Violence in schools - OneMinutesJr workshop in Skopje
UNICEF is organizing a OneMinutesJr workshop in Skopje, the capital of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, from October 26-30, 2008.
20 teenagers will try and illustrate their experiences with the topic "Violence in schools" in creative short movies. The films will be used later this year in the launch of a new study by UNICEF in Skopje. You can follow the Daily Diary here from October 26 and see how the young people write, film and edit their stories.
You can also watch almost 2000 OneMinutesJr films from around the world that have already been produced on the project website.
Follow the Daily Diary in English or in German
October 27, 2008
EVENTS: Youth Media Days draws young journalists
Youth Media Days draws young journalists
The other week 200 young journalists from all over Europe descended on the European Parliament for workshops and debates. It was part of the annual "Youth Media Days" from 15-17 October that aims to help young journalists discover their trade and meet other reporters from different countries.
"Brussels at work"
The journalists were split up into 16 different workshops, where they produced radio interviews, online and print magazines, photo reports and TV shows.
The price of food, immigration, European elections and the freedom of the press were among the topics considered.
One such contribution was from Anna Morawiec of Poland. The 22-year old and her group shot a photo series entitled "Brussels at work" intended to show the many faceted faces of the European Institutions
She explained that "we want to show that EP work is more than just politicians' work, but involves lots of other people – including the cleaning-lady!"
The emphasis was very much on creating a media product to take away. Cypriot journalist Marios Psaras and his group produced a webTV show on the upcoming US elections. He commented that "the teamwork functions impressively and everything is really well-organised".
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The other week 200 young journalists from all over Europe descended on the European Parliament for workshops and debates. It was part of the annual "Youth Media Days" from 15-17 October that aims to help young journalists discover their trade and meet other reporters from different countries.
"Brussels at work"
The journalists were split up into 16 different workshops, where they produced radio interviews, online and print magazines, photo reports and TV shows.
The price of food, immigration, European elections and the freedom of the press were among the topics considered.
One such contribution was from Anna Morawiec of Poland. The 22-year old and her group shot a photo series entitled "Brussels at work" intended to show the many faceted faces of the European Institutions
She explained that "we want to show that EP work is more than just politicians' work, but involves lots of other people – including the cleaning-lady!"
The emphasis was very much on creating a media product to take away. Cypriot journalist Marios Psaras and his group produced a webTV show on the upcoming US elections. He commented that "the teamwork functions impressively and everything is really well-organised".
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October 22, 2008
PROJECTS: Meet Bakkar (EGYPT)
Meet Bakkar
Egyptian cartoon hero cleans up the Red Sea
Bakkar, the eponymous hero of a popular all-Egyptian cartoon series, is into tackling environmental problems. Directed by award-winning Mona Abul-Nasr and produced by Cairo Cartoon — the West Asia’s first private animation studio — Bakkar revolves around the adventures of a young Nubian boy from rural Upper Egypt. The first Egyptian cartoon on television, Bakkar is widely applauded as a breath of fresh air amidst the dubbed western cartoons currently dominating Egyptian children’s tv. It is a nationwide hit among adults and children alike, regularly pulling in 40 million viewers — two thirds of Egypt’s population. Bakkar hits tv screens once a year, aired daily during the month of Ramadan. For the past year, fifty-two animation and computer graphics experts have been working round the clock to produce this Ramadan’s Bakkar series.
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Egyptian cartoon hero cleans up the Red Sea
Bakkar, the eponymous hero of a popular all-Egyptian cartoon series, is into tackling environmental problems. Directed by award-winning Mona Abul-Nasr and produced by Cairo Cartoon — the West Asia’s first private animation studio — Bakkar revolves around the adventures of a young Nubian boy from rural Upper Egypt. The first Egyptian cartoon on television, Bakkar is widely applauded as a breath of fresh air amidst the dubbed western cartoons currently dominating Egyptian children’s tv. It is a nationwide hit among adults and children alike, regularly pulling in 40 million viewers — two thirds of Egypt’s population. Bakkar hits tv screens once a year, aired daily during the month of Ramadan. For the past year, fifty-two animation and computer graphics experts have been working round the clock to produce this Ramadan’s Bakkar series.
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NEWS: New TV channel for children in Iraq
UN: New TV channel for children in Iraq
(AKI) - Iraqi children unable to attend classes due to security concerns will now be able to continue their studies through distance learning. The move will be possible with a new educational television channel launched by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Education Ministry.
The Iraqi Educational TV Channel, IRAQI EDU, is designed for primary and secondary school students both within and outside of Iraq and is in response to security risks that result in a high rate of absenteeism and school closures.
The 6.5 million dollar project, financed by the European Union, will air educational episodes that are based on the Iraqi school curricula 24 hours a day. The programming will also contain messages promoting values such as peace and tolerance as to contribute to the peace-building and reconciliation efforts in the strife-torn country.
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(AKI) - Iraqi children unable to attend classes due to security concerns will now be able to continue their studies through distance learning. The move will be possible with a new educational television channel launched by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Education Ministry.
The Iraqi Educational TV Channel, IRAQI EDU, is designed for primary and secondary school students both within and outside of Iraq and is in response to security risks that result in a high rate of absenteeism and school closures.
The 6.5 million dollar project, financed by the European Union, will air educational episodes that are based on the Iraqi school curricula 24 hours a day. The programming will also contain messages promoting values such as peace and tolerance as to contribute to the peace-building and reconciliation efforts in the strife-torn country.
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October 20, 2008
NEWS / EVENTS: Debatir y reflexionar sobre la infancia en los medios
Debatir y reflexionar sobre la infancia en los medios
Sólo el 4 por ciento de las fuentes consultadas por los diarios de nuestro país en las notas sobre infancia y adolescencia corresponden a voces de niños, niñas o adolescentes.
