NYC Digital Waves Youth Media Festival! Friday, October 5, 2013 (5PM-10PM) and Saturday, October 6, 2013 (8 AM-11 AM) SIGN UP ASAP!

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APPLICATION FORM 2013 NYC Digital Waves Youth Media Festival presents NEWSHIVE @ St. Joseph’s College

Welcome to NewsHive at St. Joe’s! The NewsHive is a pop-up media creating event for young makers. The goal is to give you the space and resources you need to create a valuable piece of information about a youth issue before the NYC Mayoral election on Tues., Nov. 5, 2013.The NewsHive at St. Joe’s will be held on Fri. Oct. 18 (5-10 p.m.) and Sat. Oct. 18 (8 a.m.-11 p.m.). You must be able to attend both parts of the event to participate. Home base for the event will be St. Joseph’s College at 245 Clinton Ave. in Brooklyn.
We are looking for media makers who want to share their knowledge while learning from others. Please fill out and submit the application below so we have a sense of who will be participating.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: SATURDAY OCTOBER 5TH @ MIDNIGHT

* Required

Full Name (Last, First) *
Age *
Gender *
City *
School *
Cell phone: *
Organization: *
Email: *
Twitter:
Facebook:
Tumblr:
What type of media making do you have experience with: *
•  radio
•  video
•  print
•  photography
•  mixed media
•  Other: 
What media making skills do you feel like you could teach your peers? [rank your top 5 - 5 you’re an expert, 1 you’ve played around with it, 0 you have no experience] *

	5	4	3	2	1	0
Interviewing
videography
video editing/remix
audio recording
audio editing
photography
news writing
Other [please list]:

Other media skills
What media making skills do you want to learn from others? *
[check 3]
•  interviewing
•  videography
•  video editing/remix
•  audio recording
•  audio editing
•  photography
•  news writing
•  Other: 
Which of these issues would you be interested in REPORTING on: *
[pick up to 3 and circle your favorite]
•  Reducing drop-out rate
•  Reforming juvenile justice
•  Resources for aged-out foster youth
•  Resources for LGBTQ youth
•  Increasing youth employment
•  Making public housing safer
•  Updated textbooks
•  Allowing teachers and students to use cell phones for educational purposes
•  Updating internet blocking software IN SCHOOL (for example allowing YouTube and LGBTQ research
•  Place for youth on Community Boards
•  Getting realistic sex education in schools
•  Providing resources to make deferred action access for Dreamers affordable
•  How the media has covered the race so far
•  Other (What are you interested in talking about?)
•  Other: 
Tell us about why you like making media. [max. 100 words]:
If you are part of a media-making organization now or have been in the past, please list the org here:
We’d love to see the work you’ve done in the past. Please provide links to your work:
One more thing: Please give us a contact person that we can use to make communication with you easier. This could be a parent, legal guardian or an adult at school or your youth organization: *
Please write that person's name, phone number, and e-mail address. [Make sure to ask the person first!]
Any questions for us? [max 50 words]

If you would like to contact the organizers of the event, please email us atinfo.nycdigitalwavesfestival@gmail.com