Let’s get some food

If anyone has a special request for food, TELL US.  Really, we can only eat spaghetti, hot dogs, and sandwiches for so long.  So get creative and come up with your favorite foods.  Or better yet… BRING IT IN.

Does anyone believe anything they read anymore?

So while you were all off galavanting around downtown Seattle, snapping up tons of pictures, I was scoping out the Center for Media Justice site, looking at their latest news briefs.  The first one that popped up, dated July 18, 2008 (or three days ago), was a piece talking about a study done recently in California that revealed that less than 20% of the people polled believed most to all of what they read in various media publications.

Okay, while it’s true that “media” can be used to discuss trashy tabloids that rarely print the truth, this still undercuts legit media publications such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and various other newspapers, magazines, etc.

How much of the media do you think is true/do you believe when you read it?

Just something to ponder when you’re bored, I suppose…

fIrSt WeEk CoMpLeTe

Week one is done, and we are on to week two of Youth OutLoud 2008.

Next week will kick off with a field-trip to downtown Seattle for a lesson in photography… which reminds me: DON’T FORGET YOUR DISPOSABLE CAMERAS.  They’re due on Monday so we can develop them in time for the photojournal.

Blogs abound!

The blogs of the YOL 2008 have officially been created! All 13 participants designed and posted on their very own blogs this afternoon, where they will post their work, their thoughts, and anything else that they can (appropriately) place on the internet.

If you want to read any of the blogs, they’re linked over on the right under the link heading “1356.”

Youth Media In Practice – Check It Out

I’ve struck gold with my latest web-link-find, Youth Media In Practice.  A byproduct of Listen Up! (also featured as a link on our blog), YMIP showcases, documents and contextualizes youth media’s compelling practices, projects and processes. Basically, it’s a really neat site that will allow you to see what other youth accross the nation are doing to promote media justice.

The link to YMIP is located under the sidebar “Media Links,” all the way at the bottom.

Youth Out Loud

To learn about the Youth Out Loud program, visit the page “Who We Are, What We Are, and What We Do,” which is linked on the right-hand sidebar under the title “Pages”

Voice behind the blog

Forgot my manners! I’ve failed to introduce myself up until this point, so here goes…

I’m Julia, 16 years old, gonna be a junior at Holy Names in the fall.  If you’re participating in YOL this summer, you’ll most likely see me creeping around in the back of the media lab, obsessively updating this blog or attempting to be sneaky and ask you guys interview questions that will, yes, end up posted here for all the world to see.  Officially, I’m an intern here at YMI this summer; I was placed here through the Teens in Public Service (TIPS) program, which gives Seattle-area teens the paid internships with local non-profits over the summer.  I’m really excited for YOL to kick off, because I’ll be in the background, trying to pick up on what you guys are learning about media.  I’ll see you all on Monday…

Links galore!

Scroll on over to the sidebar entitled “Media Links” to find links to some cool, really informative sites that will offer even more information on media and its many topics!

More links will be added as the summer (and the program) progress, so check back to see even more!

Check out our link to Third World Majority, one of the foundations that’s heavily involved with YOL and the Youth Media Institute

Hello world!

Welcome to Youth Out Loud’s weblog 2008!  We’re just now gearing up for the beginning of our six-week-long adventure into the truth and beauty of media arts.  Over the next six weeks, we’ll be exploring the ways media can be a useful and interesting tool in life (check out the page Who We Are, What We Are, and What We Do to learn more about the program).  Our program will culminate with a showcase on August 22, 2008 to show off what all this new knowledge has led us to create!

For more information on media, media justice, media literacy, and just about anything else media related, visit any of the links posted on the sidebar titled “Media Links” at right.