Apenas el 4 por ciento.
Por eso la pregunta es necesaria: ¿Qué piensan los chicos sobre esto?
Así opinan dos de ellos:
Ezequiel de La Llave estudia en el Instituto Calasanz, en Caballito, produce un diario digital sobre noticias científicas y una radio que se emite a través de internet.
Es decir, conoce de cerca cómo funcionan los medios. Asegura: “Yo les pediría a los periodistas que se fijen cómo están mostrando la imagen de la juventud a toda la sociedad, que hablen sobre las actividades que encabezan los colegios. Tienen que ampliar la vista sobre los chicos y la juventud, no quedarse sólo con la violencia y la educación. Al fin y al cabo todos somos personas, tenemos otras cosas y pensamientos”.
Agustina Girón opina en igual sentido. Ella produce el programa “Jóvenes en acción”, que se transmite por “Radio Cultura” y fomenta las iniciativas juveniles. El pedido que ella le formula a los profesionales de prensa es similar al de Ezequiel: “Que se informen bien a la hora de hacer una cobertura porque sino queda con una mirada muy superficial y se termina traduciendo todo en que ‘los jóvenes están perdidos’. A los adultos les inquieta que los jóvenes tengan participación”.
Así lo expresan en el informe “Niñez y adolescencia en la prensa argentina”, que será presentado en las próximas jornadas Infancia, Adolescencia y Periodismo, organizadas por el Capítulo Infancia de Periodismo Social y sus socios estratégicos UNICEF Argentina, Fundación Arcor y Fundación C&A, con el auspicio de Fundación Telefónica, Fundación La nación y Petrobras.
Serán tres días, a partir del 27 de octubre, en el Centro Cultural Borges, en los que periodistas, niños, niñas, adolescentes, expertos, organizaciones sociales, empresas de medios y estudiantes se reunirán para debatir y reflexionar sobre las noticias publicadas por los principales diarios del país, la infancia, la juventud y la agenda pública.
El objetivo es abrir un espacio de reflexión basado en este detallado informe que refleja tendencias y miradas que precisan una revisión, pero que también muestra la decisión que muchos periodistas tomaron para empezar a cambiar y mejorar la calidad del trabajo.
Una oportunidad única para escuchar a los chicos y conocer su opinión sobre cómo se ven reflejados en las noticias, cómo analizan el tratamiento de los temas que los involucran y por qué la agenda de asuntos referidos a Infancia es siempre tan limitada. Y lo harán en el panel “Cómo nos muestran las noticias”, el lunes 27 a las 16. Son más de 20 adolescentes, algunos de ellos protagonistas de episodios noticiosos en los últimos meses, que tomarán la palabra y contarán lo que les pasa.
El panel estará moderado por la periodista y psicóloga Liliana Hendel.
Además de esta, son varias las actividades previstas.
Un día después, a las 14, está prevista la mesa “Educación y explotación laboral de niñas y niños”, con la participación de Pilar Rey Mendez (presidenta de la Conaeti), Marcela de la Fuente (de la parroquia Nuestra Señora de Itatí, de Virreyes) y un representante de Unicef.
Ese mismo día, a las 16, cuatro periodistas de Clarín, Página/12, El Territorio (Misiones) y El Tribuno (Salta) contarán sus experiencias en la mesa “Cómo hacer noticiable el trabajo infantil”. La moderación será del reconocido periodista y docente universitario Washington Uranga.
Finalmente, el miércoles 29, las actividades empezarán a las 14, con la presentación de los resultados del tratamiento periodístico de la Violencia y la Educación, que dará paso a una mesa redonda de discusión. Participarán Laura Piñero (directora del área de Desarrollo de Conocimientos de FOC), Gabriel Michi (presidente de Fopea) y Mara Brawer (Coordinadora de programas para la construcción de ciudadanía en las escuelas, del ministerio de Educación de la Nación).
Luego, desde las 16, tendrá lugar la mesa “Empresas de medios por la Educación”, con la participación de María Julia Díaz Arcaya (dirección de Relaciones Externas del grupo Clarín), Micaela Urdinez (Coordinadora periodística de Fundación La Nación), Diego Manusovich (Director general de Foro 21) y Daniela Basso (por Telefe). Modera: Juan Bautista Peña (Director ejecutivo de Fundación El Otro).
Durante las jornadas, a realizarse en el Centro Cultural Borges (Viamonte y San Martín) se entregará en forma gratuita el monitoreo “Niñez y Adolescencia en la Prensa Argentina 2004-2007”.
CONTACTO:
Tel: (011) 4785-3950
capituloinfancia@periodismosocial.net
MÁS INFORMACIÓN:
www.periodismosocial.net
http://www.periodismosocial.org.ar/notacompleta.cfm?id=3604
Source
Sólo el 4 por ciento de las fuentes consultadas por los diarios de nuestro país en las notas sobre infancia y adolescencia corresponden a voces de niños, niñas o adolescentes.
Apenas el 4 por ciento.
Por eso la pregunta es necesaria: ¿Qué piensan los chicos sobre esto?
Así opinan dos de ellos:
Ezequiel de La Llave estudia en el Instituto Calasanz, en Caballito, produce un diario digital sobre noticias científicas y una radio que se emite a través de internet.
Es decir, conoce de cerca cómo funcionan los medios. Asegura: “Yo les pediría a los periodistas que se fijen cómo están mostrando la imagen de la juventud a toda la sociedad, que hablen sobre las actividades que encabezan los colegios. Tienen que ampliar la vista sobre los chicos y la juventud, no quedarse sólo con la violencia y la educación. Al fin y al cabo todos somos personas, tenemos otras cosas y pensamientos”.
