October 31, 2006

EVENTS: A first for Média-Jeunes! (CANADA)

For Immediate Release

A first for Média-Jeunes!

Montreal, October 25, 2006?To give the next generation of youth TV professionals an inside look at the Canadian industry, the Alliance for Children and Television (ACT) has teamed up with the Shaw Rocket Fund to offer animation students the chance to attend a workshop by the creators of Being Ian, winner of the 2006 Shaw Rocket Prize. This session?an ACT first?will be held during the Média-Jeunes Conference in Montreal from November 30 to December 1. Students will also be able to present their personal achievements and, who knows, maybe even land a job at Studio B Productions!

Director Josh Mepham and visual effects supervisor Mark Rocchio from Studio B in Vancouver will speak to students about the ins and outs of producing and directing their hit show Being Ian, which was awarded a $50,000 prize this spring by a national jury of students from the Royal Conservatory of Music?s Learning Through the Arts program, as part of an in-class media literacy course. The five finalists for the Shaw Rocket Prize were selected by an independent, international jury of leaders in children?s TV from the UK, US, Australia, Germany and Canada among submissions made by Canadian producers.

Students interested in signing up for the workshop should contact Sonia Provençal at info@act-aet.tv or 514-597-6809.

ACT?s Média-Jeunes Conference is the only one of its kind to bring together Canada?s creators, producers and broadcasters of children?s and youth programs, promoting exchange, training and professional development. Over 200 attendees, including a number of well-known specialists, will explore programming trends and share their views on the needs and interests of today?s young people.

Média-Jeunes 2006 is being produced with financial assistance from the Shaw Rocket Fund, Radio-Canada, the Independent Production Fund, Telefilm Canada, and Télé-Québec.

To register or have a look at what?s on the agenda for the Média-Jeunes 2006 Conference, please visit www.act-aet.tv.

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Contact: Sonia Provençal, Project and Event Coordinator, ACT

514-597-6809 info@act-aet.tv

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

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The opinions and views expressed in this message and/or articles & websites linked to from this message do not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies.
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OPPORTUNITIES: Survive Style (EUROPE & CAUCASUS)

SURVIVE STYLE

CALL FOR ENTRIES

Take part in the Survive Style short film contest!
To be young in Europe ? A risky business? Mobility and migration in Europe.

For young filmmakers between 18 and 30 years from the EU, South East Europe, Turkey and Caucasus countries.

Step 1: Short Film Contest

Globalisation and migration have caused changes in the European landscape.
While the multicultural perspectives play a dynamic role in the modelling of
modern society, the boundaries are fortified.

?Survive Style? means the challenge to live in our fast changing European society, and wants to explore the different living and working situations of young people in any region of Europe. The freedom of travelling offers a lot of new perspectives, but mobility is not always chosen by the citizens themselves. How does mobility/ travelling/migration transform people?

What are your feelings about the situation of young people in Europe, and about your situation? How do you imagine your future working situation? How is your life affected by European mobility and migration?

Express your personal view by making a SHORT FILM on the topic:
Survive Style - To be young in Europe ? A risky business?

We welcome all different genres: short features, documentaries, animation and experimental films. All non-English-language entries must have English subtitles. Exceptions may be made for entries with little or no dialogue. Digital Formats: DVD, Mini DV ? up to 10 minutes are accepted.

Download the entry form [.doc] here or from www.kino5.net and mail it to survivestyle@nisimasa.com

All films must be received by December 15th 2006

Send your short film together with the entry form to:
After Image Productions
Goethegasse 1
A-1010 Vienna, Austria

Step 2: European Youth Film Forum ? March 12th - 18th 2007, Vienna

Among the submissions of Short Movies, 30 films are selected and the filmmakers are invited to participate at the European Youth Film Forum in Vienna and to present his/her short film. Travel expenses and accommodation will be provided for the invited participants.

Workshops and lectures held by film professionals on film theory and practices, production and film analysis will be part of the meeting as well as a Film festival and a Symposium on Migrant Film Works. A jury will award the best short films.

Some of the films among the 30 selected will be screened in the frame of Confrontations Europe's Tour d'Europe, during the Paris? conference, on the 25th of March 2007.

Contact and information: Kathi Posch, survivestyle@nisimasa.com

With the support of the Council of Europe. All different, all equal campaign

SOURCE:

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
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The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

RESEARCH: Talkin' 'Bout My (Digital) Generation

Talkin? ?Bout My (Digital) Generation
By: Kate Golden, 10/25/06

Last week, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced a $50 million, five-year initiative to explore the ways in which digital technologies are changing how young people learn, play, socialize, and participate in civic life. Standing in front of a room of educators, policy makers, grantees, and members of the press, Jonathan Fanton, MacArthur?s President, explained that ?this is the first generation to grow up digital.? Seeking to better understand this digital generation, MacArthur plans on funding research and innovative projects to achieve this goal. Recent MacArthur grants in the field include support for the design and development of innovative game modules, curricula, and tools for media literacy, a study about the effect of digital media on young people?s civic engagement, and research on ethical decision-making in the digital age. As Fanton said, the Foundation is ?eager to know what solid research will tell.? MacArthur hopes that this initiative will enable educational and other social institutions to adapt to the new needs of today?s - and tomorrow?s youth by providing a clearer picture of what those needs are. Using some of the tools that future grant recipients will most likely study, the Foundation?s press briefing and panel discussion was also available via Webcast; Danah Boyd covered it for Spotlight, MacArthur?s new blog.

Highlighting the need to assess how digital media is transforming youth in both formal and informal learning environments, MacArthur presented some staggering statistics: young people today spend an average of almost 6.5 hours a day with media; 87% of U.S. teens aged 12-17 use the Internet; nearly 75% of young people aged 8-18 use instant messaging.

FULL ARTICLE AT http://www.onphilanthropy.com/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=6781

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
URL: www.unicef.org/magic
Mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/youthful-media

The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

OPPORTUNITIES: Euro-Balkans video letters (DEADLINE: TOMORROW, NOV 1)

Euro-Balkans video letters

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS!
You love to make personal short video films.
You are between 18 and 30 years old.
You live in Croatia, Romania, Turkey, Bulgaria, Kosovo or Macedonia.

