Upstream Media, Inc. plans to open a drop-in center with a staffed reading room/lounge open to anyone between the ages of 13 and 19.
Upstream
Media, Inc., is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to using the
increasingly important formats of electronic media to encourage civic
engagement, political awareness, and media literacy in the next
generation of journalists, voters, and leaders: our teenagers.
Upstream
Media, Inc. will provide middle- and high-school students with the
resources, guidance, and support to develop their own news-based blogs,
podcasts, and videocasts. Located in a storefront, the program will
offer a comfortable environment in which teenagers can discuss
politics, the media, and the local, national, and international issues
that will inform their programming.
Hands-on training and workshops
with professional journalists and media producers will teach teens how
to do their own research and investigative reporting, conduct
interviews, write and edit articles and commentary, and produce
original audio and video programming for on-line posting.
There’s a meeting on Sunday May 6th. Spread the word if you know middle and high-schoolers who might be interested. For more information about the meeting and to find out more about getting involved with Upstream Media, contact: susanbanta@upstreammedia.org or call: 917-865-5537.