Community Media

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Radio Bilingüe
Maria Eraña and Lourdes Oliva Medina of Radio Bilingüe get the word out to Latina and Mixteca women about early cancer detection. View video
Community Event: Our Stories, Our Health + BPSOS Announces a Student Health Ambassadorship Program
On August 14, 2010, the Penn Asian Health Initiatives (PAHI) partnered with Boat People SOS (BPSOS), a refugee-serving national non-profit, to host an exciting event... View video
Community Event: Our Stories, Our Health + BPSOS Announces a Student Health Ambassadorship Program
On August 14, 2010, the Penn Asian Health Initiatives (PAHI) partnered with Boat People SOS (BPSOS), a refugee-serving national non-profit, to host an exciting event... read more
Listen to Immigration Specials on the Public Radio Exchange
Getting to—and staying in—America. A curated playlist from the editors of PRX. Featured stories include: American Dreamer from Long Haul Productions and Latino USA follows... Visit website
AP-Univision poll: Many US Latinos who speak English turn to Spanish TV, radio
WASHINGTON (AP) — An automobile technician by day, Miguel Ramirez often returns home in a mostly white Dallas suburb to a world of romantic telenovelas,... Visit website
10 lessons on making local media work
In her blog at Oakland Local, Susan Mernit writes, "I  just got back from 5 days in Los Angeles, where I was a lead facilitator... read more
Egal Shidad Media Screens at Quality Health Care for Diverse Populations Conference Film Festival
Egal Shidad videos have played an important role in raising awareness of mental health among Somalis.  The collaboration that guided production resulted in a film... Visit website
News About HEARMe in Atlanta
Emory's faculty and staff newspaper, Emory Report, highlighted HEARMe and Project Coordinator Hussien Mohamed in the latest issue! Read all about it at http://www.emory.edu/EMORY_REPORT/erarchive/2008/July/July7/HEARme.htm read more
SPNN receives $1.4 million for digital literacy
Though best known as the local cable access TV network, the St. Paul Neighborhood Network (SPNN) has received a $1.4 million federal grant to help... read more
Los Media y La Salud Addresses Media Literacy Skills on Health Topics
Los medios y la salud is a resource on media literacy skills that examines tobacco, alcohol, and food marketing. It includes a discussion and activities... read more
Why Stories Matter for Health
We have all heard health statistics—and then promptly forgotten them.  We have all experienced powerful emotions during medical encounters that have prevented us from asking the “right” questions... read more
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE World Premiere
Don't miss the World Premiere of YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE, June 18-19 at Lincoln Center, as teen filmmakers turn the camera on their own lives and... read more
Haitian Soap Opera Broadcast in Relief Camps
Haitian American director Jacques Roc is filming and then broadcasting a 16 episode soap opera set in the Earthquake Relief Camps in Port-au-Prince. The soap... read more
Interview with Isse Buralle, of the Djibouti Embassy and Mumin Barre, of Al Qarni Newspaper in Djibouti (In Somali)
Interview with Isse Buralle, of the Djibouti Embassy and Mumin Barre, of Al Qarni newspaper. The Djiboutian group in North America had an event in... Listen to audio

Egal Shidad: Stories of Somali Health
This hour long program provides mental health information for Somalis and organizations working with Somalis. Through storytelling it encourages Somalis to seek resources. English subtitles... View video
On Names and Religion: New York's Ethnic media Take on Complex Issues
From New York’s ethnic newspapers, items particular to their individual readership. In the past month, a Chinese newspaper looked at a debate swirling around the name... read more
Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities Annotated Resource Book for Storytelling
A list with links to storytelling resources for community media makers. Visit website
Using Video & New Media for Advocacy, Participatory Evaluation, & Action Research
The School of Public Health offers a new course that introduces new media practices future leaders will need to be at the cutting edge of... Visit website
Knight Citizen News Network: New Media Makers Toolkit
This learning module is filled with original reporting that will help you learn about the innovative community news initiatives that are cropping up around the... Visit website
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Free DVD: 20 Stories of Domestic Violence
Arianna, Veronica, Tulio, Gustavo, and 16 others tell their stories of violence. The 20 Stories are on a DVD along with a curriculum guide and... read more
Storytelling For Social Change: A Global View
This issue of The Drum Beat focuses on stories, asking: what do we mean by the use of oral history, or storytelling, in the context... Visit website
Public Media 2.0: Dynamic, Engaged Publics
Multiplatform, participatory, and digital, public media 2.0 will be an essential feature of truly democratic public life from here on in. And it’ll be media... Visit website
Leaders Discuss Making the Egal Shidad Programs for Somali
Saeed Fahia and Zuhur Ahmed, Somali community leaders in the Twin Cities, talk to host Mike Wassensaar on the St. Paul Forum about making the... View video
Public Media Corps
"Building community through technology" The Public Media Corps is a new national framework for supporting creative, sustainable and community-initiated methods for addressing the broadband divide... Visit website
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Tell the women they should never feel scared: Domestic violence and digital storytelling
By Jen Gilomen, Lead Developer of Strategic Initiatives, Bay Area Video Coalition “I am telling a story that had a great impact on my family. Something we... read more
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