As a young person from the Balkans, how do you feel in the European community? Where do you find your identity difference? How did your national history, culture and mentality reflect on your personal/own story? What features does your national cinema express? What features do YOU want to express with the tools of cinema? Even if you still don?t know the answers, maybe this project will give you the key.

Send us your application form, and you will be maybe given the chance to take part in the making of video letters on the topic "Am I a European citizen?" and be representative of your country at the Screenwriters' Festival in Bourges, from the 27th of March till the 1st of April 2007.

PARTICIPANTS
Six participants from France and two from each of the following countries: Romania, Macedonia, Turkey, (protectorate) Kosovo, Croatia and Bulgaria.
PROGRAM Workshop on making film-letters as a preparatory work; screenings and open discussions on the theme of Balkan identity and its presence in the field of cinema, all of this at a meeting during the Festival in Bourges.

APPLICATION DEADLINE
November the 1st, 2006

CONTACT
Yana Mosholova
Email: videoletters@nisimasa.com
Phone: +359 (0) 895 43 53 99

With the support of the Fondation de France. In partnership with the 'Festival des Scenaristes de Bourges

SOURCE: http://nisimasa.imingo.net/?q=node/358/

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
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The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

OPPORTUNITIES / PHOTO. Picturing the next generation

Picturing the next generation

If you're a budding photographer aged 18 or under, now's your chance to win a digital camera in our new competition.

As part of a new BBC season called Generation Next, we want to see your pictures of how you spend your leisure time.

Sport, music, you name it, just grab your camera and take a snap.

Two categories

There are two sets of prizes, one for anyone 13 or under and another for 14 to 18-year-olds (age as of 30 November, 2006) with the maximum number of images per person set at four.

Deadline

The deadline is midnight GMT on 30 November, 2006.

Voting

After the closing date, the 12 best pictures from each age group will be selected by our picture desk and displayed in a picture gallery on the BBC News website in early December. Readers will then have 48 hours in which to vote for their favourite.

The prizes

Each of the two winners chosen by our readers will win a Nikon D50 SLR camera; the two runners-up will win a Nikon S9 Coolpix camera.

How to enter

SEND US YOUR PICTURES

E-mail: yourpics@bbc.co.uk
MMS: 07725 100 100
3G: 07888 100 100

When taking photos or filming please do not endanger yourself or others, take unnecessary risks or infringe any laws.

Details of where to send your photos can be found in the box to the right.

Entries must be in digital form; jpeg files of 800 pixels in the widest dimension are preferred.

Make sure you mark your e-mail or MMS with the subject "Generation Next" and which age group you are entering.

Don't forget to include your name, where the picture was taken and why you took the picture.

If you want more information please contact our Picture Editor at the above e-mail address.

Terms of use

Pictures submitted and marked as entries to "Generation Next" will only be used in conjunction with the competition and any associated promotion. All entries that are not selected will be deleted.

In accordance with section 9 of the BBC's Terms of use you agree to grant to the BBC a non-exclusive licence to publish and use your photographs for non-commercial purposes. Copyright will however remain with the photographer.

The BBC cannot guarantee that all pictures will be used and we reserve the right to edit your comments.

Your entry must be entirely your own original work, not defame anybody nor infringe any copyright.

The judges' decision will be final and no correspondence can be entered into. If the readers' vote results in a tie the judges shall have the casting vote.

Employees of the BBC, or any other BBC group company, and their immediate families are not eligible to enter.

The BBC reserves the right to cancel this competition at any stage, if deemed necessary in its opinion, and if circumstances arise outside its control.

You can choose any subject to photograph, but don't forget to ask permission from parents or guardians if the subject is under 16.

All entrants agree to their name being published if selected for publication.

By entering, entrants will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by these rules. This competition is organised by the BBC as part of Generation Next output.

The BBC is not liable for the non-receipt of any photos submitted due to technical failure.

In the event that the BBC deems it necessary, the right is reserved to subsitute prizes of a similar type and value. Any description of the prizes in any media shall not be binding on the BBC. No cash alternatives to the prizes are offered.

These rules are governed by the laws of England and Wales.

SOURCE: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/6055140.stm

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
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The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

GAMES: UNICEF launches online Swahili game for HIV prevention

UNICEF launches online Swahili game for HIV prevention

One of the first computer games in Swahili addresses young people and AIDS

NAIROBI, 30 October 2006 ? UNICEF launched its first interactive feature in Swahili today, an online game that empowers young people to make good life choices about and prevent HIV. The game, called ?Ungefanyaje? or ?What would you do?? in Swahili, takes the player through a series of relationship-based scenarios that emphasize the importance of HIV prevention and testing.

?Translating the game into Swahili makes it accessible to East African adolescents and young people,? says Voices of Youth Coordinator Amber Oliver. ?By speaking openly about the threat that HIV and AIDS poses to young people, we can help give them the knowledge they need to keep them safe from infection.?

Although prevention is essential to half the spread of HIV/AIDS, an alarming 80 per cent of all young people still don?t know how to protect themselves from the virus. Sub-Saharan Africa has been especially hard-hit by the epidemic. ?It is estimated that of the 2.3 million children under 15 living with HIV, two million are in sub-Saharan Africa,? says Oliver. ?Reaching young people with prevention education and services is a crucial step towards an AIDS-free generation.?

?What would you do?? can be accessed online in English and Swahili at http://www.unicef.org/voy/explore/aids/explore_1360.html.

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About Voices of Youth
Since 1995, VOY has focused on exploring the educational and community building potential of the Internet, and facilitating the active and substantive participation of young people on child rights and development related issues. Through web boards, interactive quizzes, youth leadership profiles, live chats and more, Voices of Youth provides thousands of young people from over 180 countries with an opportunity to self-inform, engage in lively debate, and partner?with their peers and decision makers?to create a world fit for children.

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About UNICEF
For 60 years UNICEF has been the world?s leader for children, working on the ground in 156 countries and territories to help children survive and thrive, from early childhood through adolescence. The world?s largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.