Agustina Girón opina en igual sentido. Ella produce el programa “Jóvenes en acción”, que se transmite por “Radio Cultura” y fomenta las iniciativas juveniles. El pedido que ella le formula a los profesionales de prensa es similar al de Ezequiel: “Que se informen bien a la hora de hacer una cobertura porque sino queda con una mirada muy superficial y se termina traduciendo todo en que ‘los jóvenes están perdidos’. A los adultos les inquieta que los jóvenes tengan participación”.
Así lo expresan en el informe “Niñez y adolescencia en la prensa argentina”, que será presentado en las próximas jornadas Infancia, Adolescencia y Periodismo, organizadas por el Capítulo Infancia de Periodismo Social y sus socios estratégicos UNICEF Argentina, Fundación Arcor y Fundación C&A, con el auspicio de Fundación Telefónica, Fundación La nación y Petrobras.
Serán tres días, a partir del 27 de octubre, en el Centro Cultural Borges, en los que periodistas, niños, niñas, adolescentes, expertos, organizaciones sociales, empresas de medios y estudiantes se reunirán para debatir y reflexionar sobre las noticias publicadas por los principales diarios del país, la infancia, la juventud y la agenda pública.
El objetivo es abrir un espacio de reflexión basado en este detallado informe que refleja tendencias y miradas que precisan una revisión, pero que también muestra la decisión que muchos periodistas tomaron para empezar a cambiar y mejorar la calidad del trabajo.
Una oportunidad única para escuchar a los chicos y conocer su opinión sobre cómo se ven reflejados en las noticias, cómo analizan el tratamiento de los temas que los involucran y por qué la agenda de asuntos referidos a Infancia es siempre tan limitada. Y lo harán en el panel “Cómo nos muestran las noticias”, el lunes 27 a las 16. Son más de 20 adolescentes, algunos de ellos protagonistas de episodios noticiosos en los últimos meses, que tomarán la palabra y contarán lo que les pasa.
El panel estará moderado por la periodista y psicóloga Liliana Hendel.
Además de esta, son varias las actividades previstas.
Un día después, a las 14, está prevista la mesa “Educación y explotación laboral de niñas y niños”, con la participación de Pilar Rey Mendez (presidenta de la Conaeti), Marcela de la Fuente (de la parroquia Nuestra Señora de Itatí, de Virreyes) y un representante de Unicef.
Ese mismo día, a las 16, cuatro periodistas de Clarín, Página/12, El Territorio (Misiones) y El Tribuno (Salta) contarán sus experiencias en la mesa “Cómo hacer noticiable el trabajo infantil”. La moderación será del reconocido periodista y docente universitario Washington Uranga.
Finalmente, el miércoles 29, las actividades empezarán a las 14, con la presentación de los resultados del tratamiento periodístico de la Violencia y la Educación, que dará paso a una mesa redonda de discusión. Participarán Laura Piñero (directora del área de Desarrollo de Conocimientos de FOC), Gabriel Michi (presidente de Fopea) y Mara Brawer (Coordinadora de programas para la construcción de ciudadanía en las escuelas, del ministerio de Educación de la Nación).
Luego, desde las 16, tendrá lugar la mesa “Empresas de medios por la Educación”, con la participación de María Julia Díaz Arcaya (dirección de Relaciones Externas del grupo Clarín), Micaela Urdinez (Coordinadora periodística de Fundación La Nación), Diego Manusovich (Director general de Foro 21) y Daniela Basso (por Telefe). Modera: Juan Bautista Peña (Director ejecutivo de Fundación El Otro).
Durante las jornadas, a realizarse en el Centro Cultural Borges (Viamonte y San Martín) se entregará en forma gratuita el monitoreo “Niñez y Adolescencia en la Prensa Argentina 2004-2007”.
CONTACTO:
Tel: (011) 4785-3950
capituloinfancia@periodismosocial.net
MÁS INFORMACIÓN:
www.periodismosocial.net
http://www.periodismosocial.org.ar/notacompleta.cfm?id=3604
Source
ARTICLES / EVENTS: How to Bring Europe Closer to its Youth (CAUCASUS)
How to Bring Europe Closer to its Youth
The FINANCIAL -- It’s common knowledge that today standards for the competitive labour market are very high in Europe. Young people need to improve their education by examining new forms of learning in Europe.
Making new contacts and cooperating with community media centres in Poland, Germany and Ukraine . This was the issue the participants discussed during the conference “Europe and the Caucasus: Youth, Media, Education” which took place on 5 October, 2008 at Caucasus University in Tbilisi .
Young Georgians, Armenians and Azeris took part in the conference.
“We want to create a programme of the political education “Academy of Democracy” for Georgia. That’s why an agreement with Caucasus University was signed in September. The second programme is a variety of seminars and trainings on journalism for the citizens of Caucasian countries as well as cooperation for the creation of a European community TV programme via the internet,” commented Michal Wojcik, coordinator of the project.
“Citizen media is especially popular in Germany. The citizens can make their own products and express opinions. What we want to create is a unified system of European Citizen Media. Citizen media exists, but it’s not enough. In Germany a special tax system guarantees the existence of this media. If the government won’t support citizen media it will be very difficult to raise funds,” Dr Joachim Musholt, General Director, Citizens Media Centre Bennohaus, told The FINANCIAL.
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The FINANCIAL -- It’s common knowledge that today standards for the competitive labour market are very high in Europe. Young people need to improve their education by examining new forms of learning in Europe.
Making new contacts and cooperating with community media centres in Poland, Germany and Ukraine . This was the issue the participants discussed during the conference “Europe and the Caucasus: Youth, Media, Education” which took place on 5 October, 2008 at Caucasus University in Tbilisi .
