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NEWS / TECHNOLOGY / INTERNET: UK Teen ‘Schools’ Investors On Youth Media Preferences

2009-07-15T13:46:00.001+02:00

UK Teen 'Schools' Investors On Youth Media Preferences

Posted on: Tuesday, 14 July 2009, 14:57 CDT

Matthew Robson is an average 15-year-old from the UK, but a major US bank in London is looking to him for advice.

In a research note written during work experience with Morgan Stanley in London, Robson described the current state of media through the eyes of a teenager, and influential people are listening.

Edward Hill-Wood, who supervised Robson during his work experience, referred to the report as "one of the clearest and most thought provoking insights we have seen."

The report depicts the way Robson and his peers consume media – from social networking to video games. One standard they abide by is that they do not want to pay for the media they consume, he wrote.

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The Killers raise awareness about trafficking

2009-07-15T10:42:00.001+02:00

NEWS / WORKSHOPS: UNICEF invites students for UNRC regional media workshops (PHILIPPINES)

2009-07-14T15:18:00.001+02:00

UNICEF invites students for UNRC regional media workshops

by Jennifer Catan-Tilos

Dumaguete City (9 July) -- Young students in Dumaguete City who are engaged in media works are invited to participate in 3 Regional Youth Media Summits on Children's Rights, "CRC: 20 Na! Ano Na?" in Manila, Cebu and Davao between July and September 2009.

The Probe Media Foundation, Inc. (PMFI), in cooperation with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) called on young Filipino students, age 15 to 24, who belong to print, radio and video clubs/ organizations to join the workshops which provide opportunities for young and creative students to learn more and understand the UN Convention the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), its impact on the Filipino children and produce creative media outputs on these subjects.

The programme empowers young leaders and creates a network of aspiring media practitioners committed to child's rights issues under the Kabataan News Network (KNN).

Each workshop is a 3-day event with discussions, sharing and review of storytelling techniques. Hands-on sessions and actual production of articles, photo essays, radio reports, songs, artworks, video segments, and documentaries will be conducted.

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OPPORTUNITIES: MEDEA Award for Creativity and Innovation - European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009 (EYCI)

2009-07-14T15:01:00.002+02:00

The MEDEA Award for Creativity and Innovation, set up to coincide with the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009 (EYCI), aims to specifically award creative and innovative use of media in education.

Who is it aimed at?

Anyone who considers their use of media in education and training to be creative and/or innovative! This includes innovative applications of media in the classroom where pupils and teachers are working together to use media in different ways to enhance learning or trainers and facilitators in lifelong learning centres who are using media creatively to help learners explore new opportunities. It also includes groups of students who are working together on projects using media to explore and understand the world in a more creative way.

Applications are invited from people using media in a variety of ways and could include for example a submission like the one which earned 5 learners and teacher Steven Ronsijn from the secondary school Sint‐Lievenscollege, Ghent in Belgium the MEDEA Special Award 2008 at the MEDEA Awards Ceremony 2008 for their outstanding entry entitled Anti-Anti. This multimedia pervasive game was created entirely by secondary school students to sensitise students in the context of the national day against unnecessary violence. Students had to search a fictitious murderer in their school through clues provided to them in mp3‐files and video clips.

How can you enter?

This Award is open to anyone participating in the MEDEA Awards 2009. In the submission form, you will be able to indicate that you consider your entry to be particularly creative or innovative and thus that you wish to compete also for this special award. A special group of judges from the MEDEA Judging Panel will be assessing these entries separately.

Your entry need to be sent before the closing date: 30 September 2009, 12:00 Midnight (postmark will be checked).

When will the winners be announced?

Those short-listed for this Award will be notified at the beginning of November and will be invited to take part in the Awards Ceremony taking place in the beginning of December 2009. At this ceremony the final winner will be announced.

What can you win?

Prizes will include the MEDEA Creativity and Innovation Award as well as equipment and software, details to be announced later.

