Lyric Rogers and Emily Palma Ramirez discuss the issue of homelessness in Minneapolis and propose solutions during the first live studio production of their youth community journalism microinternship program.
The youth community journalism program is led by the Youth Community Journalism Institute at the Strong Mind Strong Body Foundation, in collaboration with Carmen Robles and Associates LLC, and takes place at SPEAK MPLS, a community media center in Minneapolis and Strong Mind Strong Body partner organization.
The youth community journalism microinternship program is for ambitious students ages 12-17 from diverse backgrounds in Minneapolis schools. Students from Ella Baker Global Studies and Humanities School, Andersen United Middle School, South High School, South All Nations, Thomas Edison High School, and Risen Christ Catholic School are participating.
This program teaches the fundamentals of community journalism, including reporting, storytelling, interviewing, multimedia journalism, video production, field reporting, and live studio production.
The youth community journalism program culminates with a live community news show on Friday, Aug. 2, produced by students in front of a live studio audience and broadcast on SPEAK MPLS public access TV channel 75 on Comcast.
As part of the youth community journalism microinternship, youth are participating in the Mercado Central Local Journalism Project.
Mercado Central is a pioneering Latino marketplace in Minnesota that is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year as a business cooperative and incubator, a national model for asset-based community development, and a world-famous example of how local leadership can create a gathering place for commerce, community, and culture with a structure for ownership and control.
The Mercado is located at 1515 E Lake St. in Minneapolis. The Strong Mind Strong Body Foundation is leading the Mercado Central Local Journalism Project and will produce a documentary about Mercado Central and multimedia stories of Mercado businesses.
They also will be developing an innovative youth news team kiosk and organizing community solutions events to show how anyone can strengthen communities through asset-based community development.
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