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UPSTREAM SPECIAL EDITION: Youth Media Update |
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July/August 2005
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INTRODUCING ACCESS SF's YOUTH INTERN TEAM - SUMMER '05
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YOUTH OPEN MIC! - SAVE THE DATES JULY 21st, AUG. 4th & 18th
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REPORT BACK FROM MONTEREY CONFERENCE - YOUTH WEBLOG LAUNCHES
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ACCESS SF - YOUTH MEDIA NOTES
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HOMETOWN VIDEO AWARDS - FIRST TIME PUBLIC EXHIBITION
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Following the recent success of the Cable Channel 29 Youth Media
Festival, Access SF is pleased to continue the station's growing
commitment to youth involvement in community media with an
unprecedented season of youth driven activities. Through various
collaborations, Access SF is currently hosting (5) youth interns who
are both working as a team and taking the lead on a number of exciting
projects.
LUC CHEHABI, age 22 - Luc comes to the station through an international
exchange with his business school in Rouen, France. He will be helping
produce special events such as producer mixers, a nonprofit open house
and a fundraising event. His focus will be in development &
marketing.
TIFFANY HSU, age 19 - Tiffany is a sophomore at UC Berkeley majoring in
Journalism w/a minor in Women Studies. She is reporter & editor at
The Daily Californian and concurrently holds a 2nd internship in
newswriting at the SF BAY GUARDIAN. At Access SF, she is working on
community outreach, writing about cable franchise issues, and assisting
with media relations. She will also work with staff to produce an
installment of THE SAN FRANCISCANS on nonprofits working on domestic
violence issues.
MARIO BORROTO, age 20 - Mario comes to us through the Workability
Program at JVS (Jewish Vocational Service.) He will work with staff
member Bobby Watts on (3) youth-focused installments of the in-house
program OPEN MIC! Slated for July 21st, August 4th and 18th, these
productions will serve as an anchor for youth presence on Channel 29
this summer. (See more info below.)
TRAVIS WAINMAN, age 17 - Travis joins us through The FAITHS Initiative
at the San Francisco Foundation, a program that helps youth in the Bay
Area find relevant internship opportunities in a range of nonprofit
settings.
SHERRY BLUNT, age 17 - Sherry joins us through Spotlight on the Arts, a
program of the Arts & Community Development division of California
Lawyers for the Arts. "Spotlight" is an arts industry summer job
training/placement program for low income youth in S.F. ages 14-22.
Both Travis & Sherry will support Mario on producing the Open Mic!
episodes, help with expanding youth outreach & encourage local
youth nonprofits to submit PSAs to the Cable Channel 29 Community
Bulletin Board.
The Access SF youth intern team has been certified in the Main TV
Studio and will be available to volunteer on in-house productions and
producer/member shows. This is a model that Access SF plans to foster
in the coming months towards sustaining an ongoing youth crew that
produces for public access.
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Access SF was out in full force at the 2005 Alliance for Community
Media (ACM) National Conference & Trade Show, a key national PEG
Access event that recently unfolded in Monterey, CA - July 6-9. Staff
members Zane Blaney, Aaron Vinck, and Marc Smolowitz were in attendance
at the event. Smolowitz was a presenter on the panel "Innovative Youth
Programming & Successful Youth Outreach," part of the Outreach
Strategies and Training Track.
YOUTH INTERN PRESENCE IN MONTEREY / LAUNCH OF WEBLOG!
With very special thanks to the efforts of Hye-Jung Park, Director of
the Manhattan Neighborhood Network Youth Channel, Access SF was in
attendance at this year's Conference with (3) youth of our youth
interns, Luc, Tiffany, and Mario. Through a scholarship funded by The
Philadelphia Foundation, conference fees, travel, and per diem were
covered for (7) youth participants
from San Francisco, New York, Philadelphia and Worcester, MA.
