Mississippi Public Broadcasting
MPB Student Council/MPB Student Council Podcast
Started: 2021
- Currently active
- Created by our station
Station type: Joint license
The MPB Student Council/MPB Student Council Podcast is designed to connect with public media’s “Missing Middle” in Mississippi. The goals of this project are to engage teens and tweens in public media work, create young storytellers, and provide our youth an outlet of expression. Students will become content creators, gain valuable knowledge, and become public media advocates. We expect to learn what students think about various societal issues, their technology standards and usage, and how to better communicate with them. The students are responsible for publishing a monthly podcast.
This project reaches tweens and teens via...
- Directly engaging t(w)eens via activities, events, or programs
- Indirectly reaching t(w)eens via educators, PD, curriculum
- 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
Current affairs
Education
Identity, relationships
Life skills, career skills
Media literacy
Media making
Public media
Wellness, mental health
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Is this project considered part of the station's journalism work?
No
Departments involved:
Education
Media and/or educational content
Who is the primary audience of the content?
Other
*teens, tweens, educators/administrators, and general audience adults
Who creates the media content?
T(w)eens and adults (in collaboration)
*Other
Who decides the topic areas of the content?
Both youth and adults (in collaboration)
Where is the content shared?
Website
Podcast
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
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
We host programming directly for t(w)eens
Contact time between youth participants and station staff:
3-10 hours
Indirectly engaging youth via educators, professional development, or curriculum
This project indirectly engages youth by partnering with...
Schools Community-based organizations or nonprofits Public departments (e.g., city parks department, local library, etc.)
Does this project train educators or run a professional development program?
Yes
Does this project create curricula or educational resources for educators to use?
Yes