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Site of the Week Archive:
Great links to 4+ years of
media literacy education-related Sites of the Week
Making Media
For professional media-makers' associations organized by gender, race/ethnicity or sexual orientation, see Representation.
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DIY (do-it-yourself) media posting sites
(Note: This is not a comprehensive list -- this category grows faster than we can keep up.)
AFI ScreenNation™ features the best films and videos from young filmmakers on the web as well video tips and contests.
BlipTV -- "leveling the playing field for independent shows since 2005."
DigitalPodcast.com -- as the name implies, a site for posting podcasts.
Google Videos -- the big one.
Motionbox -- "The best way to view and share personal video online." Allows you to broadcast for everyone to see or just share it privately.
OurMedia: Powering Change through Environmental Media: This site "seeks to use social media to advocate for the causes that improve people's lives." Good tools, very comprehensive.
Vimeo -- "a respectful community of creative people who are passionate about sharing the videos they make. We provide the best tools and highest quality video in the universe."
YouTube -- "Broadcast Yourself."
Youth media production resources
Adventures in Television is "a unique media production camp that teaches youth ages 12-17 to harness the power of television media while engaging in and understanding the value of community service." The toolkit, developed by Portland Community Media, looks like a great, inexpensively priced resource for anyone try to figure out how to start a kids' TV production program. The web site doesn't feel real user-friendly, but don't let that deter you from checking it out.
amplifyme.us (formerly Project Think Different) is a nonprofit organization that engages people in positive change through the use of media arts. We use pop culture to inspire people to think differently about their power to create change in their lives and the lives of others through civic engagement.
California Student Media & MultiMedia Festival is the nation's oldest student media festival, with thousands of participants.
The Director in the Classroom is an outstanding resource for helping teachers use media production in the classroom to motivate students to learn.
iEARN: International Education and Resource Network is" the world's largest non-profit global network that enables teachers and young people to use the Internet and other new technologies to collaborate on projects that both enhance learning and make a difference in the world."
Just Think A San Francisco-based group that has developed curricula and delivered production-focused media literacy education programs in-school, after-school and online in diverse communities locally, nationally and internationally since 1995.
Listen Up! Youth Media
Network is"a youth media network that connects young video producers and their allies to resources, support, and projects in order to develop the field and achieve an authentic youth voice in the mass media."
MAGIC: Media Activities and Good Ideas by, with and for Children. This extraordinary international website, part of UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund), shows how far America has to go in understanding and dealing with media issues around children. It's described as "UNICEF's response to the Oslo Challenge of 1999, which called on media professionals, educators, governments, organizations, parents, children and young people themselves to recognize the enormous potential of media to make the world a better place for children." Click on material for children, parents, teachers, governments, media, the private sector; a database of media projects by, with and for children; a discussion group, and much more.
MediaRights "maximizes the impact of social-issue documentaries and shorts. By engaging with the MediaRights community, filmmakers reach audiences, educators and librarians bring films into their classroom, and nonprofits and activists integrate media into their campaigns." Excellent toolkits.
Young People's Media Network - a "blogspot" for for news and views concerning Youth Media in Europe and Central Asia.
Independent (Indy) Media & Media Arts
Alternet is a project of the Independent Media Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening and supporting independent and alternative journalism. The online magazine features news that you won't find from other sources, opinion and investigative journalism.
amplifyme.us (formerly Project Think Different) is a nonprofit organization that engages people in positive change through the use of media arts. We use pop culture to inspire people to think differently about their power to create change in their lives and the lives of others through civic engagement.
Center for Media Literacy This is an educational consulting organization based on the former non-profit of the same name. The company's website still has the excellent CML Reading Room, with good articles and reports on the arts and media arts .
Independent Media Center - The Indymedia international site is "a collective of independent media organizations and hundreds of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage. Indymedia is a democratic media outlet for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of truth."
MediaRights (see description above)
Alliance for Community Media -the organization for community access (cable) television. Information and resources, including a discussion listserv.
IndyLink is your dial-up ISP and web hosting alternative to Big Media. If dial-up is the only internet access available to you, this is a great alternative to giving your money to faceless mega-corporations. IndyLink is a non-profit based in North Carolina with local dial-up access numbers all over the United States. Inexpensive web hosting for your website is also available. Their tech support is here in the U.S., not on the other side of the planet. This group lets you feel good about spending your money to support local community-based media organizations.
Other Organizations Supporting Media-Making
Act One, Inc. is "a community of Christian professionals for the entertainment industry who are committed to excellence, artistry, and personal holiness, so that through their lives and work they may be witnesses of Christ and the Truth to their fellow artists and to the global culture."
Women Make Movies is a "multicultural, multiracial, non-profit media arts organization which facilitates the production, promotion, distribution and exhibition of independent films and videotapes by and about women. The organization provides services to both users and makers of film and video programs, with a special emphasis on supporting work by women of color."