There's no better way to learn than by talking to people. Even if you're not a reporter, everyone needs good interviewing skills, whether it's to find the answer to a question or to get a job. Interviewing isn't something you can just rush into, however. Kids need preparation, practice and coaching.
In our media-saturated world, kids are constantly bombarded by messages, images, opinions and ideas. Add the Internet, Web, email and wireless devices into the mix, and it's difficult for any of us to escape the information—and misinformation—glut.
There's no better way to learn than by talking to people. Even if you're not a reporter, everyone needs good interviewing skills, whether it's to find the answer to a question or to get a job. Interviewing isn't something you can just rush into, however. Kids need preparation, practice and coaching.
A variety of multi-media projects from youth who have participated in the Street Level Youth media programs in Chicago. Includes "CHi-dentified [a] project [that] gave youth across the city the chance to look at their identity in the context of American history, specifically the history of slavery and the African people," personal Web sites created by youth, testimonials on life in Chicago, "Chiksite, an all-girls collaboration on what it means to be a women in cyberspace," and more.