Young Georgians, Armenians and Azeris took part in the conference.
“We want to create a programme of the political education “Academy of Democracy” for Georgia. That’s why an agreement with Caucasus University was signed in September. The second programme is a variety of seminars and trainings on journalism for the citizens of Caucasian countries as well as cooperation for the creation of a European community TV programme via the internet,” commented Michal Wojcik, coordinator of the project.
“Citizen media is especially popular in Germany. The citizens can make their own products and express opinions. What we want to create is a unified system of European Citizen Media. Citizen media exists, but it’s not enough. In Germany a special tax system guarantees the existence of this media. If the government won’t support citizen media it will be very difficult to raise funds,” Dr Joachim Musholt, General Director, Citizens Media Centre Bennohaus, told The FINANCIAL.
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ARTICLES / ADVERTISING: Children's websites should stop marketing junk food to children, says watchdog
Children's websites should stop marketing junk food to children, says watchdog
Children's websites should be reclassified as adverts to stop junk food and toy companies aggressively marketing their products to young people, according to a leading consumer watchdog.
Advertising to children is very tightly regulated in magazines and television, but not on the internet.
Consumer Focus, the new super-watchdog created by the Government last month, has called for the loophole to be closed.
Ed Mayo, its chief executive, has written to trade body the Advertising Association, asking it to consider reclassifying all children's websites as adverts, to stop companies using the internet to encourage young people to pester their parents to buy junk food and toys.
Currently, a confectionery or junk food company cannot advertise its products during a children's television programme or on a children's website.
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EVENTS: 4ª Edición del Proyecto Un Minuto por mis Derechos (ARGENTINA)
4ª Edición del Proyecto Un Minuto por mis Derechos
ESTRENO DE LOS VIDEOMINUTOS 2008
Martes 21 de octubre
RUEDA DE PRENSA: 14hs. (puntual).
Proyección: 14.30hs.
Participarán 250 chicos y chicas de todo el país.
Conducción: Eugenio y Sebastián Weinbaum (programa MDQ).
Espacio INCAA Km 0 - Cine Gaumont -
Av. Rivadavia 1635 - Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
- ENTRADA LIBRE Y GRATUITA -
Este martes se estrenan los 75 videominutos realizados en 2008 por 650 adolescentes de 11 provincias y C.A.B.A. que participaron de la cuarta edición del proyecto Un Minuto por mis Derechos.
Un Minuto por mis Derechos es un proyecto de participación adolescente y sensibilización social impulsado por UNICEF y desarrollado por Fundación Kine, Cultural y Educativa, que se lleva a cabo en Argentina desde 2005 y que desde 2008 cuenta con el apoyo de Fundación Arcor y Fundación C&A.
Se envía gacetilla adjunta.
Agradecemos su difusión.
Contactos de Prensa :
UNICEF Oficina de Argentina :
Paula Chinellato - pchinellato@unicef.org.ar - (54 11) 15-5745-2824.
Tel. (54 11) 5093-7100 - www.unicef.org/argentina
Fundación Kine, Cultural y Educativa:
Valeria Pertovt: valeria@fundacionkine.org.ar
Tel. (54 11) 15-5564-6753 - www.fundacionkine.org.ar
EVENTS: Chicago International Film Festival (USA)
CHILDREN'S FILM FEST: Event for kids celebrates silver anniversary
By Nancy Maes | Special to the Chicago Tribune
October 17, 2008
The Chicago International Film Festival is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, and though it has grown, it's still young at heart.
A quarter-century ago, the festival, presented by Facets Multi-Media, showed about 60 films. For its silver anniversary, the fest received about 2,000 entries, and juries of adults and children selected 249 films from 44 countries, which include 53 world premieres. It also features appearances by actors and filmmakers and filmmaking workshops taught by professionals, said founder Nicole Dreiske.
Germany is represented by the live-action feature "Stella and the Star of the Orient" (ages 9-11), the story of a young girl who journeys back 100 years, where she searches for a treasure to save her great-grandmother's family from financial ruin and teaches her ancestors a thing or two about equal rights for women.
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By Nancy Maes | Special to the Chicago Tribune
October 17, 2008
The Chicago International Film Festival is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, and though it has grown, it's still young at heart.
A quarter-century ago, the festival, presented by Facets Multi-Media, showed about 60 films. For its silver anniversary, the fest received about 2,000 entries, and juries of adults and children selected 249 films from 44 countries, which include 53 world premieres. It also features appearances by actors and filmmakers and filmmaking workshops taught by professionals, said founder Nicole Dreiske.
Germany is represented by the live-action feature "Stella and the Star of the Orient" (ages 9-11), the story of a young girl who journeys back 100 years, where she searches for a treasure to save her great-grandmother's family from financial ruin and teaches her ancestors a thing or two about equal rights for women.
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October 17, 2008
PROJECTS / WEBSITES: Kyrnea International (FRANCE)
KYRNEA International and its plan "Passeurs d'images"
KYRNEA International is a Non-Governmental Organisation that ensures the national coordination of « PASSEURS D'IMAGES ». Launched in 1991 by the National Centre of Cinematography, “PASSEURS D'IMAGES” is a national plan for image literacy outside school time. It mainly focuses on young people with little to no access to cinema and video for social or educational reasons. Nearly 2000 projects are implemented annually : screenings, workshops, trainings, meetings with filmmakers...
“PASSEURS D'IMAGES” network objectives are :
* showing another kind of cinema, different from the one transmitted by the media and the movie industry
* helping people get a better understanding of images (movies, video games, television) in their personal environment
* developping social links within the territories where the activities take place
* promoting projects the objectives of which are to highlight cultural diversity in Society in order to prevent social and cultural discrimination
* training local partners connected with moving images literacy
A unique device in many aspects :
* the result of a policy supported by several ministries : Ministry of Culture and Communication, Ministry of Sport, Ministry of Social Affairs, Ministry of Health...)