Website

ARTICLES: Youth journalist reports on the problem of school fees in Southern Sudan (AFRICA)

2009-07-14T11:16:00.001+02:00

Youth journalist reports on the problem of school fees in Southern Sudan

In the run-up to the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child – a landmark international agreement on the basic human rights of all children – UNICEF is featuring a series of stories about progress made and challenges that remain. Here is one of those stories.

JUBA, Southern Sudan, 13 July 2009 – Michael Lual is worried that this might be his last year of school. The 17-year-old is one of the top students at Juba Day School in Juba, Southern Sudan, but he is struggling to pay his school fees.

AUDIO: Listen now

Michael's father died during Sudan's civil war, and he now lives in Juba with his uncle so that he can attend a better school. His five siblings live in a village outside Juba with their mother.

Michael and his teachers say that although the Government of Southern Sudan announced a policy last year to reward the best students with free schooling, Michael and his classmates are still waiting for financial aid to continue their education.

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NEWS / WORKSHOPS / VIDEO: Making movies young - Youth media club screen products of a 10-day film training camp (BHUTAN)

2009-07-13T14:12:00.001+02:00

Making movies young - Youth media club screen products of a 10-day film training camp

12 July, 2009 - The videos are shaky and images zoom in and out of focus from time to time but the message is clear.

Youth and Video Games, Buried in Garbage, Teenagers in Love, People and Television and Life of a Taxi Driver were some of the themes of the eight short films made by members of the youth media club that were screened on July 9, coinciding with the Children and Youth Festival in Thimphu.

It was the outcome of a 10-day film training camp, where club members learnt how to use the medium as a means to tell stories that concerned them. Participants, working in teams, came up with their own themes and used flip cameras and computers to gather and edit material. Most of the films ran for ten minutes or less.

According to the Bhutan centre for media and democracy (BCMD), the main objective of making these short films is to foster discussion and debate on issues concerning the community. BCMD believes it will garner discussions on issues related to preserving culture, promotion of democracy and understanding of media as more than just entertainment.

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Life line - OneMinutesJr video from Kazakhstan

2009-07-10T23:26:00.001+02:00

AWARDS: "Cinema Against Racism" Award for Young Roma Filmmaker

2009-07-10T21:34:00.002+02:00

"Cinema Against Racism" Award for Young Roma Filmmaker

On Sunday, July 12, 19-year-old Roma filmmaker Laura Halilovic will receive the "Cinema Against Racism" award at the XV International Anti-Racism Meeting in Livorno, Italy, which is supported by the Region of Tuscany together with several local governments and associations. Halilovic is being honored for her feature-length documentary film "Me, My Gipsy Family & Woody Allen," which in June won the UCCA Prize 2009 at the Bellaria Film Festival in Bellaria, Italy. The film also received special mention by the jury "for the ability to describe in a soft, at times ironic, but always direct way, her own story, the one of her family and through these the difficult conditions of Gipsies in Italy." The UCCA Prize is awarded to the top two documentaries at the Bellaria Film Festival, and the prize-winning films receive the opportunity to be screened in at least 20 Italian cities.

See a preview of "Me, My Gipsy Family & Woody Allen" at http://www.romadecade.org/index.php?content=423

After the film won the UCCA Prize, the regional office of the Ministry of Education in Piedmont also agreed to facilitate screenings of "Me, My Gipsy Family & Woody Allen" at more than 200 high schools. The film will be presented to teachers in October, and from 2010 the documentary will be available in the teachers' resource catalogue. Schools will also have the possibility to organize screenings followed by discussions between Halilovic and students.

"Me, My Gipsy Family & Woody Allen" was produced by Zenit Arti Audiovisive with support from the OSI Roma Decade Matching Fund, Italian broadcaster RAI 3, the Italian Ministry of Equal Opportunity, Piemonte Doc Film Fund and others.

For more information about the film see

http://www.romadecade.org/index.php?content=450.

