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Generation PRX T-Shirts: Wear your radio style |
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Want to see what real collaboration looks like? Check out "Letter
to my Mom: You haven't lost me," from Natalie Marquez of Curie
Youth Radio. The piece is a moving, original piece of audio. But
it's also an example of youth working together to get heard:
Back in 2008, Curie posted the piece to the Audio
Exchange Project as a rough draft. Youth producers from Maine
to North Carolina wrote in with their feedback, Natalie edited the
piece, uploaded it to PRX and presto: It's got 4 licenses, 3
comments and a feature on the GPRX blog.
You can head to the Audio
Exchange for a new round of online workshops. Or jump on board
some of the other major happenings, including a youth radio
special, a new logo and Zeitfunkiness galore.
Happy reading & listening,
Jones
Generation PRX Project Director
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Be Part of New Radio Collaboration
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A Day in the Life... Teens & the Environment
Together with New Hampshire Public
Radio and Terrascope Youth
Radio, Generation PRX is asking youth producers to
contribute stories to "A Day in the Life... Teens & the
Environment," an hour-long special that looks at how the
decisions you make every day affect the world around
you.
We want to hear about a choice you make during one part of your day
- from what you eat and what you wear, to where you go and how you
get there - and how that choice shapes the world at large.
Stories must be uploaded to PRX by June 15th, 2009. Download
all the details here.
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Vote for the New GPRX Logo
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Cast your ballot
GPRX is a network of producers with keen eyes and ears, and so it
seems only right that you all should choose the new Generation
PRX logo. We've got four enticing choices, but only one will
survive... head on
over and vote! A future of webpages, t-shirts and stickers is
in your hands.
A huge shout out to Youth Noise
Network producer and artist Aaron Garcia, who created the
original GPRX logo.
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Raise Money for Radio
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June Fox puts the "fun" back in fundraising
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June Fox
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When
June Fox, the Director of Station Relations at DEI, introduced
her fundraising workshop at the recent NFCB conference by asking, "Do you mind if I
take my shoes off? You can too, of course!" we were already hooked.
And what came next - a million good ideas on how to raise money
for youth radio groups - actually did knock our socks off. Read
some of the highlights below, then download
her workshop outline for more great ideas.
1. Make a list of the expenses you anticipate for the year.
Include equipment, travel, dues - have a concrete goal to work
towards.
2. Identify potential sources of money. Know you'll need
equipment? Negotiate an educational discount. Traveling? Ask donors
to give frequent flyer miles.
3. ASK! On air, direct mail, phonecalls - use every avenue
you can to ask, ask, ask.
4. Special events. Raffles, auctions, dances, benefit
concerts, craft sales - think creatively about getting people to
come out (and spend).
5. Write grants. RTNDF, Adobe, and Knight-Ridder all have
youth journalism resources. Visit public libraries that subscribe
to the Foundation Directory Online - use it!
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Tools & Ideas
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Recording phone calls
Those Transom folks have done it again. This time, they've
demystified the whole
process of recording phone calls for radio. From old
fashioned analog couplers to Skype, cell phones and mixers -
Transom walks you through the pros, cons and how-tos of recording
someone remotely. All this, plus a
Talk section for weighing in with your own questions and input.
What don't they think of?
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News & Announcements
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Zeitfunkiness, PRX on iTunes, Hopi High Awards
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The 2008 Zeitfunk Awards are going out to PRX producers,
stations and groups with the mostest. See the winners and then
plan your attack to win that bunny award next year...
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Thanks to the PRX Download Service, now you can buy
albums of PRX content on iTunes, including a terrific selection
from youth producers. Check out the whole selection
of audio available.
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Once again, our friends at Hopi High Radio cleaned
up at the recent Arizona Interscholastic Press Assocation,
taking home a whopping 12 awards. Huge congrats!
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Upcoming Date Pegs
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Time marches on
Try some of these upcoming events for inspiration and as a tool to
pitch to stations.
May - Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
May 10 - Mother's Day
May 25 - Memorial Day
June - Gay and Lesbian Pride Month
June 21 - Father's Day and first day of summer
July - National
Ice Cream Month
July 4 - Independence Day
July 14 - Bastille
Day
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