* Outside school time, this plan both adresses the public through screenings, workshops, and special fares and professionals by offering them adequate trainings
* A dynamic and wide network : «Passeurs d'Images» rests on a network of more than 2000 cultural or social structures, covering 26 French regions, the area of Charleroi in Belgium, more than 400 cities and 300 000 people.
In 15 years time, "PASSEURS D’IMAGES" allowed its network members to become experienced in image literacy outside school time
Presently, the need for National and European networks to exchange and thus strenghten has become obvious.
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KYRNEA International is a Non-Governmental Organisation that ensures the national coordination of « PASSEURS D'IMAGES ». Launched in 1991 by the National Centre of Cinematography, “PASSEURS D'IMAGES” is a national plan for image literacy outside school time. It mainly focuses on young people with little to no access to cinema and video for social or educational reasons. Nearly 2000 projects are implemented annually : screenings, workshops, trainings, meetings with filmmakers...
“PASSEURS D'IMAGES” network objectives are :
* showing another kind of cinema, different from the one transmitted by the media and the movie industry
* helping people get a better understanding of images (movies, video games, television) in their personal environment
* developping social links within the territories where the activities take place
* promoting projects the objectives of which are to highlight cultural diversity in Society in order to prevent social and cultural discrimination
* training local partners connected with moving images literacy
A unique device in many aspects :
* the result of a policy supported by several ministries : Ministry of Culture and Communication, Ministry of Sport, Ministry of Social Affairs, Ministry of Health...)
* Outside school time, this plan both adresses the public through screenings, workshops, and special fares and professionals by offering them adequate trainings
* A dynamic and wide network : «Passeurs d'Images» rests on a network of more than 2000 cultural or social structures, covering 26 French regions, the area of Charleroi in Belgium, more than 400 cities and 300 000 people.
In 15 years time, "PASSEURS D’IMAGES" allowed its network members to become experienced in image literacy outside school time
Presently, the need for National and European networks to exchange and thus strenghten has become obvious.
more
NEWS / AWARDS: Three students win first-ever UN-YouTube online video contest on hunger
Three students win first-ever UN-YouTube online video contest on hunger
16 October 2008 – Three university students from the United States will head to Ethiopia next month to film the work of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) after winning the first-ever online video competition organized by the agency and YouTube to raise awareness about global hunger.
The winning video, entitled “Time is Running Out,” highlights the grim fact that a child dies of hunger every six seconds by featuring a series of photos of children in groups, with some slowly fading out of the picture, with the sound of a ticking clock in the background.
The video was produced by three students from Auburn University in Alabama – Emma Thompson, Meri Kate Purgason and Collin Butler – who beat out some tough competition, including a professional filmmaker, in the HungerBytes competition, launched by WFP last November and hosted on YouTube.
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winning video
16 October 2008 – Three university students from the United States will head to Ethiopia next month to film the work of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) after winning the first-ever online video competition organized by the agency and YouTube to raise awareness about global hunger.
The winning video, entitled “Time is Running Out,” highlights the grim fact that a child dies of hunger every six seconds by featuring a series of photos of children in groups, with some slowly fading out of the picture, with the sound of a ticking clock in the background.
The video was produced by three students from Auburn University in Alabama – Emma Thompson, Meri Kate Purgason and Collin Butler – who beat out some tough competition, including a professional filmmaker, in the HungerBytes competition, launched by WFP last November and hosted on YouTube.
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winning video
October 16, 2008
NEWS / RESEARCH: Print media gets a shot of youth serum (SOUTH AFRICA)
Print media gets a shot of youth serum
The latest release of SAARF's All Media and Products Survey, AMPS 2008A, shows that it is in fact the South African youth which has been driving the significant growth of print media, which occurred over AMPS 2007B. “The media growth seen in AMPS proves that with the young crowd, we're not looking at an either/or situation when it comes to traditional versus new media,” says SARF CEO, Dr Paul Haupt.
“Yes, they're techno-savvy and so will readily turn to the Net or cellphones to get the information they need, but they enjoy reading print for the same reason older generations do,” he continues.
Across the world, publishers of traditional print titles have feared that the rise of alternative sources of content, such as the Internet and mobile phones, would see the wholesale decline of their readership figures. Young people in particular, born into a technologically advanced world, were thought to be the most likely to turn their backs on the old forms of media.
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The latest release of SAARF's All Media and Products Survey, AMPS 2008A, shows that it is in fact the South African youth which has been driving the significant growth of print media, which occurred over AMPS 2007B. “The media growth seen in AMPS proves that with the young crowd, we're not looking at an either/or situation when it comes to traditional versus new media,” says SARF CEO, Dr Paul Haupt.
“Yes, they're techno-savvy and so will readily turn to the Net or cellphones to get the information they need, but they enjoy reading print for the same reason older generations do,” he continues.
Across the world, publishers of traditional print titles have feared that the rise of alternative sources of content, such as the Internet and mobile phones, would see the wholesale decline of their readership figures. Young people in particular, born into a technologically advanced world, were thought to be the most likely to turn their backs on the old forms of media.
