You may have noticed a change. The Chicago Track was started in 2014 as a partnership between Free Spirit Media, Young Chicago Authors and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs with support from Chicago Community Trust.
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On December 26th, I embarked on a trip with a group of Peace Builders and a production crew to have an experience of a lifetime, and to work of course.
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Mahatma Gandhi once said “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever” On December 26, 2017 Chad, Yarnome and I were able to travel to India and become familiar with the culture that inspired Gandhi.
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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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This year feels like an especially urgent time for transformative storytellers to be heard. At Free Spirit Media, we transform 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.
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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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Two 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!
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October 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.
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Our 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.
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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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Free 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.
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Desiree Williams was recently honored as a "Rising Star Honor Roll" recipient, a new recognition by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.
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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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The Urban Communication Foundation awarded Jeff McCarter and Free Spirit Media the Gene Burd Urban Journalism Award for high quality urban media reporting
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