Signal, September: New Stories, Resources & More

Fresh Greens: Teens & the Environment has arrived. The new collaboration from New Hampshire Public Radio, Terrascope Youth Radio and Generation PRX features stories from young people that consider what it means to think about our daily impact on the planet.

And what does it mean to be green? Listen to Fresh Greens and youth producers from across the country will tell you (hint: it isn't just about Earth Day). Then leave a comment, share it, or buy it for your station. You can also meet the producers on NHPR.

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Are you employed? Looking for work? PRX's new Youth and the Economy playlist, brings together stories about economic recession from a uniquely teen perspective, and we want to hear from you. How's the economy shaking up (or down) your plans? Head over to the playlist to hear stories from Youth Radio on looking for jobs after college and getting obsessed with how the the stock market actually works.

Taki Telonidis

When we came across "Spy Hop: Making Music, Changing Lives," a profile of Salt Lake City-based Spy Hop Productions from producers Taki Telonidis and Hal Cannon of the Western Folklife Center, we had to ask: What can someone not in youth media tell us about how the field looks from the outside? And luckily, Taki was kind enough to sit down and tell us:

GPRX: What were some of the more surprising elements you discovered while making this story?
Taki Telonidis: Reporting this story was an important personal experience for me, and I was surprised and impressed by several things. One was the level of involvement and concern that Spy Hop staff have for these kids. They go above and beyond simply helping them with music; they are friends, mentors, and guardians.

GPRX: Our perennial question: Why don't we hear more youth voices on the air? What would it take?
TT: While there ought to be more youth voices on the air, I do believe it's better these days than 10 or 15 years ago. The Youth Radio movement, begun more than a decade ago in San Francisco, has made important contributions to public radio. Spy Hop is dedicated to putting more youth voices on the air. They produce a program called Loud and Clear on a local radio station, and are in the process of creating a new program to teach radio documentary skills, once again giving young people the tools to tell their own story.

Read the full interview on GPRX and learn more about Spy Hop Productions.

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Audiodocumentary.org is a mother lode of audio goodness. The frequently-updated blog from Brooklyn producer David Maxon pops the concept of audio documentary wide open, and brings together an "expansive and inclusive" list of everything from slide shows, to news, to long-form stories to a list of wild and crazy laughs.

• Indie producers Ann Hepperman and Kara Oehler are taking Mapping Main Street - their MQ2-funded multimedia project - to the streets, and they want to hear from you. Submit your photo/video submissions or contact them through the site to share your own ideas for collaboration.
• We were delighted to learn that Germany-based Radijojo and British Columbia-based Kootenay Co-op Radio used their Generation PRX connections this summer to create 3 live, trans-Atlantic broadcasts, with stories shared from youth on both sides of the pond. Go pioneers!
• iPhone users, we're looking at you: PRX recently released the brand new version of the Public Radio Player - now with station schedules and on-demand streaming. It's awesome.
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Try some of these upcoming events for inspiration and as a tool to pitch to stations.

Sept. - Back to School
Sept. 15 - Oct. 15 - Hispanic Heritage Month
Sept. 19 - Rosh Hashanah
Sept. 19 - Talk Like A Pirate Day
Sept. 21 - International Day of Peace
Sept. 22 - Fall Begins
Sept. 28 - Yom Kippur
Oct. 12 - Columbus Day
Oct. 31 - Halloween
Nov. 11 - Veterans Day