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October 15, 2008
ARTICLES / WEBSITES: Kidz to show us the future of the web
Kidz to show us the future of the web
Social Media is unavoidable. Most of us have at one point or another become hopelessly addicted to some social media network such as Facebook, YouTube or one of the many other options out there. The web has quickly evolved from an information and shopping portal to a global community of bloggers, taggers, stumblers and sharers. As we adults become more and more engrossed with the internet as a community and sharing tool, a new generation of early adopters are creating their own private web 2.0 revolution. Leading this revolution and a lot of the media attention that comes with it is child-friendly social media browser; KidZui.
full article at http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/live/articles/kidz-to-show-us-the-future-of-the-web.asp/5239/
website
Social Media is unavoidable. Most of us have at one point or another become hopelessly addicted to some social media network such as Facebook, YouTube or one of the many other options out there. The web has quickly evolved from an information and shopping portal to a global community of bloggers, taggers, stumblers and sharers. As we adults become more and more engrossed with the internet as a community and sharing tool, a new generation of early adopters are creating their own private web 2.0 revolution. Leading this revolution and a lot of the media attention that comes with it is child-friendly social media browser; KidZui.
full article at http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/live/articles/kidz-to-show-us-the-future-of-the-web.asp/5239/
website
October 14, 2008
NEWS / ARTICLES: Report reveals drop in children's food advertising
Report reveals drop in children's food advertising
By Joanna Rossiter
Children & Young People Now
13 October 2008
The Department of Health has announced an overall reduction in the money corporations spend on children's food and drink advertising.
The findings were published in the report Changes in Food and Drink Advertising and Promotion to Children, released on Monday.
The report analyses annual spending between 2003 and 2007 on adverts that use licensed characters, children's media connection, free gifts or novelty food design to market products to children.
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NEWS: Campaign for change in the media (UK)
Campaign for change in the media
Does the media paint too negative a picture of young people? David Collier and Terry White think so, and are using their roles in the UK Youth Parliament to campaign for more positive images in the news.
David Collier and Terry WhiteRecently there have been a lot of stories in the news about knife crime and young people. 2008 has seen a great deal of needless violence among young people, and the media plays a role in raising awareness of this.
But this is only one side of the story and by putting the spotlight on a clichéd image of gangs and ‘hoodies’, the media are stereotyping young people.
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Does the media paint too negative a picture of young people? David Collier and Terry White think so, and are using their roles in the UK Youth Parliament to campaign for more positive images in the news.
David Collier and Terry WhiteRecently there have been a lot of stories in the news about knife crime and young people. 2008 has seen a great deal of needless violence among young people, and the media plays a role in raising awareness of this.
But this is only one side of the story and by putting the spotlight on a clichéd image of gangs and ‘hoodies’, the media are stereotyping young people.
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October 13, 2008
OPPORTUNITIES: World Summit Youth Award - Putting the MDGs into action
We invite you to develop inspiring Internet Content to promote and
achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set by the United
Nations to create a humane, just and liveable world.
achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set by the United
Nations to create a humane, just and liveable world.
The World Summit Youth Award (WSYA) is the global contest for online or
mobile initiatives to raise awareness and help resolve the most pressing
global issues.
If you rely on the web for creating culture, overcoming gender
inequality, lack of education and access to clean water or to address
hunger, poverty, disease and environmental degradation, then you should
take part!
The World Summit Youth Award showcases you as young developers and
serves as a platform for people from all UN member states to work
together on the efforts of reaching the Millennium Development Goals!
The rewards are global recognition within the United Nations,
invitations to the WSYA Winners events in Mexico and networking contacts
on a global scale.
Please let us spread the word about how you're helping reach the MDG's
with innovative use of the Internet!
The WSYA Volunteer Team
Website: http://www.youthaward.org/
OPPORTUNITIES: TakingITGlobal's next Live Chat - UN Climate Change Conference in Poznan (POLAND)
TakingITGlobal's next Live Chat is coming up in November! It will focus on the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland in December and what youth are doing in order to prepare themselves for this important meeting.
The Live Chat will take place on Thursday, November 6th 2008 at 2pm (UTC/GMT). Mark the date in your calenders and learn how the UN Climate Change Conference in Poznan will affect you, as well as how you can be part of the changes youth will be calling for at the meeting!
Check out the event on TIG:
http://events.takingitglobal.org/20731
OPPORTUNITIES / CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Seeking videos on sanitation and hygiene
Seeking videos on sanitation and hygiene
The Fifth World Water Forum is accepting video entries on sanitation
and hygiene for its International Water and Film Events, scheduled
for March 18 to 21 in Istanbul, Turkey. The submission deadline is
November 2.
The Forum, organized every three years by the International
Secretariat for Water (ISW) and the French Water Academy, will focus
on "Water, People and Sustainable Development" in 2009.
The Water and Film Events has a competition category for clips less
than 90 seconds long by producers ages 17 to 30 years old, films less
than 60 minutes long, and films of scientific and pedagogical nature.
Eligible films or documentaries must have been produced after January
1, 2005, and contain subtitles in English or be accompanied by a
transcription in English, French or Spanish.
Prizes range from US$1,000 to US$3,000. A special WASH prize,
supported by Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, will
be given to documentaries on water supply, sanitation, and hygiene.
The winners will be announced during the World Water Forum, and pre-
selected films will be submitted to the Istanbul International Film
Festival in April.
To find out more, download the brochure at http://www.riec-
iwfe.org/images/stories/RIEC/Les_RIEC/riec_brochure_web.pdf, visit
http://www.riec-iwfe.org/en or contact Barbara Ávila by phone +33 (0)
6 50 09 or e-mail bavila@sie-isw.org .
The Fifth World Water Forum is accepting video entries on sanitation
and hygiene for its International Water and Film Events, scheduled
for March 18 to 21 in Istanbul, Turkey. The submission deadline is
November 2.
The Forum, organized every three years by the International
Secretariat for Water (ISW) and the French Water Academy, will focus
on "Water, People and Sustainable Development" in 2009.
The Water and Film Events has a competition category for clips less
than 90 seconds long by producers ages 17 to 30 years old, films less
than 60 minutes long, and films of scientific and pedagogical nature.
