CCTV's Youth Media Program is designed to teach Cambridge teens media making and career readiness skills, as they work as media artists. The program is comprised of two components: the Summer Media Institute and the School Year Production Program. Check out videos produced by CCTV youth members on the right side of the page.

Summer Media Institute (SMI)

SMI is a six-week work expereience and media production program run though a partnership with the Mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program.

Each summer, teens in the program attend workshops and learn camcorder, editing, lighting and audio, gaining media art, technical production, and computer application skills.

As participants develop media skills, they are paid to work as media artists, producing a variety of productions. This year, teens in the program produced personal narratives about places in the community they felt a connection to, creative pieces, and a music video with Zumix's DiverCity Band. To learn more about SMI, watch this documentary about the program, produced by SMI Documentarian Laura Asherman: http://www.cctvcambridge.org/node/1718

This year's SMI will run from Monday, July 7, 2008 to Friday, August 15, 2008. If you are a Cambridge resident between 14 and 18 years of age and are interested in participating in this year's SMI, you must register through the Mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program. Applications will be available starting May 1, 2008 at http://www.cambridgema.gov/DHSP2/msyep.cfm.

School Year Production Program (SYPP)

SYPP is an afterschool program designed to provide teens with an opportunity to further develop career readiness and media production skills after the conclusion of the Summer Media Institute.

This year, 11 teens participated in the SYPP. On Thursday, May 22nd, members of CCTV’s School Year Production Program hosted a screening of their work at CCTV. View pieces produced by participants this fall on the right side of the page.

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