Media Talk | Felicia Pride

Story Innovation: Transmedia, Web Cinema, and Participatory Storytelling

For DC Week, we’d thought it would be a great time to talk things we love: storytelling, media, technology, and risk-taking.

Join me for an event that showcases some awesome examples in story innovation.

DC Week – Story Innovation: Transmedia, Web Cinema, and Participatory Storytelling
Pride Collaborative / The Create Daily
Friday, November 9, 2012 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM (EST)
Washington, DC

Advances in technology have provided storytellers with new platforms to play and experiment with. In this session, innovative storytellers will showcase their boundary-pushing projects, share their process, and discuss practical concerns like distribution, funding, and marketing.

Featured projects include: a web-based cinema project that combines verité and participatory footage; a transmedia project that fuses app production and the web; and an experiential learning and cross-media project geared towards children. This session is hosted by Felicia Pride of Pride Collaborative and The Create Daily.

8 Tips for Working with Youth and Media

I’ve had the pleasure to work with youth of all ages – from elementary to college – around media literacy, development, and creation.

Recently, I facilitated a storytelling and media workshop for a group of 50 high school students as part of a drop-out prevention program designed by Mississippi Public Broadcasting called Can I Kick It? In addition to presenting about storytelling, I facilitated a hands-on workshop where the students created short stories using web-based tools.

What a good time! I get so much energy, inspiration, and joy out of working with young people. The added layer of media creation often make young people come alive with excitement because they’ve created something that is bigger than them, that can enter them in a broader conversation, and that can articulate their thoughts, feelings, and dreams.

This recent experience reminded me of a few tips when working with youth and media.