After years as a rare, boutique activity for a select few young people, youth media is growing rapidly. There are programs in almost every major city, and more schools and community-based organizations are adopting similar activities and approaches. A number of organizations have helped in this development. The links below are to national efforts to support youth media making in a range of areas.

Articles

Developing the Youth Media Field: Prespectives from Two Practitioners (Diana Coryat & Steve Goodman)
www.soros.org/initiatives/youth/articles_publications/articles/whitepaper1_20040301

Organizations

ListenUp!
www.listenup.org
A national network of youth media organizations, largely dedicated to video production. ListenUp! offers an incredible archive of streaming media that provides examples of authentic youth voice.

National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC)
www.namac.org
An affiliation of leading media arts organizations and artists across the country. NAMAC supports the youth media field through leadership development and organizational capacity building.

National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB)
www.nfcb.org
An affiliation of broadcasters dedicated to community media from across the country, NFCB regularly convenes and provides support to youth media organizations producing broadcast and streaming radio works.

Open Society Institute
www.soros.org/initiatives/youth
A leading funder and champion of youth media making, OSI has supported numerous youth media organizations and field building efforts and has published a range of reports on promising practices.

Salesforce.com Foundation
www.salesforcefoundation.org
Salesforce has been championing the international recognition of youth media makers through grants, production sites and festivals.

YMDI (Youth Media Distribution Initiative) -- MediaRights.org
www.ymdi.org
The go-to place with regard to creating audience for youth media work, with great resources on how to distribute completed works.

Youth Media Info Center, The Free Child Project
www.freechild.org/youthmedia.htm

Coalition for Quality Children's Media
www.kidsfirst.org

Youth Media Reporter
www.youthmediareporter.org
A portal for youth media practitioners on the latest news within the field.

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