BLOG: OneMinutesJr workshop in Astana

2009-07-10T21:24:00.002+02:00

OneMinutesJr workshop in Astana - Day 1

Young people from all over Kazakhstan have gathered in the capital Astana this week to participate in a OneMinutesJr video workshop. They all were selected by UNICEF Kazakhstan to be part of an exciting project that will take place in the Central Asian country throughout the summer.

UNICEF is conducting a regional consultation with children and adolescents to find out more about the issues of the young generation, their dreams and their problems. A group of teenagers - the VJs - will follow the process with cameras while another group will work as facilitators. The results will be shown during a conference later in the year that will round up the consultation and give recommendations for the Kazakh government on how to address the young people's issues.

The OneMinutesJr workshop this week will train the VJs in video-making and will at the same time show the facilitators what is needed to organize the shooting of a proper film. The first step, as always, is developing good story ideas. On the first day of the training, this is the main priority and most of the participants already have interesting ideas after the first brainstorming session.

Full article and the rest of the blog from the workshop in Astana

EVENTS / CALL FOR ENTRIES: Cinemakids

2009-07-10T20:58:00.002+02:00

Cinemakids is seeking films, videos, and computer animations created by
young people 18 years old and under for its annual screening program.

The deadline for submissions has been extended to 15 July 2009.

For the vast majority of the twentieth century, young people were
marginalized from filmmaking practices because of the expense, weight,
and technical knowledge related to the equipment used. Today film
cameras fit in the palm of your hand, personal computers come with
editing software, and more kids are making movies than at any other
point in history.

Cinemakids was introduced in 2000 to honor young filmmakers who create
visual art, as well as to motivate other youth to become culturally
active through media production. Now in its tenth year, Cinemakids is a
two-day weekend program that includes screenings of youth-made films, as
well as workshops for young people in basic film production techniques.

This year's screenings will be held at UT-Austin in CMB Studio 4D on
Saturday, September 19, and Sunday, September 20.

The screenings are free and open to the public; however, priority
seating will be given to students in our workshops and their families.

http://www.listenup.org/exchange.php?item=023cd0893b8f5256df2f4d01d6e772c5

EVENTS: Young people open Junior 8 Summit in Rome

2009-07-08T20:59:00.002+02:00

Young people open Junior 8 Summit in Rome

By Thomas Nybo

ROME, Italy, 7 July 2009 – Bright young minds from around the world have gathered for the Junior 8 Summit, a week-long conference for young people to exchange and debate ideas about how to best improve global conditions for children.

On 9 July, a select group of delegates from the Junior 8, or 'J8', will personally present their recommendations to the world leaders at the Group of 8 Summit, which is also taking place in Italy.

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NEWS: DFID’s first youth jury shine at the prestigious One World Media Awards ceremony

2009-07-08T20:23:00.002+02:00

DFID's first youth jury shine at the prestigious One World Media Awards ceremony

On Monday 22 June, amongst celebrities including environmental activist Trudy Styler and broadcaster Fergal Keane, four young people from all over the UK presented an award that they had judged for the One World Media Awards.

The awards celebrate excellence in media coverage of developing countries and development issues, and help persuade the media industry that these programmes can be both very high quality and attractive to UK audiences Most people in the UK get most of their knowledge about the developing world from TV, so it is important that UK audiences have access to a variety of programmes about the developing world.

This is the first time in the history of the awards that a group of young people have decided on an award. The category they judged was the Children's Rights Award, and they decided that Dispatches: Saving Africa's Witch Children would take the prize. Their participation was funded by DFID which wants more and better media coverage of development issues.

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RESEARCH: Nielsen: Kids spending more time online

2009-07-08T20:18:00.002+02:00

Nielsen: Kids spending more time online

By BARBARA ORTUTAY – 22 hours ago

NEW YORK (AP) — Young kids are getting online at a faster rate than their parents and older siblings.

A new study from Nielsen Online found that nearly 16 million U.S. children ages 2 to 11 were online in May. They made up about 9.5 percent of Internet users.

