SPNN is starting its Youth Intern Program in July, which will employ 12 youth through Youth Job Corps. SPNN will also be training 6 youth media leaders and hiring 2 youth, who will produce promos each week for the Sprockets Network.
Perpich is planning for an annual youth festival and working on workshop trainings for teachers.
CTV will be starting a Youth Summer Jobs program in July. CTV has been screening the film Miss Representation at Ramsey County Libraries as a way to promote its female youth media program, which will also begin soon.
MTN recently gave a tour for 200 + kids from Rec Plus. MTN’s summer media camps are under way featuring documentary projects on the i like you store in Northeast Minneapolis and the unique Soap Factory gallery. One youth intern from the Video VOICES program and two from STEP-UP interns will assist with the camps and offer valuable peer mentoring.
KFAI began its annual summer Youth News Initiative teen journalism internship.
IFP started afternoon summer camps for youth 10-14. Youth participants are producing short “About Me” videos and video poems.