For more information, please contact:
Amber Oliver, Voices of Youth, UNICEF, aoliver@unicef.org, +212-326-7050
Gerrit Beger, UNICEF Media, gbeger@unicef.org, +212-326-7116
Elizabeth Losleben, UNICEF Media, elosleben@unicef.org, +212-326-7172

SOURCE: http://www.unicef.org/media/media_36371.html

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
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Mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/youthful-media

The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

October 30, 2006

AWARDS: Newspaper project for young people gets top honors

Newspaper project for young people gets top honors

27/10/2006

A major Indian newspaper has received international honors for a project that promotes news readership among young people and encourages them to try out journalism.

The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) has named the Times of India the 2006 World Young Reader Newspaper of the Year.

At a time when newspapers worldwide face declining readership and struggle for the divided attention of younger generations, the Times relaunched its student edition, successfully increasing its circulation by 50 percent and reaching 2,000 schools across India. According to WAN, the Times used market research to learn more about what students wanted from the edition.

As part of the same program, more than 4,000 students participate in putting their own newspapers together. The program includes travel and leisure incentives for the young journalists.

WAN will present that award and others at its World Young Reader Conference, scheduled for March 25 to 28 in Washington, D.C. For more details on the conference, visit http://www.wan-press.org/washington or stay tuned to IJNet.

WAN: http://www.wan-press.org/article12231.html.

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
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The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

OPPORTUNITIES / PHOTO: 4th Annual International Photoshare Photo Contest

Awards
4th Annual International Photoshare Photo Contest
For development photos...
Deadline: November 10 2006

Photoshare is seeking - from across the globe - photos of programmes in action, pictures illustrating the realities of urban and rural life in developing countries, or snapshots from personal travels, volunteer service, or work experience. Winning photos receive cash and/or a Canon digital camera.

Participants may submit one photo per category (8 photos maximum):

Family Planning and Reproductive Health
HIV/AIDS
Environment
Agricultural & Economic Development
Democracy & Governance
Humanitarian Assistance
Global Health (open subject)
Human Interest (open subject)

Deadline for entries is November 10 2006.

Winning photos and photographers will be publicly announced and featured on the Photoshare website in December 2006.

Click here for more information and to download the electronic entry form.

Contact:
JHU/CCP Photoshare Contest
Attn: David Alexander
111 Market Place, Suite 310
Baltimore, MD 21202
United States
Tel: 410-659-6280
Fax: 410-659-6266
photoshare@infoforhealth.org
Photoshare website

SOURCE: http://www.comminit.com/awards2006/awards2006/awards-1488.html

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
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Mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/youthful-media

The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

RADIO: Youth Radio offers more than just broadcast experience

Youth Radio offers more than just broadcast experience

By Susa Lim, October 24, 2006 12:44 AM

D'Mariey Johnson, 15, always knew he had a knack for writing. He also knew he wanted to be a broadcaster. But the Richmond teen didn't know where to go to get the skills until about a year ago, when an organization called Youth Radio set up shop and held lessons at his apartment complex, the Barrett's Housing Project.

Today, Johnson teaches students how to write and webcast radio commentary at Youth Radio in Berkeley.

"The area I live in is straight up violence, [Youth Radio] is something to get out of the way. You can go forward in life," said Johnson, who recently received a peer leadership award for his community service from Northern California Grantmakers' Association, a philanthropic association of foundations and corporate sponsors.

Youth Radio teaches broadcasting and media skills to at-risk teens. Based in Berkeley, the nonprofit uses a hands-on approach to teaching its students, many of who come from impoverished areas of the East Bay.

FULL ARTICLE AT: http://journalism.berkeley.edu/ngno/stories/027705.html

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
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Mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/youthful-media

The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

ADVERTISING: TV junk food ads escape crackdown

TV junk food ads escape crackdown

Campaigners say the failure to ban commercials before 9pm will harm the fight against obesity

Denis Campbell and Gaby Hinsliff
Sunday October 29, 2006
The Observer

Health campaigners claim new rules to be published restricting the advertising of junk food to children on television will be too weak to halt the soaring levels of obesity.

Ofcom, the broadcasting regulator, is finalising a series of recommendations, which it will present to the government, on how to limit the number of adverts seen by children for products that contain unhealthy high levels of fat, salt and sugar.

But campaign groups such as the National Heart Forum, National Children's Bureau and food lobby group Sustain hit out yesterday at Ofcom's expected decision to reject widespread calls for all junk food commercials to be banned before the 9pm children's viewing 'watershed'.

FULL ARTICLE AT http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1934365,00.html

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
URL: www.unicef.org/magic
Mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/youthful-media

The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

October 29, 2006

AWARDS: Media Award Honours Hungry Eyes, Disadvantaged Youth

Media Award Honours Hungry Eyes, Disadvantaged Youth

Two Canadian filmmakers, David 'Sudz' Sutherland and Jennifer Holness, received the $5,000 FORscene Trailblazer Award at the closing ceremonies of the Innoversity Summit in Toronto.

Sutherland and Holness, partners in Hungry Eyes Film and Television won for their project, Through Our Eyes which introduced filmmaking to over 28 youth in grades 6, 7 and 8, some of whom were in the "at risk" category.

FULL ARTICLE AT http://www.mediacastermagazine.com/issues/ISArticle.asp?id=61695&issue=10262006&btac=no

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
URL: www.unicef.org/magic
Mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/youthful-media

The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

October 26, 2006

AWARDS: International Children's Day of Broadcasting Award nominees announced

International Children?s Day of Broadcasting Award nominees announced

NEW YORK, 23 October 2006 ? UNICEF today congratulated the nominees for the International Children?s Day of Broadcasting (ICDB) Award, co-presented yearly by UNICEF and the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The six nominees for the 2006 ICDB Award won their regional competitions. The regional winners are from Bangladesh, Colombia, Gambia, Moldova, Spain and Syria and represent the best work produced for the 2005 ICDB.

?We couldn?t be more pleased or more proud of these broadcasters who have taken up UNICEF?s call to get youth involved in programming and production,? says Stephen Cassidy, Chief of UNICEF?s Internet, Broadcast and Image Section.

