Repository Pick - KZMU's Voices of Youth - Moab

When local artist Bruce Hucko had an idea to engage youth, he turned to KZMU-FM. Together they started Voices of Youth-Moab, an initiative that connects local teens to community while they research and produce on-air segments for KZMU-FM. For more information, check out our Engagement Repository.

My Source Highlights: CPB Award Winners and KFAI

The innovative work of more than a dozen radio and television stations is featured in this compilation video. All stations included are recipients of CPB's My Source Community Impact Awards for Education.

In this on-air spot from Minneapolis-based KFAI, volunteer and listener Huberto Vasquez says that the station is his "source for radio by, from and for the community."

• Economic Response Efforts to Support CPB Initiative
• Pipeline LIVE 2009 to Highlight Economic Response Efforts
• Upcoming Peer-to-peer Dialogue
• Planet Forward Engages White House Advisor and Citizens
• Engagement Opportunities for Five Farms
• Engagement Training in High Demand at Radio Conference
• OPB Selected to Manage American Archive Pilot Program
• Repository Pick - KZMU's Voices of Youth - Moab Sidebar
• My Source highlights: CPB Award Winners and KFAI Sidebar

A collection of tools and resources to support the CPB Public Service Media Economic Response Initiative to help stations serve communities

Tough Times Tip: VPR Motivates Community with Reaching Out

VPR encouraged Vermonters to support one another through the harsh economy with the station-wide initiative Reaching Out. The engagement connected people to resources and confirmed VPR's role as essential to the community. Read the story.

Engagement Ideas and Resources:

The New York Times reported on the economy-related rise in emotional health problems. Read the article to understand how to support these community members.

National Endowment for the Arts just announced a Recovery Grant.  Check out the details and consider partnering with an eligible arts agency.

Learn how to manage volunteers more effectively using online tools. Listen to the podcast from the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

In honor of National Volunteer Week (April 19-25), Nevada Public Radio (KNPR) will replace its membership drive with a Volunteer-A-Thon to help those hurt by the foreclosure crisis. Read the press release about this innovative engagement and visit the Web site.

Don't overlook the Exurbs (outer Suburbs) when considering target communities for your Mortgage Crisis engagement.  According to the Wall Street Journal, the Exurbs are some of the communities most in need of help.

This year's Pipeline LIVE on July 15 will highlight economic response efforts. The National Center for Media Engagement's annual preview of upcoming engagement opportunities will broadcast live via satellite and Web stream. Mark your calendar and look for details coming soon.

Join us April 29 at 2 p.m. ET for the conference call "Engagement Models for Community Radio Stations."  National Center for Media Engagement staff will share ideas and implementation tips learned at the recent Communtiy Radio Conference.  Register by emailing registerme@mediaengage.org

Your audience community can still join Planet Forward's multi-platform conversation by submitting their viewpoints about the nation's energy future to www.planetforward.org. Though the TV program aired April 15, new online submissions will be considered for a Planet Forward Web sequel to be taped May 19 and streamed online. Van Jones, White House Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, will join program host Frank Sesno to discuss the new content.

Check out PBS Station Remote Control for online tools that invite community participation.

Check out our Pipeline for engagement ideas around Five Farms, a series of radio features and documentaries soon to broadcast online and over-the-air. The PRI series puts a personal face on the nation's farm families who work to provide the food we need. It's a topic that can engage youth and other community members.

An over-capacity crowd attended "Community Engagement as a Way of Life," a training at the recent NFCB Community Radio Conference in Portland. WTIP North Shore Community Radio and the National Center for Media Engagement presented engagement models to help stations become critical partners and conveners in their communities.

CPB has selected Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) to be the initiative manager of the American Archive Pilot Program, a project to determine the processes needed to restore, digitize and preserve public broadcasting's collection of local television and radio content, and make it available to the public. As initiative manager, OPB will administer $3 million for stations to digitally archive local footage.

The National Center for Media Engagement's mission is to ensure public media as essential to building community connections across multiple platforms. We provide resources for stations and producers that engage and educate citizens, build sustainable community relationships and stimulate citizen participation.

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