Teaching Island Kids To Produce
and Share Vital Stories On
Local Issues
LEARN iMOVIE & FINAL CUT
FINAL CUT is professional editing soft-
ware that will allow interns produce
their stories for broadcast. iMovie is
a familiar “low-tech” editing package
that can produce high-quality videos for
broadcast and for publishing to
the internet.
PUBLISH STORIES ON THE
V O I C E THE VOICE will present all
student videos as a collection. The
publishing process is part of the overall
learning — kids become editors and
publishers.
GIVE VIDEOS TO & PUBLISH
ON ORG SITES
Each organization owns the produced
videos. Each organization can direct stu-
dents to focus on specific initiatives.
AIR VIDEOS ON MVTV
MVTV provides a professional and
public platform for kids to air stories,
receive public acclaim and to see their
stories on a familiar medium.
S Y N D I C AT E C O N T E N T
THROUGHOUT THE WEB
Well distributed (or Syndicated) content
on the web drives search engines and
enables not only stories to be found, but
good content helps outreach and educa-
tion efforts.
V i n e ya r d V o i c e i s d e d i c a t e d t o
i l lu m i n at i n g t h e i s s u e s e f f e ct i n g
t h e h e a lt h a n d v i ta l i ty o f t h e i s l a n d
Vineyard Voice
and the people who live here.
public interest journalism
& collaborative media
f o r M a r t h a’s V i n e y a r d .
Please consider a scholarship
contribution to:
The Vineyard Voice Young
Young Video Journalist Program Video Journalist
Program
Your scholarship contribution is fully tax
deductible and entitles you to sponsor
recognition on the Voice.
The Voice closes its books monthly, so all Summer 2009
contributors can check in and see how their
money is being spent.
Send Scholarship Contributions to:
Program goals:
Vineyard Voice
Te a c h y o u n g p e o p l e t o p ro d u c e a n d
PO Box 1411
West Tisbury, MA 02575 distribute public interest videos
508 560 2762 in collaboration with four island non profit
www.vineyardvoice.org
organizations in support of local food,
a r t s , c o n s e r v a t i o n a n d e n e r g y.
V I N E YA R D V O I C E
The Vineyard Voice, Inc. — www.vineyardvoice.org — is a
charitable 501c3 educational and publishing organization
which uses a web-based journalism to connect Island
individuals, organizations and businesses.
www.vineyardvoice.org
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COLLA B ORA T ORS AND FOCUS
The “collaborative media” effort
will work directly with Featherstone
Center for the Arts, Vineyard
Conservation Society, Vineyard
Energy Project and Island Grown to
produce in issue-based video stories
in support of local arts, environ-
IN T ERN PRO J EC T S & LEARNING
Students will conduct interviews
and document events and then will
edit and produce the stories. The
goal is to produce three 3-5 minute
stories each week. The stories will
be aired on MVTV, published on the
Voice and on each organization’s
PROPOSED SCHOLARSHIPS
• Sponsor 1 student and 30%
of administration cost for
$2400.
YOUR CONTRIBUTION
W I L L H E L P I N T W O WAY S :

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ment, energy and food.
The Voice will collaborate with
each organization to produce sto-
ries at no cost. Each organization
will be able to focus their sto-
ries on initiatives that meet cur-
rent organizational objectives and
inform the public about issues that
are central to their mission.
web site and will be syndicated
throughout the web.
The students will be trained to
use video editing software. They
will learn to publish web-based
video and to air their stories on
local television. Most importantly,
interns will be trained to produce
public interest, issue-based jour-
nalism.
1) It will give kids the
opportunity to learn
how to shoot, produce
and share video stories.
2) It will directly help
four key organizations inform
t h e i s l a n d a b o u t t h e i r c u r-
rent initiatives.