The winner of the 2006 ICDB Award will be announced at the Academy?s 34th International Emmy® Awards Gala on November 20, 2006 at the Hilton New York Hotel.

Judging for the regional prizes took place between May and July and focused on the 2005 ICDB theme: ?Sports for Development and Peace.? The entries were evaluated by teams of regional broadcasters and television experts.

The ICDB Regional Prizes went to ATN Bangla (Elegy for Dipu); RCN Television (Bichos Bichez); Gambia Television and Radio Services (ICDB: Children in Charge - Every Child Has the Right to Play); Teleradio Moldova (Let?s Play), TVE (Los Lunnis), and Syrian Broadcast TV (Let?s Play).

FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.unicef.org/media/media_36315.html

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
URL: www.unicef.org/magic
Mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/youthful-media

The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

October 24, 2006

FUNDING: $2.5 Million to Study Digital Media and Children

$2.5 Million to Study Digital Media and Children

Georgetown University?s Children?s Digital Media Center (CDMC) received a five-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the influences of digital media on very early development. Georgetown Psychology Professor Sandra Calvert will lead the collaborative studies that include scholars from The University of Massachusetts, The University of California at Riverside, and The University of Texas at Austin.

"I would like to congratulate Professor Calvert on this remarkable accomplishment,? said Jane McAuliffe, Dean of Georgetown College. ?It reflects both the university?s leadership in the empirical sciences and, more significantly, the impact that her scholarship has on the field of early childhood cognitive research.?

FULL ARTICLE AT: http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=19384

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
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Mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/youthful-media

The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

October 20, 2006

NEWSPAPERS: Have Dutch found a way to make young buy newspapers?

Have Dutch found a way to make young buy newspapers?
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A new Dutch daily newspaper is attracting thousands of new young readers - but unlike most other new dailies around the world, it is paid for. NRC Next is attracting 'young, well-educated people who were not regular newspaper readers', according to the World Association of Newspapers.

Six months after its launch, it now claims a daily sale of 70,000 with a 1 Euro cover price. NRC Next shares an office with established evening newspaper NRC Handelsblad and takes 60 per cent of its copy from there. The rest is produced by 27 young staffers.

Instead of the traditional news values of 'who, what, where and when', NRC Next claims to concentrate on background, analysis and opinion. It assumes that readers have already learned the main points of the news from other channels.

Source: http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/article/191006/newspapers_nrc_next - Press Gazette.co.uk

Read more:

Paris, 19 October 2006
For immediate release

How a Paid-For Daily Reaches Young, Smart Readers

A new newspaper in the Netherlands is getting widespread attention for
attracting young, well-educated people who were not regular newspaper
readers. Half a year after its launch, NRC Next has surpassed its targets
and is reaching a new audience for newspapers -- and the new readers are
willing to pay for it too.

NRC Next is a morning tabloid that assumes readers have already learned the
news from other channels. Rather than concentrating on the traditional "who,
what, where and when," it provides background, analysis and opinion.
Editor-in-Chief Hans Nijenhjuis will present the NRC Next case at the World
Editor & Marketeer Conference, to be held in Madrid, Spain, on 23 and 24
November next.

The conference, organized by the World Association of Newspapers and World
Editors Forum, will examine a wide variety of strategies that newspapers are
using for circulation success. Full details can be found at
http///www.wan-press.org/madrid2006 .

In the case of NRC Next, publisher PCM decided that the best way to reach a
new target group -- well-educated, non-newspaper readers under the age of 35
-- was to start a new newspaper rather than alter the editorial content of
its existing NRC Handelsblad. NRC Next shares a newsroom with the evening
paper and takes 60 percent of its copy from it -- the rest is provided by 27
new staffers, all young. Although it competes with two free tabloids, NRC
Next carries a one Euro cover price, and has seen its circulation grow to
70,000 in six months, well above the 40,000 target it set for its first
year. Seven in ten readers are among the target audience.

More details about the paper can be found on http://www.editorsweblog.org .

The World Editor & Marketeer Conference & Expo will offer many such cases
over the course of two days. The event has become a popular meeting place
for publishers, senior marketing executives and editors from around the
world -- last year's event drew nearly 500 participants from 73 countries.

This year's event is being hosted by the Association of Spanish Newspaper
Publishers (AEDE), and chaired by Tomas Brunegard, CEO and President of the
Stampen Group in Sweden.

Sessions include:

- Reader connections, which will provide practical information on how
newspapers can engage customers and develop reader relationships that drive
sales and loyalty. Speakers include Anders Goliger, Assistant News Editor of
Göteborgs-Posten in Sweden, Grzegorz Piechota, Special Projects Editor of
Poland's Gazeta Wyborcza, and Hans-Dieter Gärtner, Director of GESO in
Germany.

- New Print Products, which will be based on a new report from the WAN
Shaping the Future of the Newspaper project and will examine some of the 550
new print titles have appeared world-wide in the last five years -- quality
dailies, free commuter papers, "lite" versions of existing titles, and niche
titles targeted to wealthy readers, immigrants, young people, women, men and
even low-literacy audiences.

- Circulation systems, which will focus on the use of circulation and
consumer data in sales and marketing operations. Speakers include John Hay,
CRM Consultant for the Globe and Mail in Canada.

- The digital/print content opportunity, which will examine the development
of new digital mobile technologies and how they impact traditional
readerships. Speakers include Erik Nord, Senior Vice President of Telenor in
Norway, Trine Hage, CEO of Norway's Romerikes Blad, and other speakers to be
announced.

- Newspaper marketing: avoiding the pitfalls, in which a panel of experts
will respond to the 10 most frequent mistakes in newspaper marketing and
explain how to avoid them.

- Promotion - short term gain or long term investment?, which will present
an overview of circulation-winning promotions and the long-term strategies
behind them. Speakers include Paula Murphy, Deputy Marketing Director of The
Independent in Ireland.

