Free Spirit Media's summer programs wrapped up with a series of inspiring banquets last week. At the celebrations, participants presented the compelling works of media they produced this summer.
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Free Spirit Media is proud to announce Voqal renewed its $50,000 grant to support FSM's youth media advocacy programming. For a second year, Voqal is investing in the civic journalism conducted by Free Spirit Media's FSM News and Real Chi Youth program participants.
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Thanks to the Chicago Tribune for featuring our South Side FSM News program at the Gary Comer Youth Center.
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Free Spirit Media thanks Bank of America for renewing its support of our Pathways Portfolio. Bank of America's recent $12,000 grant to Free Spirit Media will help us enhance Real Chi Youth, Flash Forward, The Chicago Track and Free Spirit PRO over the next year.
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Last night, Chicago's WTTW Channel 11 aired The Peace Exchange documentary by Free Spirit PRO. Nielsen reports 15,000 people tuned in to see the film, which follows 11 young Chicagoans who traveled the world to study how people and communities recover from violence.
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Have a look over at our information sheet and read up on how Free Spirit Media has impacted our youth and helped make their voices heard.
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Twenty Free Spirit Media students took advantage of the Civic Innovation Summer, a pilot program serving youth from Mikva Challenge and Free Spirit Media, sponsored by the Smart Chicago Collaborative with additional support from the Department of Family and Social Services.
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Journalists from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting mentored an FSM summer crew, in which youth created personal and engaging documentaries
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WGN News has recognized Jeff McCarter, FSM’s Founder and Executive Director, as Chicago’s Very Own.
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Free Spirit Media was honored to receive the Emmy for Outstanding Achievement for Public Service Announcement at the 2010 NATAS Chicago / Midwest Emmy Awards held at the Park West on November 6, 2010
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Twelve of our most advanced youth pursued their filmmaking dreams this summer by working on the set of Transformers 3 while it was filming in Chicago. Free Spirit Media youth worked as interns in key departments, including production, camera, grip, hair and makeup, wardrobe, locations, and publicity.
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This August, two Free Spirit Media (FSM) students traveled to the Democratic National Convention in Denver on a mission to produce a documentary film framed by the question, “What are the grounds for hope in America?”
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