Youth Media Resources

Say It Loud is a youth film that explores the importance of education for African-American boys. When Jordan Coleman was 10 years old he became a voice over actor on Nickelodeon’s Nick, Jr.  show The Backyardigans;  he’s the voice of Tyrone the Moose.  Jordan’s parents challenged him to use some of his earnings to make a positive contribution to his community.  He hired a film crew and began interviewing African-American boys and men for “Say It Loud”. (more…)

Program involves  60-second videos made by young people (between the ages of 12 and 20) from all over the world. Over 1900 videos have been made to date.

http://www.theoneminutesjr.org/

Generation PRX is a project of the Public Radio Exchange to support, connect and distribute youth-produced radio.  A tremedous, resource and content-rich website with teaching aides, well-curated links and an anthology of content from multiple youth radio programs.

www.prx.org

Youth Radio/Youth Media International is a Peabody Award-winning youth-driven converged media production company that delivers the best youth news and culture and undiscovered talent to a cross section of audiences. Youthradio.org is a participatory news space where young reporters publish original content, including writing, audio, photo, and video directly to the website from anywhere in the world. Youth Radio/Youth Media International stories run regularly on NPR, PRI, American Public Media, boingboing.net, BBC, iTunes, The Huffington Post, CurrentTV, and other digital and broadcast outlets worldwide.

www.youthradio.org

The mission for the KFAI Youth News Initiative is to provide an intensive journalism training program for youth aged 13-18 and from communities of color.   The program provides training in news research, reporting, creative writing, voice training, producing, and digital recording and editing utilizing state-of-the-art technology in radio production, broadcasting, podcasting and blogging.

www.kfai.org/news/youth

Curie Youth Radio is a writing and radio production class at Curie High School on Chicago’s Southwest side. Students create their own stories: fresh takes on everything from snowball fights to gang warfare. They see their stories as a way for teenagers in one Chicago high school to reach out to the rest of the world.  The program’s goal is to help students bring their stories to the rest of the world while helping them learn strong storytelling, editing, and production skills, as well as a critical awareness of media and audience.

www.curiehs.org/curie_youth_radio

Conversations between LGBTQ and ally youth and elders about the joys and challenges of love, the meaning of Proposition 8, and the changing ways that LGBTQ people represent themselves.

www.outloudradio.org

Voices of Youth 2000 was a ten-month internship offering training for youth in northeastern Nevada in photography, audio recording and writing.  A photography coach and oral historian trained and worked alongside eight teenagers providing them with tools to create an artful documentation of their communities and cultural heritage.   This web site contains photographs and audio vignettes resulting from their work together.   The program spawned similar programs in California and Utah.

www.westernfolklife.org/voy/index.htm

The KBOO Youth Collective began May 22, 2002 and produces two monthly programs.   The Underground  is a public affairs show on youth issues (fourth Wednesday, 6 – 7 pm).  Youth Randomonium is a music show with youth-produced music and DJs (last Friday of each month from 11-midnight).

Detailed information about prcess and classes offered, although no original curricula online.

www.kbooyouth.org

Inspired by Voices of Youth 2000 — A Profile of Elko County, this a project helping children in Moab, Utah express themselves.

www.kzmu.org/voicesofyouth/index.cfm