As part of their participation in Monterey, Access SF's youth covered
the Conference as community journalists. They focused on workshops
about youth, media literacy and media democracy & have started an
ongoing weblog as a result. The weblog is an open space for youth
interested in media and for youth who want to share ideas and resources
about working in media, television, radio, and the arts. For now,
interested youth can submit content for posting via email to Tiffany
Hsu, tiffany@accessf.org.
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WHAT: Access SF's youth intern team is working on the next (3)
installments of Open Mic! that will be dedicated to youth
participation, visibility, & story telling. All interested youth
can attend and use OPEN MIC! as a platform for free speech,
performance, advocacy, showcase and more.
WHEN: (3) Thursdays - July 21st - August 4th - August 18th. CALL TIME
5PM. No late arrivals. Show goes live on Channel 29 at 5:30PM &
reaches in to 215,000 households across the City & County of San
Francisco.
WHERE: Access SF's main studio located at 1720 Market Street (at
Valencia). MUNI - Van Ness Station, F-Market (Gough), 7 Haight, 6
Parnassus. BART - Civic Center.
HOW: Youth agencies are encouraged to reserve a slot on one or more of
the upoming episodes. Up to four youth can appear in a single spot.
Spots are 3-5 minutes. Signed releases are required on the day of
production. Youth under (18) must be accompanied by an adult agency
representative.
BACKGROUND: Open Mic! is Access SF's live, free speech forum that is
open to the community-at-large on the 1st & 3rd third Thursdays of
the month at 5PM. The motto for the series is "Walk right up to the
microphone and aim!" It is an unmatched platform on local TV for
citizens to have to a voice, showcase their talents, and forge an
empowered sense of using the tools of media.
TO RESERVE A YOUTH SPOT ON OPEN MIC! IN JULY/AUGUST: Please contact Mario Borroto, mario@accessf.org, 415-575-4947.
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- Access SF would like to thank our dynamic slate of student &
youth interns from the recent Spring semester.
DINA BOYER
MONICA DIEGUES (at right)
HELEN MORALES (at right)
MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ
SAMNANG KAPLAN
EDER CAMUERA GARCIA (from Barcelona)
FABIO SULAS (from Milan)
They came to us from SF State, City College & Converse
International School of Language. They worked on their own productions,
the Youth Media Festival, a Spanish language installment of The San
Franciscans, translation, and advocacy/outreach.
- In June, youth media instructor Rene Acavedo brought his media
production students from Mission High School to the station for a tour
and orientation. The station welcomes requests from teachers in the
local schools for tours & curriculum collaboration. If you are
interested in bringing your class to tour our facility, contact us:
415-575-4947 - marc@accessf.org.
- On June 27th, Marc Smolowitz brought Luc and Tiffany to the YOUTH
MEDIA SALON, an event presented as part of the AMLA National Media
Literacy Convention held in San Francisco. Co-hosted by Consciuos Youth
Media Crtew, Youth Sounds, KQED Education Network, East Bay Center for
the Performing Arts, and BAVC/Youthlink, the SALON consisted of
screenings of youth shorts, moderated panel discussions with youth
makers & advocates, and networking to encourage shared distribution
strategies.
- This summer, Access SF has helped Bay Area Scores on their media
literacy curriculum, part of their summer camp program for youth ages 8
- 10. The program mixes soccer with exposure to the arts, media and
poetry/performance. Marc Smolowitz will give an on-site presentation on
public access to the current class on July 25th.
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Access SF is funded, in part, through cable operator grants
administered by DTIS, the Department of Telecommunications &
Information Services of the City & County of San Francisco. We
gratefully acknowledge the Access SF membership for their support and
the following agencies & businesses for grants and other funding
that has contributed to our work in 2003 - 2005: Cable Positive Tony
Cox Community Fund; CTCNet & the Department of Health & Human
Services, Connections For Tomorrow Capacity Building Award; Jewish
Vocational Service; David Perry & Associaties; Film/Tape World.
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