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NOVA Science Studio

Started: 2018
Ages 13-18
  • Currently active
  • Created by our station
Station type: Joint license
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Leveraging the combined experience and expertise of producers, journalists, and educators at NOVA, NOVA Science Studio (NSS) empowers teens with skills to tell engaging stories about science through short-form video. NOVA Science Studio is NOVA’s first youth program and the first project within the unit to create educational resources to teach science journalism and communication to high school teens aged 14-18. NSS aims to empower youth—especially those that are underrepresented in STEM—to engage in science journalism and communication about the issues that matter to them.

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?

Current affairs Education Journalism Media literacy Media making Public media Science, technology

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Is this project considered part of the station's journalism work?

Yes

Departments involved:

Production (TV/Radio) Education

Partner organizations involved:

WKAR (Lansing, MI) and WHRO (Norfolk, VA)

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?

YouTube Twitter Website

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:

11+ hours

Indirectly engaging youth via educators, professional development, or curriculum

This project indirectly engages youth by partnering with...

Schools Curriculum or content distributors (e.g., PBS Learning Media)

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