Generation PRX

Resources

Looking for resources to help teach and learn about radio? Search below or write generationprx@prx.org to add your own.

>> Signal, the GPRX newsletter
>> Learning & Teaching Resources
>> Organizations That Support Youth-Made Radio
>> Get Involved in Generation PRX!

Signal, the GPRX newsletter

Signal, the bi-monthly newsletter of GPRX, keeps you connected to youth-made radio the world over. View the archives and sign up to Generation PRX to stay in the loop.

Each issue of Signal is chock full:

- News from the youth radio field
- Tools and techniques
- Profiles of youth radio producers, groups and pros
- Opportunities, information and updates
- Your news and ideas!
Want to stay connected? Join GPRX to have Signal delivered straight to your inbox or check out past issues.

Learning & Teaching Resources

Check out the discussion forums on Generation PRX to find answers on anything from recording equipment to curriculum ideas. Or pose your own questions to the group.

A Kids Guide to Recording Stories

Audio School: An Inside Look at How Youth are Doing Radio
These guides share advice on radio production from youth producers in an audio format. Visit Transom to hear the guides or download these accompanying .pdf files on vox pops, interviewing, and how to use music effectively.

Guide to Peer Feedback PDF, (or, How to Listen to Other Youth Producers' Work and Have Something Constructive to Say)

Drop That Knowledge
This blog from Youth Radio's Lissa Soep has thought-provoking discussion and insights into digital media, education, transformation and the stories young people tell.

Let a Thousand Voices Speak
A guide to youth radio programs in the United States and hints for starting your own from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters.

Make Your Own Radio Diary

Radio Training Materials, from the Canadian Society for Independent Radio Production

Organizations that Support Youth-Made Radio

	Listen Up! is a youth media network that connects young video producers and their allies to resources, support and projects in order to develop within the field and achieve a powerful youth voice in the mass media world.
	National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC) is a non-profit organization whose members consists of various diverse organizations all devoted to the support and advocacy of independent film, video, audio and online/multimedia arts
	The National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) offers workshops and resources and on how public radio stations can start their own youth projects.
	The Third Coast Festival is a celebration of the best feature and documentary work heard worldwide on the radio and internet.
	Transom.org is an experiment channeling new work and voices to public radio through the internet, for discussing that work, and encouraging more.
	World Radio Forum is an international group of national, community, and internet radio producers and broadcasters who make radio for, with, and by children and youth. WRF members work in broadcasting, education, entertainment, development, and social change.
	The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in Boston has a teen program with a rich resources section for media arts.
	Youth Media Council is an Oakland, California-based organization that focuses on developing youth,particulary of color and low income youth,as media leaders and activists. They also help build the media capacity of youth organizations and the youth movement to support organizing campaigns.
	Youth Outlook (YO!) is the communication outlet for youth who feel their voices and visions need to be recognized. YO! is a bridge to the world of youth expression.

Get Involved!

There are lots of ways you can get moving with Generation PRX:

Sign up for a free starter account or send an email to info@generationprx.org to start a PRX group account for your youth radio group
Start listening to youth-produced radio on PRX
Subscribe to YouthCast, Generation PRX blog and podcast through alt.NPR
Sign up for Signal, the newsletter for the youth radio community. Send an email to signal@generationprx.org
Write a review or apply to the Youth Editorial Board
Learn more. Contact Generation PRX at (617) 230-7311, or send an email to info@generation.prx.org