Chevak and Hooper Bay (ATMI conducts media training)
On May 15, ATMI staff traveled to Chevak and Hooper Bay, Alaska to teach teens and adults to produce their own radio pieces. The trip was made possile by the World Wildlife Fund and the National Science Foundation.
ATMI teens taught teens at Chevak High School and leaders from the Boys and Girls Club to produce vox pops, which are audio pieces that include several voices speaking about a certain topic. The students and adults in Chevak produced pieces on Eskimo dancing, the village landfill, chewing gum at school and the impacts of drugs and alcohol on the community. And one student even recorded some rap music.
Hannah Magen and Michael Eddy teach Timothy and Merrill how to use audio equipment.
In Hooper Bay, ATMI staff worked with adults in the community to give them the tools needs to start producing their own audio and perhaps develop a training program for students. The adults produced pieces on hunting, spring hazards and the environment.
Chevak
Dinah interview students, her principal and a teacher about what they think about chewing gum in school.
Cody produced this piece on Eskimo dancing. He interviewed one of the dance instructors in his community and his friend Barbara.
Jim Hill ask friends at school how they see alcohol impacting their community and he talks with one student about his struggle to quit.
Clifford and Bryson talked to Harry Ferguson about gas prices and the village landfill.
Hooper Bay
Albert and Bosco talk to people in their village about their favorite hunting seasons.
Elmer talked to Carl Smith, a village elder, about how to be safe during the spring season.
Franklin and Bernard talked to people about taking care of the Hooper Bay environment.
