Youth Portraits is a division of Sound Portraits.
Youth Portraits seeks to give voice to young people who have been in prison – to giv ethem the tools to tell their own stories, to teach then an important set of skills, and to empower them to speak up about the experiences that have made them who they are.
Teachers can use the Youth Portraits stories to help other young people explore their sense of self. The 60-page study guide if more then just a prescriptive curriculum with lesson objectives and end-of-chapter tests; it invites students to relate to the narrators and learn from their stories.
http://youthportraits.org/resources.php3
The Youth Portraits Study Guide was designed for use with the Youth Portaits audio stories. it provides discussion, writing, and exploration activities to help teenagers analyze how the Youth Portraits narrators dealt with incredible obstacles in their lives. Hearing the stories and participating in suggested activities, teenagers will strengthen their ability to comprehend and cope with the challenges they face every day.
There is also a Recording and Interviewing Tutorial on this website.
Sound Portraits Productions is an independent production company dedicated to telling stories that bring neglected American voices to a national audience. Whether on the radio, in print, pr on the Web, Sound Portraits is committed to producing innovative works of lasting educational, cultural, and artistic value. The website also offers ideas for incorporating radio/recording with education and learning.
A study guide for the related documentary teaches children and young adults about real-life circumstances.
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The Blunt Youth Radio Project produces a weekly call-in talk show that airs Monday nights from 7:30-8:30 on WMPG, Greater Portland Community Radio. High school age youth from the Portland area, both free and incarcerated, staff the show. Blunt Members are trained in all areas of radio production: interviewing, hosting, reporting, editing, and engineering. The show has won several Gold and Silver Reel Awards from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters and a number of First Place Radio News Awards from the Maine Association of Broadcasters.
The World Radio Forum is an international group of national, community, and internet radio producers and broadcasters who make radio for, with, and by children and youth. WRF members work in broadcasting, education, entertainment, development, and social change and hold these two beliefs: 1) Children and teens must be enabled to actively participate in radio production 2) Radio broadcasters and producers are duty bearers for children’s rights.
http://www.worldradioforum.org/
