PHOTOS: This past weekend the Industry Pathways Cohort wrapped production on their short film, "Fuzzy Legs." On Friday, they shot at the DePaul stages at Cinespace using their home set and on Saturday they shot at Hales Franciscan.
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PHOTOS: On Saturday, April 21, Free Spirit Media and WTTW hosted a screening and panel discussion at the Chicago Cultural Center. The selected pieces were documentaries and one narrative film that cover youth responses to gun violence.
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PHOTOS: On Thursday, March 15 at Stage 18 Chicago, six different Cohort members pitched their 15-page scripts to a panel of eight industry experts who would judge and ultimately decide which script should be produced this Spring.
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PHOTOS: The InPathways Cohort Training Program launched on February 20th with an orientation at Stage 18! Cohort members from 2017 returned to discuss what they've been up to since completing the program, and new members came up with shared values for their group.
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Board member Qadree Holmes and Quriosity Productions Diversity Thought Leadership Council sponsored over 30 Free Spirit Media youth artists to attend the Chicago Advertising Federation Career Day.
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WATCH: What should we expect from public education? How can schools best serve the diverse needs of their students? How do schools reflect their neighborhoods and communities?
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PHOTOS: Free Spirit Media Industry Pathways wrapped up The Chicago Track workshop series with a packed Columbia College auditorium for Web Series 101 with Open TV (beta). The workshop was targeted toward spiring web series creators, writers, producers, directors and anyone who wants to learn how to create transformative independent media.
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PHOTOS: Real Chi Youth hosted a Public Newsroom with City Bureau to discuss what it looks like to have a youth-led newsroom focused on solutions journalism
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PHOTOS: Our Senior Documentary Networking Event is a unique opportunity for young people in one of our most advanced crews at Free Spirit Media to network with professionals relevant to their documentary topics.
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PHOTOS: Slate House Productions, 720 Film Productions, and Free Spirit Media hosted the premiere screening of Chosen Foe Life at Facets Cinémathèque on Sunday, December 3rd at 7pm.
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Free Spirit Media co-hosted a panel on "How to Identify, Protect, and Defend Legitimate Journalism" with representatives from, Chicago Tribune, City Bureau, DePaul University Center for Journalism Integrity and Excellence, Kartemquin Films, WGN-TV.
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VIDEO: On October 14, 2017, Free Spirit Media hosted over 200 visitors at The Nichols Tower at Homan Square as part of Chicago Architecture Foundation's Open House Chicago.
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VIDEO: Free Spirit Media was excited to celebrate and grow our Founders Circle at this year's Solutions for Chicago: Diversity, Inclusion & the Creative Economy panel discussion at the Arts Club of Chicago on Tuesday, September 26.
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Families, friends and participants gathered at FSM News South and West, Real Chi Youth and Flash Forward's Presentations of Learning and Summer Banquets
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Free Spirit Media is wrapping up another year of powerful, youth-focused media production.
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Last week, Free Spirit Media, Young Chicago Authors, and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events celebrated 3 years of The Chicago Track at the Chicago Cultural Center.
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Free Spirit Media's annual fundraiser was truly a night to remember. We'd like to thank all of our sponsors, The Ivy Room, staff, volunteers, and you our community of supporters for showing up, sharing our work, and investing in our vision so that we can continue transforming media and society.
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Free Spirit Media's Real Chi Youth reporters have just completed another round of pivotal documentaries analyzing key issues in our communities. We are excited to see the conversations that emerge from these pieces!
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On a cold January weekend, seven student reporters from Free Spirit Media's journalism programs traveled to Iowa to cover the presidential campaign. The group worked alongside nearly 200 young people from Mikva Challenge to find out what issues young people in America care about and how youth can be politically engaged even before they are eligible to vote.
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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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