The youngest of the set — 2, 3, and 4-year-olds — probably aren't yet updating their Twitter accounts with 140-character messages, or posting quiz results to Facebook. Rather, they are sitting in a parent's lap in front of a computer, being exposed to the Internet that way, said Peter Grunwald, president of Grunwald Associates LLC, which specializes in researching kids and technology.

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OPPORTUNITIES / TRAINING: My science programme

2009-07-06T13:38:00.002+02:00

Are you a talented young journalist who wants to be part of building our future? Are you curious and enthusiastic about innovations and science? You want to know more about renewable energies, genetics, ICT or other interesting research fields? But it is not always easy to have direct access to the sources of information. Well, now you can learn more about these topics and what is more, you will be able to prepare your own scientific media works – in a way that everybody understands and enjoys it. How? Participate in the My Science Programme for Young Journalists and you will see.

90 young journalists will have the chance to spend one week in a European research laboratory, where they will meet the researchers, see interesting scientific experiences and understand what science is about. Be one of these young journalists! Forget about boring classrooms! Here you will have to be actively involved. And most importantly, you will learn how to communicate science and research in an interesting and fun way.

Participation in the My Science Programme is free of charge. You only need to send your application and you might be one of the selected 90 young journalists. Start to prepare your application now!
Deadline is 15th July 2009!

Full info here

Начался саммит "Юношеской восьмерки"

2009-07-06T13:18:00.000+02:00

ARTICLES / RESEARCH: Researching the youth

2009-07-03T15:19:00.002+02:00

Researching the youth

John Farquhar - 23 June 2009

John Farquhar shares some invaluable insight into the youth market based on the findings of the annual Monash/Sunday Times youth survey.

The Annual Monash/Sunday Times survey of youth behaviour highlighted once again what this sector thinks of the branded products they relate to and possibly buy - and those they may become involved with when they are adults and generate their own income. I noticed, though, that the preamble to the data did not explain the methodology, and that there was no mention of the sample size.

The habits of children change over time with knowledge and interaction with their social groups. During this learning curve product and brand involvement is influenced by peer group pressure, by their parents, by the media, by advertising and by their age. It is therefore inevitable that their brand and product association is fickle. To be seen as "cool" by their immediate social group becomes the driving force of what products and brands they buy.

Borrowed images also play a huge role in their persona. A classic example of this can be seen in the "hero" influence on the equipment they use in sport.

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NEWS / RESEARCH / EDUCATION: Poll Names PBS Kids Top Educational Brand (USA)

2009-07-03T13:59:00.002+02:00

Poll Names PBS Kids Top Educational Brand

A national survey by GfK Roper has found PBS Kids is the top educational media brand for children.

The poll asked more than 1,000 randomly chosen adults in the United States to compare such top brands as Leapfrog, Nick, Playhouse Disney, Noggin, Discovery Kids, National Geographic Kids, YahooKids and others, finding the highest level of confidence in PBS.

Among the results, 73% agreed that PBS serves all children, regardless of their circumstances; 73% indicated that the network provides “a trusted and safe place for children to watch television”; and 70% say that PBS serves as a “safe haven for children.” Overall, Americans noted they are much more satisfied with programming for children ages 2-8 on PBS compared with offerings on commercial broadcast and cable television.

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OPINIONS: Twitter/Facebook: Time Well-Spent for Child/Youth Advocates?

2009-07-03T13:51:00.002+02:00

Twitter/Facebook: Time Well-Spent for Child/Youth Advocates?

by Ray Schultz, Child Advocacy 360

This year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference drew standing-room only crowds to sessions on social media. But one question remained unanswered after hours of talk: Can Twitter and Facebook perform miracles for hardworking child advocates?

That’s dubious, based on the evidence.

Take the area of fundraising. “Very, very little money is raised through social networking sites,” says Mal Warwick, chairman of Mal Warwick Associates, an agency serving nonprofits.

His view is confirmed by research from the software vendor Blackbaud. Of the nonprofit groups with positive return on investment online, 63 percent use e-mail and 46 percent use social media. “Everything we’ve seen shows that e-mail has more proven value than social media,” says Allison Van Diest, senior product marketing manager for Blackbaud.

