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The Whole Student: How Educational Video Center Remains at the Forefront of...

As an alumna of the Educational Video Center’s (EVC) Youth Documentary Workshop (1999), I recall with co-director Tanya, my youth producer cohort attending schools all over New York City, both...

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(Re)Introducing the Youth Media Reporter

It is a pleasure to reintroduce the Youth Media Reporter – the professional, peer-reviewed multi-media journal serving practitioners, educators and scholars in the youth media field. Since the last...

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YMR Retreat Report-Out

Attendees at YMR 2013 Retreat at Muhlenberg College   It is a pleasure to share this report summarizing conversations that took place at a retreat in September 2013 convened by the Youth Media...

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Mapping the Field of Youth Media: Results of An Environmental Scan of Youth...

Introduction The National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC) is a collective organization of US media arts organization. Through collaborative projects, research, resources and advocacy, NAMAC...

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Thinking Like a Filmmaker: Notes on Visual Literacy Learning and Civic...

with Florence Neale1 Introduction: “Okay, folks, it’s time to think like a filmmaker!” What does it mean to think like a filmmaker? More specifically, what does it mean for third graders to think like...

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Update from the Field: Youth Media, NAMAC & the Creative Youth Development...

In August 2014, over forty youth media practitioners, leaders and stakeholders gathered at the National Alliance for Media Arts & Culture (NAMAC)/Alliance for Community Media (ACM) Joint Conference...

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Spotlight on Spy Hop: PitchNic Prepares Young Filmmakers for Media Careers

In her article in this issue, “The Chicago Track Creates A Bridge To the Professional Media World,” Lucia Palmarini calls attention to the diverse ways that Free Spirit Media is creating professional...

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The Chicago Track Creates A Bridge To the Professional Media World

November 5, 2014 In 2013, Chicago set a new record with the largest increase in film and television production in the city’s history with estimated revenues of $358 million and 2,198 filming days—a 20%...

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YMR Video Gallery Launch

A unique strength of YMR is that it is a resource that can bring together diverse voices from across the field and across a variety of practices to exchange ideas and contribute to the continued...

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Introduction to this Issue

The YMR editorial and production team thanks the many contributors to this issue.  Collected in this issue are articles, reports, and spotlights that touch upon and explore issues of real concern and...

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YMR and NAMAC Collaborate on Special Issue

Youth Media Reporter and the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture’s Consulting Producers are collaborating to produce a special issue of YMR focused on youth media and creative youth...

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In the Works at YMR

Aftab Uzzaman CC-by-nc/2.0/ There has never been a greater need for spaces, platforms, education, and support for young people to document and give voice and vision to their lived experiences. Youth...

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Lesson Plan: Incident, Countee Cullen

Author’s Note: This exercise is taken from a two day training titled, Cultural Fluency: Transcending the Boundaries of Power. The training seeks to redefine how we understand and relate to culture; how...

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Do Things Together We Can’t Do Alone: A Report from the Chicago Youth Voices...

Author’s Note: I am so positive about the power of youth media and I wonder how we can make it bigger and available to more young people.  I wanted  to share our Chicago journey with the field so you...

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The Window

This post is part of a series submitted by Gabriella Huggins, Community Programs Mentor at Spy Hop in Salt Lake City, Utah. The four posts in the series — The Window, Mock Identity, CO2, and Dancing...

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CO2

This post is part of a series submitted by Gabriella Huggins, Community Programs Mentor at Spy Hop in Salt Lake City, Utah. The four posts in the series -- The Window, Mock Identity, CO2, and Dancing...

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Media Arts Education for the Electorate

Author’s Note: Dr. Brian Purnell reminds us that we are in an ongoing cycle of struggle and progress. It is circular. It is iterative. It is spiraling. Our spot in the rotation at this moment feels...

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The Big Bang of Collective Action

The “Big Bang of Collective Action” is a nonlinear list essay by me, Jason Wyman, Impact Producer for The Alliance for Media Arts and Culture. It is meant to be read in whatever manner moves you. Each...

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Mapping Our Desired Futures Lesson Plan

This lesson plan was developed for Free Spirit Media’s Pathways initiative, a professional and creative workforce development program that helps emerging creatives 18-25 years old develop careers in...

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A Space of Our Own

“Shut the fuck up when it’s Black girl time” jumped out at me as I scrolled down my Twitter timeline. In that moment I realized that Black girls, like most young women, need a unique and exclusive...

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