Youth Programs
The longest running of WHYY's media courses, WHYY's Youth Programs offer hands-on production training for teens. After-school programs teach 10th-12th graders to produce short documentaries, create original radio stories and operate the equipment in the Lincoln Financial Digital Education Studio. Students can further explore their interest through a series of summer camps with focuses on multimedia journalism and filmmaking. Youth Programs encourage teens to explore their own worlds through media, as they create projects on topics they select themselves. Questions? Please contact Craig Santoro at 215-351-3318
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NEW! Y201 — Spring Break Journalism Camp for Middle Schoolers
This new hands-on Spring Break experience reimagines WHYY's popular teen journalism camp for middle schoolers. Students in grades six through eight will spend five exciting days at the WHYY studios creating video news stories. Participants will work with the staff of WHYY's award-winning Hamilton Commons to learn all aspects of the news production experience: interviewing, writing, shooting and editing video, and more.
Y101 — Documentary Workshop
Learn to shoot, edit and produce great documentaries in WHYY's award-winning Public Media Commons. WHYY's Afterschool Documentary Workshop is a video production program for area teens, grades 10-12. The program combines media literacy and video production as students learn to produce short documentaries on a topic of their choosing. WHYY's media instructors act as executive producers, while the students write, direct, shoot and edit in small production crews.
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Mondays & Wednesdays / Feb. 4, 2013 through June 12, 2013 — 4:00-6:00PM »
Tuesdays & Thursdays / Feb 5, 2012 through June 13, 2013 — 4:00-6:00PM »Y102 — Studio Production
Learn to produce video programming in the new Lincoln Financial Digital Education Studio, a state-of-the-art video facility at WHYY's award-winning Public Media Commons. WHYY's Afterschool Studio Production Workshop is a video production program for area teens, grades 10-12. Students will learn to operate video switchers, lighting and sound boards and robotic cameras as they shoot and direct their own studio production. WHYY's media instructors act as executive producers, while the students write, direct, shoot and produce in small production crews.
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Mondays & Wednesdays / Feb 4, 2013 through June 12, 2013 — 4:00-6:00PM »Y103 — Radio Production
Be the star of your own audio program. Learn to script, record, and edit great audio stories in WHYY's award-winning Public Media Commons. WHYY's Afterschool Radio Workshop is an audio production program for area teens, grades 10-12. The program teach es teens the audio storytelling skills that have made WHYY FM and public radio such unique voices. WHYY's media instructors act as executive producers, while the students write, script, record and edit, using WHYY equipment and studios.
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Tuesdays & Thursdays / Feb. 5, 2013 through June 13, 2013 — 4:00-6:00PM »
Y201 — Young Journalists Summer Camp 2013
This award-winning, hands-on camp gives you the opportunity to use WHYY production equipment to develop and produce news stories based on your interests, while under the tutelage of experienced media instructors. Facilitated by the staff of WHYY's Dorrance H. Hamilton Public Media Commons, the two-week intensive camp features lectures and training sessions from the renowned staff of WHYY's news department. For students finishing 9th-12th grade.
Member course fee: $1,200
Non-member course fee: $1,350
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June 24 - July 5, 2013 — 9AM - 4PM, M-F »
August 5 - 16, 2013 — 9AM - 4PM, M-F »Y202 — WHYY Film Academy 2013
Join our award-winning staff for an exciting opportunity to learn all aspects of movie production with other young filmmakers. Learn to script, shoot, act and edit movies as you create your own short film from script to screen, over three fun-filled weeks. If you have the desire to tell a story or have an interest in filmmaking, this is an excellent chance to express your ideas and use professional equipment! For students currently in 9th-12th grades.
Member course fee: $1,800
Non-member course fee: $1,950
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July 8 - 26, 2013 — 9AM - 4PM, M-F »
