[youthradioleaders] advice sought for Florida program

[dina weinstein]

Thanks for the advice. 
News about a municipality means the goal is to get news about a city on the air. The radio station is licensed to the town and mandated to broadcast news about the town, hurricane safety and the like.
There are geographic boundaries. Most of the students live in this town so doing this will help them to get to know it better.
I'm not sure I can get in during a class because I am not a certified teacher but I'll ask.
And I'll keep you all posted.
Appreciatively,
Dina Weinstein - Miami, FL - 786.246.0644
From: jackie at peoplesproductionhouse.org
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:46:16 -0500
Subject: Re: [youthradioleaders] advice sought for Florida program
To: youth at kboo.org
CC: dina_w at hotmail.com; youthradioleaders at lists.prx.org

Hi Dina,

We also do a lot of work youth radio work with schools and community groups. 

I echo Erin's advice about the school. Think of it as their school person is a coordinator for what the school wants and has to organize.  You bring what you're able to do. If you want to get certain kinds of stories, I think the best way to propose your class is to have it as it's own media arts/radio arts course.  It may be easier to get it during the school day if you teach it during a social studies or english class, but then you might not be able to do the stories that you want to do.



Whatever it is, during school or after school club, it's probably good to be clear about the skills that the students will gain, an example of the things that they will be doing, and where their work will be presented. I recommend that when you start, have releases for the kids and their families to sign.



If you're not charging for the program, it's probably pretty easy to get the school to agree.  You just want to work with youth, and their youth need more arts programs.

As for "news about a municipality" maybe coming up with a snazzy title or theme. Like "Where is _______?" and in that blank you put the name of the municipality, and then what the youth produce somehow speaks to that theme. 



If you'd like to talk more, let me know.

Jackie Kook, Radio Rootz NYC/DC

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 5:37 PM, Erin Yanke <youth at kboo.org> wrote:


Dina:

I've worked extensively with schools and community groups doing youth

radio projects.

Some have been really successful, and some a total bummer.



First and most important, I think, is to have a staff person or

teacher at the school to help recruit, do outreach, and be the person

who knows school rules and policies, so you do not have to do

everything.



I don't really know what you mean about "news about a municipality",

what kinds of stories, but maybe you want to also hook them with

something smaller before you get to the big project. Other ideas for

finding kids would be to start a class about "news about a

municipality" and do research, and have the radio piece aspect as

"Part Two" of the class.



Let me know if I can be of more assistance... -Erin Yanke,  KBOO, Portland, OR



On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 11:07 AM, dina weinstein <dina_w at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hello from Miami, Florida. I'm trying to get a radio program off the ground

> here and am looking for advice.

> The idea is to get news about a municipality onto their AM municipal radio

> station.

> I've tried offering this as a workshop for a fee at a community center and

> also partnering with the municipality's Youth Advisory Council. It hasn't

> gone smoothly. Now there's an idea to offer it as a club or after school

> workshop directly at the schools because students have transportation issues

> getting to the community center. For this I have to create a proposal to the

> school.

> I'm wondering if I can connect with Jones or anyone else out there who may

> have advice on how to make this work.

> Thanks,

> Dina Weinstein - c: 786.246.0644

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