youth channel progress

lauren bratslavsky — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:06:08 +0000

It's been awhile since I've done the blog thing....

My progress with starting a youth channel and youth media program at my access center:

slow. slow. and lacking direction. Though on the bright side, i've got good resources, there are several kids interested, some organizations interested in partnering, and promised youth programming on the way.

To start with, I made a list of most of the youth media programs/access centers with youth programs from around the country. If anyone wants that list, let me know.

I contacted individuals from several organizations and recieved some replys. I contacted Appalshop - (super media program and art collective in Appalachia, I think Eastern Kentucky) - and had a phone meeting with the woman who runs their youth media program (Appalachian Media Insititute). She gave some great advice for starting a program - you can't be everything. Geez oh peet that seems so obvious. Here I am, being ideailistic about all the great things a youth media program can do and trying to encororate everything. So I'm working on hashing out some goals, hopeful outcomes and trying to determine the purpose of this youth media channel venture.

As for getting content - that's been another challenge. At media bridges we've got some cute things the summer media camp kids made. And we've got some Media that Matters Film Fest films to play. I've contacted a few organizations to ask for content and nothing too concrete yet.

On the plus side - I went to archive.org (super super super site) and they have a youth media section including BAVC and ListenUp! I found a pleasant lil claymation bit called "Pizza Math." I contacted the organization who made it, and they'll be sending me a free dvd of their work! yay! success!

It's going, it's going. Like pudding down a slide.

I hope didin't come off as sounding defeated and all that - I love it here. Go community media!

ps - for any talking heads fans out there, i just heard two great covers - the arcade fire doing home and built to spill covering dream operator from true stories. find it !

Digital Arts Service Corps - progress

youth channel progress