- And much more! Full details at http://www.wan-press.org/madrid2006

The Paris-based WAN, the global organisation for the newspaper industry,
defends and promotes press freedom world-wide. It represents 18,000
newspapers; its membership includes 73 national newspaper associations,
newspapers and newspaper executives in 102 countries, 11 news agencies and
nine regional and world-wide press groups.

Inquiries to: Larry Kilman, Director of Communications, WAN, 7 rue Geoffroy
St Hilaire, 75005 Paris France. Tel: +33 1 47 42 85 00. Fax: +33 1 47 42 49
48. Mobile: +33 6 10 28 97 36. E-mail: lkilman@wan.asso.fr

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
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The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

October 18, 2006

EVENTS: Chicago International Children's Film Festival

Chicago International Children's Film Festival

The Chicago International Children's Film Festival, the largest and longest running festival in the U.S. showcasing the best culturally diverse, non-violent, value affirming children's films, releases its 23rd year to Chicago audiences. Wildly imaginative films from 44 countries, including over 200 international films and 125 premieres bring the 2006 Festival to the forefront as the largest multicultural family event in Chicago!

FULL ARTICLE: http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=websites&id=4669126

FESTIVAL WEBSITE: http://www.cicff.org/

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
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The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

WORKSHOPS: Workshop interactive children's television Cinekid & Mediamatic

Upcoming workshop:

Workshop Interactive Children’s Television

Kick-off 23 October evening @ Mediamatic

Workshop 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 October

29 October presentation of results in de Balie, Kleine Gartmanplantsoen 12, Amsterdam

THE WORKSHOP

Cinekid, the International film, television and new media festival for children and Mediamatic organize a workshop for media professionals on interactive television for children during the Cinekid festival.

WHAT?

16 directors, producers and / or editors of children’s TV, film and new media content will be selected to participate in this workshop. In five intense days, they will create the content, format, the interactive experience and a production model for their project, discuss it with experienced trainers and other participants, and build a working prototype assisted by technical assistants.

SPEAKERS

Next to our coaches, three guest speakers will present their latest projects and discuss participants’ projects:

- Nuno Bernardo of Beactive an innovative Portugese crossmedia company, http://www.beactive.pt,

- Tommi Laitio of oneminutesJR, http://www.theoneminutesjr.org

- Tom Vedel of AnimationTV from Denmark, http://www.tv-animation.com

HOW MUCH AND MORE INFO

The cost for participation is €300 (incl. VAT) for people from new EU member states and €420 (incl. VAT) for people from other EU member states.

More info about and the complete programme of this workshop can be found on http://www.mediamatic.net/cinekid

Registration is possible online: http://www.mediamatic.net/workshopregistration

Mail any questions you might have to workshops[at]mediamatic.net

or call Klaas Kuitenbrouwer: +31 20 6389901

This workshop is made possible with the support of the MEDIA PLUS PROGRAMME of the European Community.

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
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The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

The opinions and views expressed in this message and/or articles & websites linked to from this message do not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies.
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OPPORTUNITIES / CONTESTS: Tracing Europe - photo contest

Tracing Europe - photo contest

Whether you read your daily newspaper, listen to the radio, watch TV or surf the internet ? Europe is omnipresent, but still far away. At first sight Europe may not seem to affect you, not part of your everyday life or touch you personally.

However Europe is not just politics, but more importantly about people, culture, monuments, clothing etc...

What is Europe in your eyes? What is your conception of Europe? Where can you trace Europe in everyday life, in your personal surroundings, in your city, in your university or family?

You can uncover Europe with a picture!

With this photo contest we want to invite you to trace Europe and send us your photograph via regular mail or e-mail.

For digital pictures a resolution of 3 Megapixels or more would be acceptable/appropriate.
If you want to post your picture, a format of 20x30 cm would be great.

Both, black-and-white and colour photos are appreciated.
By sending us your photographs you assure that you hold the exclusive copyright and the right respectively the permission of publication.

Closing date is 8 November 2006.

A selection of all contributions will be presented in an exhibition taking place from November 18th to December 9th in a Berlin Gallery.
During the opening days (18th/ 19th November) visitors will help to elect the winners of the photo contest.
You can also vote online!

The three winners of the voting will be invited to Berlin on the closing day of the exhibition, 9th December 2006.

That?s not all ? the best 12 photographs will be published in a pocket book calendar for the year 2007.

Do you fancy taking part in the photo contest? Send your photograph with your name and adress (if you want also with titel and short description for your photograph)

by e-mail to: contribution@tracing-europe.de

by post: Jugend bewegt Europa e.V.
Postfach 350963
D-10218 Berlin

*By sending us your photographs you assure that you hold the exclusive copyright and the right respectively the permission of publication.
The closing date is 8th November 2006.

SOURCE: http://www.tracing-europe.de/index.php?useraktion=wettbewerb_&lang=en.htm

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
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The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

October 17, 2006

NEWS: Youth journalists interview Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza on key issues

Youth journalists interview Burundi?s President Pierre Nkurunziza on key issues

By Olalekan Ajia

BUJUMBURA, Burundi, 17 October 2006 ? Despite his government?s cautious relations with private radio stations and journalists, President Pierre Nkurunziza last week granted a one-hour candid interview to 14 child journalists and warmly praised UNICEF for training the youths.

UNICEF Burundi initiated the training of child journalists in December 2005 for the International Children?s Day of Broadcasting, a joint project of UNICEF and the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

FULL ARTICLE AT http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/burundi_36179.html

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
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The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

ADVERTISING. New Disney Rules Limit Character Use in Kids' Foods

New Disney Rules Limit Character Use in Kids' Foods

By Ira Teinowitz

The Walt Disney Co. on Monday unveiled new licensing guidelines limiting most representation of its characters in children's foods to healthier offerings.

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The move is one of the biggest efforts yet from marketers and media companies, who have come under increasing attack by lawmakers who say such marketing is contributing to increased childhood obesity, charges the companies vociferously deny. Some consumer groups called for Disney to go further and impose limits on the kinds of kids' food products that can be advertised on the ABC Network.

