WHYY, Inc.
Media Production Field Trips
Started: 2010
- Currently active
- Created by our station
Station type: Joint license
Field trips to the station. Kids get a tour of the studio, meet media professionals in a variety of jobs, learn to how to shoot a video interview, choose a topic and do person-on-the-street interviews around the neighborhood.
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?
Journalism
Life skills, career skills
Media literacy
Media making
*
Is this project considered part of the station's journalism work?
No
Departments involved:
Education
Partner organizations involved:
We work with schools on this
Media and/or educational content
Who is the primary audience of the content?
Other
*It's not really consumed. This is just for learning about interviewing
Who creates the media content?
T(w)eens and adults (in collaboration)
*Other
Who decides the topic areas of the content?
Other
*Only youth
Where is the content shared?
Instagram
Directly engaging tweens and teens in local programming
In this project...
We host programming directly for t(w)eens
We partner with our *local school district(s)* to host programming
Contact time between youth participants and station staff:
3-10 hours
Contact time between youth participants and partner orgs:
0 hours (partner staff do not interface with teens at all)