Nor are the social networks good for interaction with colleagues. Advocates typically use Facebook and Twitter “to communicate with a few of their friends, but not professionally,” Warwick says. And government employees, though part of many nonprofit constituencies, often lack “access to current technology or are limited by policy,” adds Nedra Kline-Weinreich, president of Weinreich Communications, an agency and consultancy.

Next is the issue of resources. Do your overworked staffers have the time to be tweeting people? And even if they do, can they write in the more personal tone required in social media?

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ARTICLES / WORKSHOPS: Marginalized youth learn about digital media in five-day summer camp

2009-07-03T12:34:00.002+02:00

Marginalized youth learn about digital media in five-day summer camp

By Amy Fuller, THE CANADIAN PRESS

full article here

TORONTO - Clad in a leather jacket and yellow heels, her black and pink hair pulled back in a high ponytail, Lilian Yange leans into the microphone to introduce a multimedia story she's spent five days preparing.

Yange and her peers from high-risk neighbourhoods in suburban Scarborough stayed at Ryerson University's Pitman Hall dormitories while learning about the craft of journalism and creating their own reports in audio, film and written form.

The first-ever five-day summer camp was part of the Verse City journalism training project for youth, founded by director Vinita Srivastava in Toronto in 2004 with support from Young People's Press. It aims to keep marginalized youth out of gangs and help them care about their communities.

PRESS RELEASE: Youth Peace Camp: Young Leaders from conflict zones meet at the Europa Park

2009-07-02T15:23:00.002+02:00

Youth Peace Camp: Young Leaders from conflict zones meet at the Europa Park

Strasbourg, 02.07.2009 - Forty-two young people from conflict and post-conflict regions, including Israel and the territories under Palestinian Authority, Georgia (including South Ossetia and Abkhazia) and the Kosovo Serb and Albanian communities, will attend a one-week training course at the "Europa Park" in Rust, Germany on 5-12 July. The programme gives participants an opportunity to deal with inter-community conflict and hatred through face-to-face interaction and a series of practical exercises, building mutual trust, strengthening common understanding and dissipating prejudice and stereotypes.

The Deputy Secretary General, Maud de Boer Buquicchio, will receive the young participants at the Council of Europe Headquarters Palais de l'Europe in Strasbourg on Wednesday, 8 July 2009.

The leisure park "Europa Park" will host this unique event for the sixth year in a row, giving young leaders and activists the chance to work in a different atmosphere from the one of war, devastation and conflict.

According to the main trainer and course leader, Michael Raphael, "The programme aims at creating a team-building experience, based on creative techniques promoting a constructive dialogue in the spirit of the core values promoted by the Council of Europe. The seminar gives an opportunity to youth leaders belonging to antagonistic communities to tell their stories in a safe environment, and to prepare inter-community networks and partnerships".

More information:
Giuseppe Zaffuto, Press office
Tel: + 33 3 90 21 56 04, mobile: + 33 6 86 32 10 24, giuseppe.zaffuto@coe.int

Udo Seiwert-Fauti, Media correspondent for German-speaking countries
Tel: + 49 78 08 91 11 36, mobile: + 49 171 496 22 73, udo@europeanmedia.eu

Caroline Becker, Europa Park Head of Public Relations
Tel: +49 07 822 77 14 110, caroline.becker@europapark.de

www.europapark.de

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A political organisation set up in 1949, the Council of Europe works to promote democracy and human rights continent-wide.

It also develops common responses to social, cultural and legal challenges in its 47 member states.

UNICEF CRC Video Contest - 20th Anniversary

2009-07-02T14:41:00.003+02:00

We want to see what you think about children’s rights!

It’s the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In 1989, world leaders decided that children needed a special convention just for them because people under 18 years old often are neglected in the human rights debate. The leaders wanted to make sure that the world recognized that children have human rights too. As a result, the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was developed. It is the world’s most widely ratified human rights treaty. It spells out the basic human rights that children everywhere have: the right to survival; to develop to the fullest; to protection from harmful influences, abuse and exploitation; and to participate fully in family, cultural and social life.