Eligible films or documentaries must have been produced after January
1, 2005, and contain subtitles in English or be accompanied by a
transcription in English, French or Spanish.
Prizes range from US$1,000 to US$3,000. A special WASH prize,
supported by Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, will
be given to documentaries on water supply, sanitation, and hygiene.
The winners will be announced during the World Water Forum, and pre-
selected films will be submitted to the Istanbul International Film
Festival in April.
To find out more, download the brochure at http://www.riec-
iwfe.org/images/
http://www.riec-
6 50 09 or e-mail bavila@sie-isw.
NEWS / EVENTS: Creators of youth media to share their vision of Europe
Creators of youth media to share their vision of Europe
From Wednesday 15 to Friday 17 October 2008, 200 young journalists from all of the 27 Member States of the European Union will attend a seminar organised by the European Parliament in Brussels. The second annual edition of the European Youth Media Days will provide high-level debates and hands-on media production in numerous working groups and discussion panels. The President of the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Pöttering will award the EP Prize for Journalism on Friday.
On Wednesday evening, Alejo Vidal-Quadras, Vice-President of the European Parliament and Harald Rømer, Secretary-General of the European Parliament will open the event. Chairpersons of Parliament's different political groups will critically debate their visions of the EU’s future, Union's role in the world and its economical and social policies. Afterwards, young journalists gather with parliamentarians and Brussels based correspondents. Creators of youth media from across the continent will share their ideas and approaches in another evening panel.
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From Wednesday 15 to Friday 17 October 2008, 200 young journalists from all of the 27 Member States of the European Union will attend a seminar organised by the European Parliament in Brussels. The second annual edition of the European Youth Media Days will provide high-level debates and hands-on media production in numerous working groups and discussion panels. The President of the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Pöttering will award the EP Prize for Journalism on Friday.
On Wednesday evening, Alejo Vidal-Quadras, Vice-President of the European Parliament and Harald Rømer, Secretary-General of the European Parliament will open the event. Chairpersons of Parliament's different political groups will critically debate their visions of the EU’s future, Union's role in the world and its economical and social policies. Afterwards, young journalists gather with parliamentarians and Brussels based correspondents. Creators of youth media from across the continent will share their ideas and approaches in another evening panel.
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October 10, 2008
EVENTS: Youth Ministers meet in Kyiv to decide future of European youth policy
Youth Ministers meet in Kyiv to decide future of European youth policy
Kyiv, 10.10.2008 - The 8th Conference of European Youth Ministers, "The future of the Council of Europe youth policy: AGENDA 2020" opened today in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Over the course of the two-day conference, high-level policy makers from 49 signatory countries of the European Cultural Convention will be discussing European youth policy for the next decade.
"We should always remember that youth policy belongs to the youth, that they are true locomotives of a change and that they are vital for making a Europe of tomorrow more inclusive and diverse, vibrant, tolerant and at peace with itself and with others," said Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine, opening the conference.
He also used this occasion to declare 2009 a Year of Youth in Ukraine. "A national strategy will be developed next year that will seek to integrate young people, resolve educational problems, and make it lead a healthy life," he added.
In her welcome address, the Council of Europe Deputy Secretary General, Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, outlined challenges to the organisation's policies in the youth sector such as those related to the values of human rights, democracy and the rule of law, cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue as well as social cohesion and the social inclusion of young people.
She emphasised that "mainstreaming" could revitalise youth work and policies across the continent and provide a genuine energy boost to them. "Youth policy cannot and should not be developed in isolation. They must be a part and parcel of education, social affairs, health and other policies," she said.
Ukrainian Minister for Family, Youth and Sport Yuriy Pavlenko, Swedish Minister of Integration and Gender Equality Nyamko Sabuni, President of the Council of Europe Congress Yavuz Mildon, Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Youth and Sport of PACE Andre Schneider and Pierre Mairesse, European Commission's Director for Youth, Sport and relations to the Citizens, were also among the opening speakers.
The conference programme includes four working sessions examining:
* Promoting equal opportunities for girls and boys, young women and young men;
* Supporting young people's access to social rights;
* Empowering young people to promote cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue and its religious dimension;
* Promoting intergenerational dialogue and solidarity;
The results of the youth event on the theme of the Ministers' Conference, organised by the European Youth Forum have also been presented at the conference, highlighting the Council of Europe's commitment to fostering greater youth participation through its system of co-management.1
The conference closes on 11 October with the adoption of a final declaration outlining the priorities in the youth sector for the next decade - the so-called "Agenda 2020".
The event is a joint initiative of the Ukrainian government and the Council of Europe's Directorate of Youth and Sport.
The European Conference of Youth Ministers is held every three years to set out the Council of Europe's long-term priorities for the youth sector. The Conferences offer a platform for member states to examine the main problems and challenges they face in the youth field, and in addition, allow direct contacts to be forged between ministers.
For more information on the conference
For more information on the Council of Europe activities in the youth sector
Press contact:
Ulvi Akhundlu, Press Officer, Council of Europe Press Division,
Ulvi.Akhundlu@coe.int , tel: +33 (0) 3 88 41 26 38, mob.: +33 (0)6 61 14 83 16
Mykola Yabchenko, Spokesperson, Ministry for Family, Youth and Sports of Ukraine, press@youthministers2008.org ; mob. +380 67 290 55 01
1 This involves representatives from youth non-governmental organisations (NGOs) sitting down in committees with government officials who together then work out the priorities for the youth sector and make recommendations for future budgets and programmes. These proposals are then adopted by the Committee of Ministers, the Council of Europe's decision-making body.
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A political organisation set up in 1949, the Council of Europe works to promote democracy and human rights continent-wide. It also develops common responses to social, cultural and legal challenges in its 47 member states.
