More videos!

Check out this Pormo video for the festival tomorrow

Tomorrow!

Tomorrow is the big day! Wide Angle Media's 4th annual Who Are You? Youth Media Festival is tomorrow night!

Everyone has been working really hard. The press releases have been released, the fliers have been hung and the word has been spread. The students at goucher college are working hard to make this year's festival the best one yet. So make sure you come check it out tomorrow at 1-3pm at Centerstage in Baltimore. There will be works of art by kids from all around Baltimore city and county. This festival is a great oppurtunity to get in touch with the Baltimore community.

Promotions and Public Affairs

Hey all, its time to get as many politicians in Baltimore involved in the WHO ARE YOU? FESTIVAL. We sent out personal letters this weekend to forty local politicians and members of the mayor's cabinet. Now we are hoping for their support. We are also currently working on a another press release.

Five more days... THEN YOU CAN FIND OUT WHO YOU ARE!

Who Are You? Festival coming up soon!

Make sure you come check out the festival on April 25th at Centerstage in Baltimore

google maps -- complete!

Hello All! Ross and I just finished the google maps portion of the Wide Angle Youth Media project. We actually ended up creating two versions. #1 is what we had originally, but we decided to create another map based on an entirely different format. This can be seen in #2.

1) http://students.goucher.edu/rosha001/api

2) http://students.goucher.edu/rosha001/api/map.html

We're totally partial to #2 because we find it more user-friendly and easier to understand in general. We just emailed Gin to inform her of these two options and will wait for her decision on what to do next.

Check out the links and let us know what you think!

Lara and Ross

Counting Down

As the festival nears, we move closer to the edge of our seats. Everyone here at goucher is excited about April 25th. We look forward to seeing the turn out of our work. And to see the culmination of this remarkable project. We hope to see you all at Centerstage on April 25th at 8pm!!

Super!

Today, we talked to representatives from Towson and Hopkins and we hope to hear back from the rest of the neighboring colleges very soon, as we plan to post flyers around all the college campuses to get college kids to come out to the Festival!

google mapping

i am working on the google map portion of this wide angle youth media project. ross and i have been compiling data and organizing it in a way that shows each artists general location, what type of media they are submitting to the festival, the title of each piece, etc. so far, we have submitted a test page to gin for review. based on her feedback, we have a little bit to tweak but have achieved exactly what we anticipated initially. there is a tremendous amount of code involved, so the process has and will continue to take a significant amount of time. we are currently working on the coding portion, locating specific gps coordinates, and making the push-pin location pinpoints coordinate colors to the various forms of media they represent (poem, performance, visual, audio, song, etc.).

Goucher College and Wide Angle Media

Goucher College and Wide Angle Media have teamed up to benefit one another. For Wide Angle's Who Are You? Youth Media Festival, Goucher Collge students in Professor Michael Koch's Advanced Public Relations class have agreed to start their final porject early. Originally we, the students were supposed to end our semester with a final project. The we got word that Wide Angle wanted to Collaborate with us to produce better public relations for the company. We jumped at the oppurtunity and are now working and doing the PR for the Who Are You? Festival. As a team of ten, we split up into different groups to cover all oppurtunities to make this event publicisized. Some students are working with social networking sites such as twitter and facebook. Other students are writing and distributing press releases. One group is working on producing a website which maps out all of the participating institutions in Baltimore. The students will be at the festival on Saturday, April 25th to see what the product of all of their hard work will be like. Check out the links above to learn more!

Goucher +Wide Angle Youth Media

As a final project for our Advanced Public Relations class, Goucher College students have been assigned to assist Wide Angle Youth Media in publicising their Who Are You? Youth Media Festival this year. Our class of 10 students has been responsible for coordinating some factors that are goign to make this event as well known as possible. One group of students is in charge of marketing. This includes making posters, press releases and the like. Another group is in charge of mapping out all the participating instituions accross Baltimore. Another group is responsible for social networking. This includes updating the twitter page and the facebook group. We are all really enthused abou this project and are expecting great results. We hope that our work is apreciated. Check out the links above to find out more about the festival!

Meet The 2009 Youth Committee

These are the kids on this years committee to decide which pieces are chosen to be presented in the festival.

Welcome!

This is the first post for the official Who Are You? Youth Media Festival Blog. This Festival is a chance for young people around the Baltimore area to get their voices heard. It is a chance for them to express themselves through different media. check out the website for more information!