Maui County kids can get “MoJo Certified” by participating in Youth Broadband Education Awareness Mentoring (YBEAM) this summer at Akaku Maui Community Media. MoJo (mobile journalism) focuses on short format, community storytelling. Tweens and teens ages 12 – 18 will become Certified Mobile Journalists while learning to produce short video stories through interviews and news … [Read more...] about Mentoring for Maui’s aspiring journalists
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Akaku youth program receives educational grant
Akaku Maui Community Media's youth program recently received a $5,000 grant from the Fred Baldwin Memorial Foundation. The funds will support the Akaku Youth Media Exchange, AYME, which is a workforce development program for certified graduates of Youth Broadband Education and Awareness Mentoring; YBEAM is a 'mobile' video journalism training for youth 12-19 years old. The … [Read more...] about Akaku youth program receives educational grant
Akaku Media receives $9,000 for youth programs
Akaku Maui Community Media's youth programs recently received $9,000 in funds from the County Office of Economic Development, SunEdison and the Andrew S. Colburn Foundation. The money supports Akaku's Youth Broadband Education Awareness Mentoring (YBEAM) and Akaku Youth Media Exchange (AYME) programs. The Maui County Office of Economic Development granted $3,000 for the AYME … [Read more...] about Akaku Media receives $9,000 for youth programs
X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST New Movie Review
The morning before I attended the screening of the new X-Men movie, I was cleaning out an old box of mementos and came across an odd flyer. It read "Mutants Are People Too!" on the cover. On the inner fold were details of how this country was full of Mutant Oppression and lacking Mutant Equality. I was given this flyer at the first screening of the original X-Men in 2000, when … [Read more...] about X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST New Movie Review
Akaku YBEAM Grads Get Practical Experience
Alumni of Akaku’s youth program will now have an opportunity to gain field production work in the real world. Graduates of Akaku’s Youth Broadband Education & Awareness Mentoring training certification (YBEAM) will have the opportunity to use their skills as participants in Akaku Youth Media Exchange (AYME), taking their training to the next level. Kat Tracy, Akaku’s Director … [Read more...] about Akaku YBEAM Grads Get Practical Experience