New England Public Media
Media Lab
Started: 2010
- Currently active
- Created by our station
Station type: Joint license
New England Public Media (NEPM), was created in July 2019 by the merging of WGBY Public Television and New England Public Radio. In 2010, WGBY launched the Latino Youth Media Institute, with the intent to provide career readiness for the next generation of bilingual journalist, storytellers and media makers that responded to the local workforce gap. In 2016, NEPR with input from WGBY adapted the model and launched Media Lab focusing on radio production. Now as a dual licensee, Media Lab broadens the career awareness for youth, teaches the basics of storytelling with a purpose, and provides paid internships.
This project reaches tweens and teens via...
- Directly engaging t(w)eens via activities, events, or programs
- Media and/or educational content that is made by, with, or for t(w)eens
What topics does this project focus on?
Civic engagement
Culture, society
Education
Identity, relationships
Journalism
Life skills, career skills
Media literacy
Media making
Music, art
Other
Public media
Wellness, mental health
*Workforce and career readiness
Is this project considered part of the station's journalism work?
Yes
Departments involved:
Education
Newsroom
Production (TV/Radio)
Partner organizations involved:
Several: varies each yearHere are a list of some.New England Farm Workers, MassHire Holyoke, Girls Inc. Of the Valley. MassLive. The Republican Newspaper. Focus Springfield, UMASS, Springfield and Holyoke Public Schools
Media and/or educational content
Who is the primary audience of the content?
T(w)eens
Who creates the media content?
T(w)eens and adults (in collaboration)
*T(w)eens
Who decides the topic areas of the content?
Both youth and adults (in collaboration)
Where is the content shared?
Instagram
YouTube
Website
Other
*Mixcloud
Directly engaging tweens and teens in local programming
In this project...
We host programming directly for t(w)eens
We partner with *local organizations* to host programming
We partner with our *local school district(s)* to host programming
Other
*We partner with local Universities. We offer paid internships for High School and College students.
Contact time between youth participants and station staff:
11+ hours
Contact time between youth participants and partner orgs:
3-10 hours