FULL ARTICLE AT http://www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=10897

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
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The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

AWARDS: TeleRadio Moldova nominated for ICDB Award 2005

TeleRadio Moldova nominated for ICDB Award 2005

TeleRadio Moldova was nominated for this year's ICDB Award with its production "Hai sa jucam!" ("Let's play!"). Other nominees come from Syria, Spain, The Gambia, Colombia and Bangladesh for the award which is co-presented annually by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and UNICEF to help broadcasters worldwide promote awareness of children's issues.

The Programme ?Let?s Play? was produced and broadcast on ICDB 2005 by TeleRadio Moldova with support from UNICEF Moldova. It included a live talk show and video reports from different activities highlighting the role of sports in children?s development, in improving their lives, in teaching them important lessons about conflict resolution, respect, leadership, rights and equality.

The talk-show was moderated by young journalists Daniela Babici (15) and Dumitru Antoceanu (23) who hosted two teams in the TV studio: A team of young journalists and a team of adult journalists of Moldova.

The show had inserts - video reports and interviews done by young journalists, presenting different sports and development activities organized between October and December, 2005. It included footage from the sports games ?Friendship, Creativity and Sport? held in October, 2006 in a camping area where 10 teams of children from different regions of Moldova competed under the slogan ?Sport unites us?, from a sports competition among children?s teams from form residential institutions and from sports training in a community Center for Children with Limited Opportunities.

In the studio, the presenters moderated sport-games between the winning teams from the 16th Edition of the sports games ?Friendship, Creativity and Sport?. Teams of young and adult journalists competed with each other in quizzes on sports and different games.

Other entries from the CEECIS region for the 2005 ICDB Awards came from Albania, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Uzbekistan. An international jury with TV professionals from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), TSR (Switzerland) and Webstyle-TV (a.o.) selected "Let's Play!" from Moldova as the regional winner. TeleRadio Moldova will now represent the CEECIS region at this year's ICDB Awards in New York City in November 2006.

MORE AT: http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/media_5195.html

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
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The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

WORKSHOPS / TRAINING: Storytelling takes a new form in North-East Delhi

Storytelling takes a new form in North-East Delhi

17-10-2006 (New Delhi)

"I never thought I would be able to make a film" said 16-year-old Farzana Malik. She and other young girls from Seelampur and Ballimaran ICT Centers, in North-East Delhi recently participated in a six-day digital storytelling workshop.

The participants of the event that was organized by UNESCO in association with Datamation Foundation Charitable Trust as part of the Finding a Voice project, were trained by Sheela Sethuraman, Executive Director of Eduweave, USA.

The digital storytelling workshop was a unique initiative for spreading awareness and information through visual media in the community. The prime aim of this workshop was to use the power of storytelling in combination with computer technology to help voiceless women raise issues and share their personal experiences. Another goal was to identify master trainers among youth who could mentor and provide training to other interested community members.

FULL ARTICLE AT http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=23289&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html#

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
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The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

October 16, 2006

NEWS / TV / REGULATIONS: ABC prepares to launch children's digital TV service (AUSTRALIA)

ABC prepares to launch children's digital TV service

Marian Wilkinson
October 16, 2006

THE ABC is planing to launch Australia's first free-to-air television channel aimed at children as early as January following changes to the media laws.

Buried in the new legislation introduced by the Communications Minister, Helen Coonan, is a provision that allows the ABC to use its digital network for the first time to launch a new channel catering to children.

Until now, the ABC's digital network has been confined to low-rating programming including parliamentary hearings from obscure Senate committees and reruns of programs for political aficionados such as Tasmanian Stateline.

FULL ARTICLE AT http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/abc-prepares-to-launch-childrens-digital-tv-service/2006/10/15/1160850814494.html#

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
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The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

October 14, 2006

AWARDS: UNICEF Radio wins awards for programming on children at risk

UNICEF Radio wins awards for programming on children at risk

NEW YORK, USA, 13 October 2006 ? Children affected by conflict in the Middle East and the drought in the Horn of Africa were the subjects of two UNICEF Radio stories that received prestigious broadcasting awards last night.

Not long after bombs and rockets ceased raining down on northern Israel and southern Lebanon, UNICEF Radio?s Blue Chevigny brought together two 15-year-old girls ? one from each side of the conflict ? and recorded their telephone conversation for a two-part series on how young people coped with the war.

FULL ARTICLE AND AUDIO FILES: http://www.unicef.org/videoaudio/video_36168.html

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
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October 13, 2006

VIDEO: Lonely girl, magician for UN anti-poverty campaign

Lonely girl, magician for UN anti-poverty campaign

AFP

October 11, 2006

WASHINGTON -- The United Nations has enlisted a lonely girl, a magician, and other Web video makers as part of the world body's campaign against poverty.

The video makers were each asked to come up with brief anti-poverty ads that are posted on the hugely popular video-sharing Web site YouTube and are targeted at young audiences. The ads are part of the UN's "Stand Up Against Poverty" campaign that culminates Sunday with millions of people around the world set to stand up at rallies and other events to denounce poverty.

"There has been an enormous response because the online community is a very powerful environment for communication," Mandy Kibel, deputy director and head of communications for the UN Millennium Campaign, which is behind the anti-poverty initiative, said. "We felt it was a very important environment for us to begin to explore."

Of three anti-poverty videos produced for the Stand Up campaign and posted on YouTube is one featuring Jessica Lee Rose, the teenage actress who plays Bree in Lonelygirl15, a widely popular video series. In it, the young actress informs viewers that half of the world's population lives on less than $2 a day and encourages them to "stand up" for the cause.

Another video features Marcos Tempest, the virtual magician, who reminds his audience of the October 15 and 16 events to mark the global cause against poverty, and a third features the popular Renetto, who climbs up onto his roof to "stand up" against poverty and raise awareness.

FULL ARTICLE AT http://metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20061011-064022-1495r

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
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The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

October 12, 2006

PROJECTS: Media projects help Moldovan youth offenders

Media projects help Moldovan youth offenders

By Tatiana Tibuleac

The UN Secretary-General?s Study on Violence against Children is a landmark effort to provide a detailed global picture of the nature, extent and causes of such violence and act to prevent it. The final report is being presented to the General Assembly. Here is the fifth in a series of related stories.

