched in 2005, as the world's first humanitarian video game, Food Force explores the problem of global hunger and the logistics of humanitarian aid work, and is designed for children aged 8 to 13. The game is available as a free internet download from www.food-force.com, where it has been downloaded about 5 million times.
FULL ARTICLE at http://www.europaworld.org/week306/foodforce18507.htm
The Resource Center's Effective Practices Collection
May 15, 2007
Poetry is a powerful instrument in teaching literacy and in contributing to self-awareness and growth. Diverse programs use poetry; third graders to community college service-learners have all benefited from the power of poetry in their programs. The results are often dramatic; after spending even as little as half an hour writing poetry, one visiting poetry teacher found that the same students who had flatly refused to read before were asking for books and petitioning him to stay longer to experiment more with language.
Here are some effective practices related to poetry and the arts from the Effective Practices Collection.
Using poetry workshops to encourage literacy
http://snipurl.com/EPC_446
An AmeriCorps member in Tukwila, Washington, used poetry workshops to encourage language and literacy development among elementary students. He then used the poems to market the program and recruit additional volunteers.
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Holding a poetry contest to educate youth about watershed ecology
http://snipurl.com/EPC_768
Each year, in affiliation with the Library of Congress Center for the Book, River of Words conducts a free international poetry and art contest for youth on the theme of watersheds. Children in kindergarten through twelfth grade are invited to explore their own local watershed, and its importance in their lives, by writing a poem or producing a work of art on this theme.
Using performance to give voice to children of prisoners
http://snipurl.com/EPC_1042
For adolescents who are dealing with difficult life issues, having a safe way to express their thoughts and feelings can make a tangible difference. At San Francisco's Balboa High School, students told their stories in the form of a play, and this literally meant the difference between dropping out and staying in school.
Involving college students and community members in a social awareness event
http://snipurl.com/EPC_4805
"Tunnel of Oppression," an interactive walk-through event that combines visual art, multi-media, poetry and prose, was hosted by the AmeriCorps*VISTA program at Eastern Michigan University (EMU) to raise participant awareness and increase social consciousness in students and community members.
Incorporating creative reflection activities
http://snipurl.com/EPC_1042
Invite student participation in the planning of reflection activities by offering forms of expression other than the traditional written essay, such as photo collage, poetry, or peer interviews.
http://nationalservice.gov/resources/
The Resource Center's Effective Practices Collection
Corporation for National and Community Service
UK TV partners with Mediabox
May 1, 2007
ITV's regional broadband TV service ITV Local is to partner with Mediabox, the government's £6 million media fund for young people.
Documentaries, short films, TV programmes and video podcasts from Mediabox projects will be added to the web service from late summer.
ITV Local's director of programming, Lindsay Charlton, said: "ITV Local is a unique resource providing a platform for broadcast quality video content. This link-up will enhance the service we provide and give a really high profile platform to drive awareness for such community projects."
ITV Local was first launched in the Meridian region in October 2005, was rolled out to ITV's central region and to London in March this year. By the end of the year, it will be extended across England and Wales.
Mediabox was launched in December with funding from the Department for Education and Skills and offers grants for media projects for 13- to 19-year-olds. Individuals can apply for grants of up to £1,000 and organisations up to £80,000.
Katie Simpson, head of youth media at Media Trust, one of the partners involved in Mediabox, said: "The partnership with ITV Local is extremely exciting. Showcasing young people's work to a mainstream audience is a key part of the Mediabox strategy."
Article originally published at digitalspy.
Urban Visionaries Retrospective
April 6, 2007
For ten years, Urban Visionaries Film Festival has been New York City's film festival produced, promoted, and presented by youth.
On Tuesday April 3rd, the Urban Visionaries Retrospective was held at Tribeca Cinemas, hosted by Adobe Youth Voices, Listen Up! and Tribeca Film Institute. The evening began with a screening of the festivals best in ten years followed by an awards reception honoring Time Warner (accepted by Luis Castro, Director of Development), Jim McKay (Adult Artist Acivist Award), Vanessa Bateau (Youth Artist/Activist), and Jamal Hodge (Urban Visionaries Alumnus).
It was an honor to hear the two youth honorees mention the impact youth media organizations had in their work and personal filmmaking projectory, namely The Educational Video Center, Reel Works Teen Filmmaking, and Listen Up! The event was charming, inspiring, and feedback from most who attended felt the screening did an excellent job capturing the power of Urban Visionaries.
Urban Visionaries is a collaboration between youth and educators from New York City youth media organizations including The Educational Video Center, Downtown Community TV, The Ghetto Film School, Global Action Project, Listen Up! Youth Media Network, MNN's Youth Channel, The Museum of Television & Radio, Reel Works Teen Filmmaking, and T.R.U.C.E.
Bravo to a great event and work done in the youth media field!
Interview Dorin Babeu at the Tokyo Video Festival
April 4, 2007
Thirteen year old Dorin Babeu, who made the one minute video baby-trees, was
the lucky winner of this year's Tokyo Video Festival sponsored by JVC. He
was nominated out of 120 one minute videos and won a trip to Japan to
receive his prize, a certificate and 600 Euros. Find out how he experienced
his first visit ever to an Asian country in his interview at oneminutesjr.
UNICEF and Sesame Street in Kosovo
April 4, 2007
Sesame Street Kosovo (originally launched in 2004 and again in 2006) are thirty minute shows on TV that combine education with tolerance. The program is based on existing segments from Sesame Workshop’s international library, but combined with locally produced live action films that are incorporated into the television series. These two-minute films depict the everyday lives of children from a variety of backgrounds and provide a window through which viewers can learn about the traditions and experiences of others.
The show is the first locally produced educational media initiative in the area – and the first that provides children of diverse ethnic backgrounds with age-appropriate messages encouraging respect for each other.
UNICEF is producing a round of outreach materials for use in a variety of learning environments to extend the educational messages of the series to Kosovo’s most remote areas.
Read a full article at UNICEF's web page here.
Making the Global local and the local Global
March 26, 2007
With the nonprofit What Kids Can Do http://www.whatkidscando.org as a springboard, young people are documenting global change through photographs, essays, and audio, and drawing interest from students and teachers across the hemispheres.
The voices of eight students at Beijing High School No. 12 this week contributed the latest entry on the WKCD website, "Life in New China." Speaking candidly in English and Chinese, teenagers talk about such high school universals as friendship, art, sports, lunch, and school uniforms.
Launched with help from the Asia Society, the China pages also contain side-by-side photographs and commentary in which students show the rapid changes in their city's culture. One can even download a multimedia Chinese- English "dictionary" featuring the voices of younger students as they translate captions for photos of Beijing.
In the rural Tanzanian village of Kambi ya Simba, secondary school students who had never before held a camera helped create the book In Our Village: Kambi Ya Simba Through the Eyes of Its Youth, published in late 2006 by Next Generation Press. Their interviews, photographs, and videos, posted at http://www.inourvillage.org, have sparked spin-off projects in
far-flung places from Guatemala to Los Angeles.
Another ambitious project on has WKCD working with youth in Delhi and San Francisco to document the effects of globalization in their communities. Part of a worldwide collaboration sponsored by Adobe Youth Voices, it will result in mixed-media pieces produced by young people supplied with digital cameras, tape recorders, and Adobe creative software.
Immigrant and refugee youth in southeast London are creating digital stories about their resettlement. Youth in Bangalore are working on a "Day in the Life" photo essay.
"It's all part of our commitment to make global what is local, and local what is global," says What Kids Can Do president Barbara Cervone.
See full story at PRNewswire.
