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When Y-Press reporter Hrishi Deshpande asks John
McCain about his plan for balancing social security and
Medicare, the candidate seems taken aback. "I want a president who
is short on talk and long on action," Deshpande says later. "That
means lots of planning for the future, whether you're 12 like me or
a senior citizen like McCain." That's right, the reporter is
12.
Maybe McCain hasn't checked in on Generation PRX lately. Anyone who
listens to youth radio wouldn't be surprised by the creative and
thought-provoking ways youth are approaching this election, and
their future. Watch out, world.
Happy reading & listening,
Jones
Generation PRX Project Director
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The NBPC Masculinity Project
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GPRX & WBEZ collaborative radio special
With support from the National Black Programming
Consortium, GPRX is creating an hour-long radio special as part
of The
Masculinity Project. In collaboration with Chicago's WBEZ,
the show will draw from the PRX catalogue to explore youth
perspectives on cultures of masculinity "ranging from hip hop's
place, to prejudiced gender roles in relationships - using music,
beats and poetry." We're especially excited to work with host
Nam1Sekatti (see below) and producer Jason Marck.
Does your youth radio group have pieces that explore rights and
justice, African American cultural identity, economic status, or
community and family? Be a part of this exciting collaboration.
Upload them now or send an email to
GenerationPRX(at)PRX(dot)org.
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Chantel joins YouthCast
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Hosting a podcast near you
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Chantel Harley
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Chantel Harley knows
radio. And print journalism. And TV. With a degree in Broadcast
Journalism from Howard and experience working with
BlackCollegeWire.org, the Washington Post, and NPR, Chantel has
media down. This month we're very excited to welcome Chantel to
Generation PRX as the host of YouthCast, introducing the best
of youth-made radio and blogging about it all at youthcast.org.
Former YouthCast host Kiera Feldman is helping Chantel learn the
podcast ropes before she graduates college and sails off into the
great wide world of travel and beyond. We wish her the best and
know she'll always be a part of the PRXtended family!
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Q&A with Nam1Sekatti
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Hosting The Masculinity Project
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Nam1Sekatti
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When we were first introduced to Nam1Sekatti, host of
the upcoming GPRX Masculinity Project special, we knew he had
skills. The Chicago-area emcee (whose given name is Colin Alford)
daylights as the supervisor of an animal hospital surgical ward and
also plays basketball, writes, draws, records, and creates
political hip-hop. No wonder he chose a stage name that is "it
takes 1 man," spelled backwards! GPRX sat down with Nam to learn
more*:
GPRX: How did you become an emcee? What inspires you to
write and perform?
NAM: I have been writing poetry since I was 6 years old. I
usually write about world affairs, apathy, political situations,
and the struggle of the everyday person. I later came across
spirituality, and metaphysics...this changed my whole outlook on
existence.
GPRX: As a young producer, how do you see radio changing?
What's your hope for the future of radio?
NAM: I see stations like PRX, NPR, and Vocalo changing radio
to be a platform for local, unsigned artists. I love the
transition!...My hope for the future of radio is to hear more
conscious, political, uplifting, intelligent, spiritual
lyrics!
*Hear
Nam1Sekatti's music or
read the full interview on Generation PRX.
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Tools & Ideas
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Search on everyzing
Looking for audio or video on something specific? EveryZing
actually searches for keywords in podcasts and videos. Search
results show the exact times in the audio where you can find the
keywords, and you can listen to entire podcasts or jump straight to
the spots that include what you searched. Easy peesy.
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News & Announcements
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Hopi High Radio wins big, Licenses for Loot, AFL-CIO Turnaround
America Contest
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Hopi High Award
Winners
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The Arizona Interscholastic Press Association recently recognized
Hopi High Radio
with NINE broadcast awards in categories ranging from commentary to
sports broadcast. Big ups, Hopi High!
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And while we're doling out congratulations... as part of
April-is-Licenses-for-Loot month, GPRX is sending t-shirts to
the first 5 youth pieces that were licensed. Kudos to the
Appalachian Media Institute, War News Radio, Sally Richardson,
Weekday High and Curie Youth Radio.
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For those who want try their hand at video, the AFL-CIO is
sponsoring an online video contest. "Create a short video that
addresses how we should turn around America," and you could win
$2,000. Details are
here.
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Upcoming Date Pegs
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Time marches on
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Photo by Vaughan
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Try some of these upcoming events for inspiration and as a tool to
pitch to stations. Remember, if you have election audio, the
time is now to upload to PRX and get heard!
May - Better Hearing and Speech Month
May 11 - Mother's Day
May 26 - Memorial Day
June -
Adopt-A-Cat Month
June 14 - Flag Day
June 15 - Father's Day
June 20 - Summer begins!
July 4 - Independence Day
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