LIPCANI, Moldova, 11 October 2006 ? The Minors' Penitentiary in Lipcani, Moldova looks like, and is, a harsh place. It is the only youth penitentiary in the country.

Security is tight and the fence is high. Young men behind the wire sit and smoke. They look hardened, even in their youth. But their faces lighten when they talk about their newspaper and their radio station.

FULL ARTICLE AND VIDEO AT http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/moldova_36138.html

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
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VIDEO: OneMinutesJr on Violence Against Children online

PHOTO ESSAY: http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/5101.html

VIDEO SELECTION: http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/resources_5117.html

ARTICLE: http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/reallives_5100.html

Violence through the eyes of teenagers

"What does violence look like, what does violence feel like? And how do we show it in a minute?"

October 5 2006 - These questions are on the minds of 21 teenagers from Albania this week. They have met in the Marubi Film School to produce OneMinuteJr films on different forms of violence against children. Supported by UNICEF Albania, the teenagers and their trainers will spend five days writing, filming and editing their stories. They will be ready in time for the launch of the UN Study on Violence against Children next week (October 11/12, 2006). The films will open the national launch event for the global UN study in the capital Tirana.

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
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The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

October 11, 2006

OPPORTUNITIES: BLAST on BBC TWO

The Blast on BBC TWO programmes showcase videos, of every type, made by young people like you. Submit your films to Blast now and you could be seeing your very own film on BBC TWO! There is no better showcase for young talent than that.

what you need to do:

Make a short film, it can be an animation, a documentary or a thriller! We want to see your creative film-making talents put to the best use!

Submit your film to Blast and you could see your film with expert review on Blast on BBC TWO! Your films could also be showcased in Blast Movie Shorts.

submissions criteria:

Participants have to be aged between 13-19 or 20-24.

The idea has to be an original one, generated by young people themselves.

Short films or videos need to be on either HI-8 or DV format (preferably DV format). If you use 8mm you will need to transfer this yourself.

Films can be about one of the Blast art forms: dance, music, art or an original film.

Short films can be anything up to 10 minutes, in drama, documentary, music video or animation. However, film submissions that are less than three minutes in duration are strongly encouraged.
Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee that we can show all of the films/videos which we receive. For example, films which may cause offence or encourage breaking the law are difficult for us to show. If you would like to know more, please go to BBC Editorial Guidelines.

Before you submit your film, make sure you print off or download the content form and attach it with your submission:
Content Form (Word Document)

Content Form (PDF)

**Check out the webwise guide for downloading Acrobat.

E-mail or post your film and content form to:

E-mail your entry to: blast@bbc.co.uk - Use the subject heading: Blast on BBC TWO 2006.

Post your entry to: Blast on BBC TWO 2006, Room 3418, White City, 201 Wood Lane, London, W12 7TS.

Films need to be submitted no later than Tuesday 31st October.

Don't forget to check out these film-making tips before you make your film!

Blast Film - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blast/film/

People in Film - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blast/film/peoplein/

One Minutes Junior - http://www.theoneminutesjr.org/

A note about copyright:

We strongly recommend that you use original music, words, dance routines, pictures or other material created by yourself or your friends as using commercial music is likely to restrict the use of your work. You can always post a note on the Blast music message board and see if someone would like to help you.

If you do have to include commercial music, please keep each piece of music under 30 seconds long so that it can be used online. Blast will NOT accept your work if any copyrighted information or necessary consent from participants are missing. So do make sure you have completed the content form that you will need to submit with your film.

SOURCE & LINKS: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blast/opportunities/blast_on_bbc2/
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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
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The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

The opinions and views expressed in this message and/or articles & websites linked to from this message do not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies.
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NEWS: Nokia has 'Plan' to Use Technology for Youth Development in Africa

Nokia has 'Plan' to Use Technology for Youth Development in Africa

By Anuradha Shukla
TMCnet Contributing Editor

Nokia (News - Alert) and Plan, an international children?s organization will use modern communications technologies in Africa to raise children?s awareness of their rights and opportunities.

In addition to giving an initial donation of 1 million Euros for 2006, Nokia will support Plan?s existing media and communications technology projects for Africa?s children and youth.

Poverty can be tackled by using Information Communication Technologies (ICT) such as radio, the Internet, mobile devices and television. These can also improve the respect, fulfillment and protection of children?s rights.

FULL ARTICLE AT http://ipcommunications.tmcnet.com/hot-topics/wireless/articles/3029-nokia-has-plan-use-technology-youth-development-africa.htm

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
URL: www.unicef.org/magic
Mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/youthful-media

The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

RESEARCH: Teens less likely to light up if they understand media

Teens less likely to light up if they understand media: study

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 | 12:42 PM ET

CBC News

Media literate teens are half as likely to take up smoking than their peers who have less understanding of advertising methods and motives, suggests a new study.

"Many factors that influence a teen?s decision to smoke ? like peer influence, parental smoking and risk-seeking tendency ? are difficult to change," Brian Primack, an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh and the study?s lead author, said in a release.

FULL ARTICLE AT http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2006/10/10/smoking-media.html

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
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October 10, 2006

ADVERTISING / OBESITY: Regulating TV advertising of food and drink to children (UK)

Regulating TV advertising of food and drink to children

Ofcom has commissioned research from Opinion Leader Research (OLR) to assess consumer responses to Ofcom's consultation proposals setting out potential new restrictions on the television advertising of food and drink products to children. OLR's summary of the aims of the research can be found in the summary text below. OLR's full report (in pdf format) is available below that.

Executive Summary

Introduction

1. Against a background of increasing concern about growing childhood obesity, the Government asked Ofcom to research the contribution of television advertising of food and drink to children to the problem. In 2004, Ofcom reported back on an extensive body of research which demonstrates that television advertising has a modest direct effect, as well as a larger indirect effect, on children?s food and drink preferences.

