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.
Read MoreTwo crews of high school documentary filmmakers at North Lawndale College Prep have launched research and outreach for their short documentary films on a variety of social issues. See a topic in which you have personal or professional expertise? Open to being interviewed on camera? Send us a note and help enrich these budding documentarians’ stories!
Read MoreOctober brought even more festival wins for Free Spirit Media participants. InPathways alum Terrence Thopmson's Drive Slow won Best Student Film at the Gary International Black Film Festival.
Read MoreOur digital landscape is continuously evolving, and we needed a website that could both accommodate and anticipate that innovation - not only as we grow as a organization, but also as our participants grow as immersive and responsive creators.
Read MoreVIDEO: 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.
Read MoreVIDEO: 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.
Read MoreFree Spirit Media transforms media and society by providing opportunities for emerging creators, primarily from communities of color, to produce and distribute original content and to pursue artistic, personal and professional aspirations.
Read MoreDesiree Williams was recently honored as a "Rising Star Honor Roll" recipient, a new recognition by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.
Read MoreFamilies, friends and participants gathered at FSM News South and West, Real Chi Youth and Flash Forward's Presentations of Learning and Summer Banquets
Read MoreThe Urban Communication Foundation awarded Jeff McCarter and Free Spirit Media the Gene Burd Urban Journalism Award for high quality urban media reporting
Read MoreNYTVF (www.nytvf.com) today announced the official selections for its flagship Independent Pilot Competition (IPC), including Drive Slow, created by Terrence Thompson and produced by Free Spirit Media.
Read MoreI was recently given the opportunity through Free Spirit Media and Media Process Group to travel abroad to Spain and assist in the creation of a reenactment documentary based on the Baha’i faith and the story of the “BAB”.
Read MoreFree Spirit Media is wrapping up another year of powerful, youth-focused media production.
Read MoreLast 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.
Read MoreReal Chi Youth's Jhordan Ruiz recently participated in Youth FX's NeXt Doc 2017 in Upstate New York, and took to FSM's blog to share his experience.
Read MoreThe McCormick Foundation generously extended a challenge grant to Free Spirit Media to tell authentic stories about Chicago's youth, including court involved youth.
Read MoreFree 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.
Read MoreFree Spirit Media is honored to be selected, along with 7 other youth serving organizations across the country, as a program partner and grantee of the SCE Digital Learning Challenge.
Read MoreFree 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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