Youth Media Educators Description

Just Think’s Youth Media Educators (YME) program is a unique training opportunity designed to provide young people with media arts skills and prepare them for the 21st century workplace. Every summer, high school students from all over the Bay Area are chosen to participate in a paid, six-week intensive summer program. YME Student/Interns learn to critically think about the media as they master the core concepts of media literacy, engage in media production, learn essential workplace skills and gain peer-to-peer teaching tools.
View Student Work from Previous Years

Youth Media Educators "Pioneers"

Check out this years productions:

Ctrl Alt Delete
Get Naked
Racial Cross Dresser
YME ’07 Summer Synopsis and Promo Video

This summer’s YME ’07 program, “Pioneers” paid youth interns $1000 to learn media literacy education, peer teaching and entrepreneurial skills. After a record number of applicants applied for YME this year, The internship began with 11 students on July 9th and completed August 18th at SomArts Cultural Center in San Francisco.

Marina Middle School

The after-school program at Marina Middle School is back by popular demand for year three, this year with the name MP3. This year, 12 sixth, seventh and eight grade students meet weekly after school to learn media production skills and work on their own short pieces, ranging from animation, to PSAs, to short still image slideshows. Check back soon for the final products from the first semester!
Also, you can check the youth blog on our site for updates.

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