New Releases: Episodes 7, 8, & 9 from the 2017 WERQ/Radio Interns

Episode 7: A WALK DOWN RAINBOW LANE
In this episode, the hosts discuss how the LGBTQ+ community is excluded from the current school curriculum. This episode challenges the educational system to implement a diversified course of study for all students all year long.

Episode 8: THE MASC WE WEAR
In this episode, hosts discuss the pressures of toxic masculinity and its effect on a community at large. This episode aims to encourage individuals to embrace all of their identities each and every day!

Episode 9: MEDIA VS REALITY/THE QUEER LIFE
In this episode, hosts explore the misrepresentation of the LGBTQ+ community on the silver screen!

In The News: Episodes are COMING SOON!

In The News: Journalists' Journey: Watch Us WERQ! [PGN Article0

The WERQ/Radio Interns are in the PGN!

Read "Journalists' Journey: Watch Us WERQ!" by Bruce Bennett, Miya Ingram, Julia Jones, Tamia Lawrence, Julian Maestre, Justin Newsome, and Damien Walker!

Grab yourself a hard copy as well!

In The News: 2017 Final Pitch Panel Results!

The Results Are In!

Thank you to the pitch panelist

(Carrie Jacobs, Crystal Sparrow, Chris Kyle, and Vincent Taylor)

for helping the WERQ/Radio Interns soar through to the last stages of the internship experience! 

#StayTuned

Newsletter: January 2017

Production preparation has begun for the

WERQ/Radio Podcasting & Youth Making Media Interns

at the Attic Youth Center!

Episode 6: Dear Congress, Where's My Seat?

In this episode,

hosts discuss the lack of congressional seats available for intersectional voices

and how that negatively shapes the progression of the future!

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Episode 5: Black Women vs. The Media

In this episode,

hosts discuss the plight of black/brown womyn bodies

within the current media climate

in addition to their erasure/ownership of their inherent cultural identity.

or CLICK HERE!

In The News: "Dear Congress, Where's My Seat?" Commercial

"Dear Congress, Where's My Seat?"

a radio podcast by the AYC/PYN WorkReady Media Arts Summer Interns

CAST

Niquee Harmon

Ramil Dyer

CREW

Adrianna Branin

MUSIC BY

bensound.com

VENUE

The Attic Youth Center

www.AtticYouthCenter.org

VIDEO PRODUCTION

TS Hawkins

In The News: "Black Women vs. The Media" Commercial!

"Black Women vs. The Media"

a radio podcast by the AYC/PYN WorkReady Media Arts Summer Interns

CAST (in order of appearance)

Alexis Perkins

Brooke Tillman

CREW

Erie Dudley

Brianna Haynes

MUSIC BY

bensound.com

VENUE

The Attic Youth Center

www.AtticYouthCenter.org

VIDEO PRODUCTION

TS Hawkins

Video: Media Arts Summer Interns Radio Drops Are Finished...

...now it's time to record radio segments...

Click to listen
and ‪#‎staytuned‬ for their upcoming episodes!

In The News: Results of the Pitch Panel!

The Media Arts Summer Interns presented their episodes to a pitch panel. Each episode needed to display high marks in Storyboarding, Research, Improv, and Teamwork! Interns learned very quickly that the more information they had on a subject, the better the pitch and the possibility of their episode making it to the production table.

Congratulations to the 2 episodes that made the grade!

Here is a sneak peek of what is on the immediate horizon!

*Episode 5: "BLACK WOMEN vs THE MEDIA

*Episode 6: "‪Dear Congress, Where's My Seat?!"

Episode 4: Without a Filter: A True Gaze on the LGBTQ+ Community

In this episode, hosts discuss if it does "get better"

for the LGBTQ+ community after "coming out".

From homelessness to unemployment,

these millennials chat about the possibility of a questionable future.

or CLICK HERE!

Episode 3: Dresses Are For Guys, Too!

In this episode, hosts discuss gender equity in clothing options.

From celebrity to the everyday,

this conversation is definitely fashion forward!

or CLICK HERE!

Episode 2: Mark My Gender: Legalizing a Third Gender Option in the US!

In this episode, hosts discuss legalizing a third gender option in the United States.

Other countries are on board with understanding the growth of humanity,

so why is the United States behind the times?

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