Nashville Public Television
NPT’s Ben Franklin Zine Workshop
Started: 2022
- No longer active
- Created by our station
Station type: TV
Nashville Public Television works with young people to bring films like Ken Burns’ BENJAMIN FRANKLIN to life. Students at Margret Allen Middle School work with local teaching artist and poet laureate Cameron Mitchell; Michael Lapinski, illustrator; and Tori Zemer from Hatch Show Print Shop to create a zine. Learn how Franklin’s ideas and discovery can help inspire our youth today.
This project reaches tweens and teens via...
- Directly engaging t(w)eens via activities, events, or programs
What topics does this project focus on?
Civic engagement
Culture, society
Current affairs
Education
Identity, relationships
Life skills, career skills
Media making
Music, art
Science, technology
Wellness, mental health
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Is this project considered part of the station's journalism work?
No
Departments involved:
Education
Engagement
Partner organizations involved:
Metro Nashville Public SchoolsCountry Music Hall of Fame's Hatch Show Print Shop
Directly engaging tweens and teens in local programming
In this project...
We partner with our *local school district(s)* to host programming
We partner with *local organizations* to host programming
Contact time between youth participants and station staff:
3-10 hours
Contact time between youth participants and partner orgs:
3-10 hours