Twin Cities Media Programs for Youth
Broadcast Programs
PCTV (Phillips Community Television)
Description of service:
Teaches youth to get involved in community by learning how to create television programs, magazines, photography exhibits, web pages and personal projects. PCTV assists youth in creating media forms about youth, family and community issues.
Who is served:
PCTV serves youth ages 9-18. Most participants live in South Minneapolis, but they accept people from anywhere. Most participants are from low-income families and come from a diverse ethnic background.
Contact information:
Call 612-821-3938
C-Span’s annual documentary competition
About the contest:
Students enter a 10-minute documentary that is about community and national issues. More information on entering can be found on the StudentCam website.
Ages served:
Junior high and high school students are eligible to enter
Entry deadline:
March 30
TVbyGIRLS
Description of service:
TVbyGIRLS is a nonprofit organization that helps girls get involved in their community and expand their leadership skills by creating media messages.
Ages served:
Workshops are for girls 10 to 12 and 13 to 16. Opportunities for mentoring and leadership are available for girls 17 to 25 working with the organizational planning. Special workshops are also available for teachers and parents using our visual literacy curriculum.
Contact information:
Barbara Wiener – 612-823-1809, info@tvbygirls.tv or barbara@tvbygirls.tv
SPNN (St. Paul Neighborhood Network)
Description of service:
SPNN offers a variety of youth video production classes and internships. Interns can work on community or youth productions or as administrative support.
Who is served:
Youth from elementary school up to high school but the majority of the youth that attend our classes are between ages 15-18.
Contact information:
Nicola Pine – 651-298-8903, pine@spnn.org
In Progress
Description of service:
Small nonprofit organization that provides video and photography mentorships to young people
Who is served:
Youth that mainly come from rural tribal and migrant communities throughout Minnesota and Colorado
Contact information:
Kristine Sorensen – 651-805-0514 or ythmedia@aol.com
Writing Schools, Workshops and Classes
Walker Teen Programs (Wactac)
Description of service:
The Walker Media Lab offers an environment for youth to create, exhibit, critically examine media art and connects them with media artists of our time through workshops and teen film screenings.
Who is served:
Teenagers (ages 13-18)
Contact information:
Email teenprograms@walkerart.org or call 612-375-7683
Perpich Center for Arts Education
Description of service:
The Arts High School offers a Media Arts Program free of tuition for incoming 11th and 12th graders. Potential students must apply.
Who is served:
Juniors and seniors in high school
Contact information:
Nancy Norwood, Media Arts Instructor – 763-591-4739, nancy.norwood@pcae.k12.mn.us
Science Museum of Minnesota
Description of service:
The Science Museum of Minnesota’s Learning Technologies Center is a research and development center exploring ways digital technologies can support informal, hands-on science learning. SMM offers online activities, youth classes, and community programs. In-class and online programs offer classes on various topics, including journalism topics
Who is served:
All ages of students from the Twin Cities
Contact:
651-221-2525
Programs that Publish Work by Youth
Word Warriors Press
Description of service:
Publishes memoirs/reflections by authors ages 16-25. Looks for stories that are somewhat out of the ordinary.
Who is served:
Ages 16-25, “strongly encourage authors of color, immigrants, migrants and LGBT youth to submit.”
Chicas in the Mix, Old Arizona
Decription of service:
Based out of Old Arizona’s nonprofit youth programs in Minneapolis, Chicas in the Mix is a magazine that is published by and for teenage girls. Twelve girls in high school are paid staff and the magazine also takes submissions from girls from all around the state year round.
Who is served:
Girls in high school
Contact:
Jen Chilstrom at 612-871-9099
Programs for Asian American Journalists
Asian Media Access
Description of service:
AMA serves Asian-Americans by providing their media needs. The nonprofit organization uses media arts as a tool for social betterment. There are 3 programs for youth including Media Camp for Asian-American youth, Video Arts Training Program and Asian Children’s film festival and workshop.
Who is served:
The Media Camp and Video Arts Training Program are for all youth grades 9-12, there is an Asian-American focus. The film festival is for grades k-9 educators and youth leaders
Contact information:
612-376-7715, info@amamedia.org
Asian American Press
Content:
Information about the publication and who is involved, and links to Asian-American community organizations and other minority media productions.
Contact info:
651-224-6570
Hmoob Teen
Description of service:
HmoobTeen is produced and funded by the Hmong American Partnership (HAP), a nonprofit social service organization, and is the only magazine that is written by and for Hmong teens
Who is served:
The magazine reaches over 18,000 Hmong teenagers in the US, 5 times per year; target ages range from 13-19 years old
Contact information:
Sai Vang, the HmoobTeen coordinator, at 651-495-1526 or hmoobtm@hmong.org
