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. Award winning programming produced by CCTV youth members is available for viewing here.

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, 25 teens will participate in the program, which will run from July 6, 2009- to August 14, 2009. Teen participants will screen their work at the Central Square Theater on Thursday, August 13th at 7:30 p.m.

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. During the 2008- 2009 school year, 14 teens were involved with the SYPP.