2. The Government also asked Ofcom to consider whether to tighten the rules on advertising food and drink to children. Given the evidence, Ofcom concluded that there was a case for strengthening the rules for the advertising of food and drink to children on television. As a result, Ofcom developed three potential regulatory packages, each incorporating ways to reduce the number of food and drink advertisements children see. The three regulatory packages were:

Package 1 ? Timing restrictions targeting foods high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) using nutrient profiling
Package 2 ? Timing restrictions on all food and drink products
Package 3 ? Volume-based restrictions on all food and drink products

A fourth option - an invitation to interested parties to develop an acceptable alternative which met core objectives - was also included.

3. Ofcom launched a public consultation process to gather responses to these options on 28th March 2006. As part of this consultation, Ofcom wished to actively seek public opinion on this issue, in particular:

To explore the extent to which the public feels that voluntary self-regulation can meet Ofcom?s regulatory objectives and public policy objectives
To gauge the public?s response to the spectrum of policy options (i.e. from no action to a complete ban in all airtime)
To understand whether the public considers it desirable to distinguish between foods that are high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) and those that are healthier in order to achieve the regulatory objectives, or whether an undifferentiated approach could provide a reasonable alternative
To explore whether the public feels that the exclusion of all HFSS advertising would be disproportionate
To explore whether the public agrees that all food and drink advertising and sponsorship should be excluded from programmes aimed at pre-school children
To understand which of the three policy packages the public would prefer to be incorporated into the advertising code and for what reasons
To understand whether the public would prefer to see an alternative combination of elements from the three policy packages; if so, which specific elements they would favour within the alternative package, and why

4. To meet these objectives, Ofcom commissioned Opinion Leader Research to conduct a programme of deliberative research, consisting of; six one-day deliberative workshops with adults, four one-day deliberative workshops with teenagers (aged 12-15) and six one-hour group discussions with children (aged 8-11).

5. It should be noted that deliberative workshops and mini-groups are qualitative methodologies. Neither approach provides robust quantitative data, which would allow us to accurately measure consumer responses across the general public in the UK. Therefore, it is not possible to detail the precise proportions of responses on all discussion points, but an indication is given wherever possible of whether the findings represent a majority or a minority view.

SOURCE: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/reports/regulating_tvadverts/

FULL REPORT: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/reports/regulating_tvadverts/reg_tvadverts.pdf

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
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RESEARCH / TECHNOLOGY: MTV and Microsoft join for youth technology research

MTV and Microsoft join for youth technology research

by Jennifer Whitehead Brand Republic 5 Oct 2006

LONDON - MTV and Microsoft are embarking on a research project to find out the social impact of technology on the world's youth.

Young people in China, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the US and the UK will be asked about how digital media have an impact on their lives.

The new research will look at the impact of viral video, instant messaging, email, social networks, mobile phones and online gaming.

The idea is to expand the research outside understanding the habits of early adopters or focusing too much on the technology itself.

FULL ARTICLE AT http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletins/digital/article/596859/mtv-microsoft-join-youth-technology-research/

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
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Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
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NEWS: UNICEF peace ambassador emphasizes on the role of cinema in education (IRAN)

UNICEF peace ambassador emphasizes on the role of cinema in education

10-08-2006

TEHRAN, Oct.8 (ISNA)-The UNICEF peace ambassador to Iran, on the occasion of
Children's Day, stated that cinema played an influential role in the
education of children and teenagers.
Mahtab Keramati went on to state that artists could do this by generating
awareness and informing the public about the UNICEF.
While making a note of some of the programs by the UNICEF regarding the role
of education of children, Keramati went on to say that the Islamic Republic
of Iran and the UNICEF had agreed about a five year (2005-2009) program.

This Iranian actress and UNICEF peace ambassador, who has traveled to Dubai
in order to aid the surviving children from the Lebanon war, said that this
program was based on regaining the rights of boys, girls and vulnerable
women.

"All those who are in jeopardy and are exposed to any kind of violence in
the 12 chosen provinces of Iran and also the three provinces of Hormozgan,
Sistan and Balouchestan and west Azerbaijan will be under the cover and
support of this organization with the stated conditions," she added.

"The organization also plans to educate girls and women about AIDS and to
decrease the inequality regarding girls aged 6-12 in the chosen provinces,"
she said.
Also while making a note of the founded school by the UNICEF in Iran; she
commented that through this school, educational methods, achievements and
techniques would get on the path of progress.

"In this method we shall provide an opportunity for boys and girls who are
deprived of chances due to economical and cultural reasons," she added.

SOURCE: http://www.isna.ir/Main/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-803646&Lang=E
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Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

Youth Media Consulting GbR
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Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

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October 6, 2006

PROJECTS / PHOTO: Eye See' photo project spotlights the views of young earthquake survivors in Pakistan

Eye See? photo project spotlights the views of young earthquake survivors in Pakistan

By Sabine Dolan

NEW YORK, USA, 5 October 2006 ? To mark the one-year anniversary of northern Pakistan?s devastating earthquake, UNICEF has launched the ?Eye See II? photo project, a special initiative to highlight the unique experiences and needs of children in the quake?s aftermath.

An exhibition of photos from the project opened today in Pakistan?s capital, Islamabad. Twenty-one children from areas that were hard-hit by the earthquake attended the event. There they met Pakistan?s President, General Pervez Musharraf, who toured the exhibit as part of the earthquake anniversary observance.

FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/pakistan_36087.html

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Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

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October 2, 2006

AWARDS: vote online for the people's prize - OneMinutesJr 2006

vote online for the people's prize

this year's competition will have an extra winning category called: the
people's prize. you have the power to decide who will win this category!

theoneminutesjr team thought it would a good idea to give you a chance to
vote for your favourite video of 2006. you can only vote on videos which are
competing this year, and not on older videos. starting from october 1st, you
can rate videos and create a new top 10. you can vote every single day for a
whole month, but only vote once on one video! the video that's on number 1
of our top 10 by november 1st 00:00:00 wins the people's prize and wins a
trip to amsterdam to attend the festival, a digital jvc camera and the tommy
award. so if you are taking part in this year's competition, or just really
like a video and think it deserves to win, tell all your friends to vote for
your video!!! good luck!!

more at www.theoneminutesjr.org

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D-45770 Marl - Germany

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