Vegas PBS
Vegas PBS Media Crew: In Our Opinion
Started: 2022
- Currently active
- Created by our station
Station type: TV
The Vegas PBS Media Crew works to drive community awareness, presenting a reflective and diverse youth voice on local and national issues and spotlights perspectives on current events, while increasing the Vegas PBS online and digital presence, which is in alignment with the Vegas PBS mission: to create an informed and engaged community through high-tech, high-touch experiences that educate and empower individuals and organizations. All content for this initiative is student-driven and student-created from concept to final product for air and digital variations across social media platforms and the web.
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
Journalism
Life skills, career skills
Media literacy
Media making
Public media
Wellness, mental health
*
Is this project considered part of the station's journalism work?
Yes
Departments involved:
Education
Engagement
Other
Production (TV/Radio)
Partner organizations involved:
Clark County School District: Work-Based Learning Department and Career & Technical Education Department, Middle School Students and High School Students
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?
Broadcast TV
Website
YouTube
Instagram
TikTok
Twitter
Other
Directly engaging tweens and teens in local programming
In this project...
T(w)eens are involved in station decision-making (e.g., youth advisory)
We partner with our *local school district(s)* to host programming
Contact time between youth participants and station staff:
11+ 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
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