Deadline is 1 August 2009

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Calling all young filmmakers from the UK aged 6 - 16 years

2009-07-02T13:39:00.001+02:00

Calling all young filmmakers from the UK aged 6 - 16 years

Only 4 weeks left to submit your films to our first ever Kids for Kids Film Festival for children and young people. We are seeking submissions of short films made by children and young people of up to 10 minutes in any of the following 3 categories:

* Live Action * Animation * One Minute Films

Selected films for the competition section will be screened at our festival that will take place in the City of Durham on the weekend of 18th and 19th October, 2009. Details of festival and accompanying workshops to follow.

The festival team have appointed a professional adult jury and a children's jury. The jury will award the following prizes:
Best Film in each age group and in each category, and one Grand Prize for Outstanding Achievement for a film made by children and young people from each age group. Awards and Prizes will be announced at the conclusion of the festival.

Deadline for entries is July 31st, 2009

For further information and to download a film submission form and guidelines please click here

“Protecting Children and Young People from Sexual Violence with a Focus on the New Media: Perspectives for Europe”

2009-07-01T23:02:00.003+02:00

More about the conference

EVENTS: NAMLE conference 2009

2009-07-01T14:05:00.002+02:00

The NAMLE conference - a learning experience!
Early Bird Registration Ends July 10

The 2009 NAMLE Conference program includes three renowned keynote speakers you will not want to miss:

Sonia Livingstone, from the London School of Economics, will discuss the creativity and chaos in using the internet as an educational tool.

Henry Jenkins interviews Sonia Livingstone about her new book at
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=92586587977&h=7leHw&u=cjqXu&ref=nf

Chris Sperry, from Project Look Sharp, will examine the essential place of media literacy in the mainstream curriculum.

McCrae Parker, from Youth Radio, will explore how the intersection of news and information literacy, social media, and youth enthusiasm gives rise to vibrant civic participation online and in physical communities.

Experienced Media Educators will also address diverse and engaging issues and practices in media literacy education. Sharing their innovative ideas and practical experience are experts such as:

Bobbie Eisenstock, presenting "You Are What You Post: Media Literacy Strategies and Your Net Reputation"
Rose Pacatte, with a presentation on "Bridging Faith and Culture through Media Literacy"
Melinda Hemmelgarn, on "Feast or Famine: Media Literacy as Catalyst for Sustainability"
Sox Sperry, talking about "Media Construction of Peace"

Remember - this year's conference has plenty to offer before Saturday's opening reception. Among the mix of fee-based pre-conference sessions and regular sessions that day will be a presentation on a hot topic in media literacy education today:

"Why Media Literacy Educators Must Teach about Copyright and Fair Use"
This pre-conference session with Renee Hobbs will clear away any "copyright confusion" you have about the use of copyrighted materials for media literacy education. You'll gain the knowledge you need- plus practical, fun activities that will help you offer enlightened copyright education to both students and teachers.

Find out about all the sessions and presenters, Motown Monday Night, the Leadership Dinner, book signings and more at www.NAMLE.net.

Don't miss the Early Bird deadline! Register online at www.NAMLE.net.

See you in Detroit!

Sharon Sellers-Clark
Conference Chair

NAMLE Conference, 3300 Washtenaw Avenue, Suite 220 Ann Arbor MI 48104
Phone: 734-677-0503 - Web site: www.namle.net

STUDIES / RESEARCH: Nielsen Study: Teens Still Rely Primarily on Traditional Media

2009-06-26T15:21:00.002+02:00

Nielsen Study: Teens Still Rely Primarily on Traditional Media

By Georg Szalai and Colbern Uhl

NEW YORK Don't get too caught up in the hype of digital media usage. That is a key message of "How Teens Use Media," a new research report by The Nielsen Co. that it will present in New York Thursday at its annual "What Teens Want" conference.

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