NEWS / EVENTS: Making children's voices heard at the 2009 Children's Climate Forum in Copenhagen
Making children's voices heard at the 2009 Children's Climate Forum in Copenhagen
By Jakob Ebeling
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, 8 October 2008 – Children from all over the world convened to make themselves heard in the global climate debate earlier this week, as UNICEF Denmark and the municipality of Copenhagen hosted a preview of the Children’s Climate Forum Copenhagen 2009 (CCFC 09), which will be held in November of next year.
The event, held at a public school in Copenhagen, offered an advance look at CCFC09 to the Danish and international media.
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By Jakob Ebeling
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, 8 October 2008 – Children from all over the world convened to make themselves heard in the global climate debate earlier this week, as UNICEF Denmark and the municipality of Copenhagen hosted a preview of the Children’s Climate Forum Copenhagen 2009 (CCFC 09), which will be held in November of next year.
The event, held at a public school in Copenhagen, offered an advance look at CCFC09 to the Danish and international media.
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October 8, 2008
FESTIVALS: Comienza el 5º Festival Imágenes Jóvenes (ARGENTINA)
Comienza el 5º Festival Imágenes Jóvenes
Guiones y cortos realizados por niños, niñas, adolescentes y jóvenes.
Del 15 al 22 de octubre de 2008 – Entrada libre y gratuita.
Con invitados especiales, mesa-debate, seminarios, proyecciones, muestras paralelas y el estreno de los videominutos realizados en la edición 2008 del proyecto Un Minuto por mis Derechos.
-Programación completa : ver archivo adjunto.
-Actividades destacadas (con inscripción previa):
-Mesa-Debate: "Educación, Comunicación y Medios. Un Minuto por mis Derechos como proyecto modelo". Disertantes: Roberto Aparici, Andrés Habegger, Julio Raffo, Susana Landau .
-Seminario: "Educación, Medios de Comunicación y Ciudadanía Crítica", destinado a docentes que se inician en la enseñanza de los medios, a cargo del Dr. Roberto Aparici.
-Charla: "Viejos y nuevos paradigmas en la enseñanza de los medios de comunicación", para docentes con experiencia en la enseñanza de medios, a cargo del Dr. Roberto Aparici.
-Charla : "Manipulación de la info rmación : análisis del juicio a TV española por manipulación info rmativa", abierta a la comunidad, a cargo del Dr. Roberto Aparici.
La convocatoria 2008 del Festival Imágenes Jóvenes, organizado por la Fundación Kine , Cultural y Educativa, ha recibido este año más de 278 obras, provenientes de 12 provincias y 8 países, superando la participación de años anteriores.
- Agradecemos su difusión -
Informes: info@imagenesjovenes.org.ar / www.imagenesjovenes.org.ar
Inscripción a las actividades : (011) 4799-7978 / alejandra@fundacionkine.org.ar
Contacto de Prensa: Valeria Pertovt : (54.11) 15-5564-6753 / valeria@fundacionkine.org.ar
Fundación Kine , Cultural y Educativa :
Tel.: (54.11) 4799-7978 / info@fundacionkine.org.ar / www.fundacionkine.org.ar
October 7, 2008
RESEARCH / PUBLICATIONS: Video Republic
Video Republic
Cheap digital technology and broadband access have broken the moving-image monopoly held by production companies and broadcasters. In its place a new theatre of public information has emerged.
It is a messy, alternative realm of video creation and exchange that extends across the internet, television, festivals and campaigns. This report charts the rise of the ‘Video Republic’ across Europe, a new space for debate and expression dominated by young people.
Drawing on extensive research with experts and young people in the UK, Turkey, Germany, Romania and Finland, it argues that the stakes are high, both for the contributors to this realm and for the democracies they live in. Confusion about regulation, copyright and privacy means that young people are plunging headlong into an uncertain set of new relationships online. And around Europe, new types of expressive inequality are emerging as many are held back
from participating by poor access and a lack of resources.
As young people experience greater freedoms online, many are choosing to ‘route around’ political and cultural institutions rather than take them on directly. This poses a profound challenge to decision-makers, but it also creates new opportunities. For democracies starved of legitimacy, it offers hope for a new sphere of democratic expression and participation. With a range of recommendations for government, media and the private sector, this report outlines how we can channel the creativity locked inside the Video Republic.
source
full report
Cheap digital technology and broadband access have broken the moving-image monopoly held by production companies and broadcasters. In its place a new theatre of public information has emerged.
It is a messy, alternative realm of video creation and exchange that extends across the internet, television, festivals and campaigns. This report charts the rise of the ‘Video Republic’ across Europe, a new space for debate and expression dominated by young people.
Drawing on extensive research with experts and young people in the UK, Turkey, Germany, Romania and Finland, it argues that the stakes are high, both for the contributors to this realm and for the democracies they live in. Confusion about regulation, copyright and privacy means that young people are plunging headlong into an uncertain set of new relationships online. And around Europe, new types of expressive inequality are emerging as many are held back
from participating by poor access and a lack of resources.
As young people experience greater freedoms online, many are choosing to ‘route around’ political and cultural institutions rather than take them on directly. This poses a profound challenge to decision-makers, but it also creates new opportunities. For democracies starved of legitimacy, it offers hope for a new sphere of democratic expression and participation. With a range of recommendations for government, media and the private sector, this report outlines how we can channel the creativity locked inside the Video Republic.
source
full report
October 6, 2008
NEWS: UN condemns use of distressed children in reality shows (UK)
UN condemns use of distressed children in reality shows
The United Nations has condemned the use of children in reality TV shows, such as Supernanny, over concerns that filming could harm their rights.
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The United Nations has condemned the use of children in reality TV shows, such as Supernanny, over concerns that filming could harm their rights.
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